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REPORT 



TO THE 


UNITED STATES SENATE. 



COLUMBIA, S. C. 

Calvo & Patton, State Printers. 

1878. 




























































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REPORT. 


To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: 

The undersigned, who were appointed a Joint Investigating Com¬ 
mittee, under a concurrent resolution of the General Assembly, adopted 
June 8, 1877, and by the said resolution were instructed to investigate 
concerning any improper or illegal use of the “ public funds cr credit of 
the State,” and concerning any illegal disposal of property by the Com¬ 
missioners of the Sinking Fund, and to cause legal proceedings to be in¬ 
stituted in the premises, and also “to investigate the election of Hon. 
J. J. Patterson to the Senate of the United States on the 10th of Decem¬ 
ber, 1872, and to ascertain whether the same was procured by corruption 
and bribery,” respectfully report: 

That shortly after the close of the special session the Committee was 
organized and proceeded to the work assigned to it, and has been in ses¬ 
sion up to the present time. 

After several weeks spent in the investigation of books and papers in 
the State Treasury, and the examination of persons who had been con¬ 
nected with the administration of the State government in its various 
departments during the past nine years, it became manifest to every 
member of the Committee, and to the Attorney General, who had cor¬ 
dially assisted with his valuable advice, that it was necessary to secure 
for the State the testimony of certain witnesses, who had been themselves 
implicated in the transactions they would be called upon to explain, in 
order to obtain evidence, oral and documentary, sufficiently conclusive 
to justify the institution of legal proceedings in behalf of the State, 
with a reasonable prospect of successful results. 

Feeling that it was unworthy of the dignity of the State that any 
person, however heiaous the offense charged, should be called to answer 
on strong suspicion merely, without such proofs as would warrant con¬ 
viction before an impartial Court of justice, and would compel the 
acquiescence of public opinion all over the land, the course was adopted 
of securing such an amount of testimony as would leave no room for 
reasonable doubt of guilt before subjecting any one to accusation or 
arrest. In order to accomplish this end, it was necessary to grant 
immunity to such persons as were able to furnish testimony of sufficient 
value to the State to justify the clemency bestowed. It is gratifying to 
be able to state that in every instance where such a course has been 
adopted the members of the Committee have been unanimous in their 



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opinion of its expediency, and in their recommendation to the Attorney 
General to grant the immunity usual to State’s witnesses, and that the 
Attorney General, in the discharge of his prerogative in the premises, 
has in every instance deemed it proper to adopt such recommendations 
of the Committee, and in cases of special importance has materially 
aided the Committee, in advance of their conclusions, with his experience 
and judicious counsels. In these instances restitution has been required 
whenever the State had a proper claim maintainable in the Courts to 
the extent of the probable recovery by the State had proceedings been 
promptly instituted and rigorously prosecuted. 

The result has been that a large amount has been realized for the 
State already without the attendant expenses of litigation. The grand 
jury of the County of Richland, fairly representative of every shade of 
political sentiment in the community, have presented bills of indictment 
in every case submitted to them on the testimony obtained by the Com¬ 
mittee, with two exceptions, and the petit juries in every case so far 
tried have returned verdicts against the parties accused, and the jury 
in every instance has been composed of citizens at least one-half of 
whom were of the same race or political party as the prisoner convicted 

bv their verdict. 

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In addition, the Committee has in its possession a great deal of valuable 
testimony, and hopes to accomplish still more substantial results. In 
the present incomplete state of this testimony, and in view of the reserve 
necessary to be maintained concerning matters already in litigation, or 
likely to become the subject of proceedings criminal or civil, or both, 
the Committee being satisfied that important interests of the State would 
be seriously imperiled by giving publicity, at this time, to the evidence 
which has been accumulated, earnestly recommend that the same be 
withheld from publication until the reason for secrecy shall have ceased 
to exist. 

In explanation of the time consumed by the Committee in its investi¬ 
gation, it appears sufficient to state that all the vouchers in the State 
Treasury had to be, and were, examined; and that, at the outset, it was 
a tedious process to break through the walls of silence which screened 
the frauds which had been perpetrated; and that the field, once opened, 
grew broader at every step, covering a period of nine years of the State’s 
history, and embracing all important operations of the government. In 
addition to this, various members of the Committee were charged with 
other important duties and were consequently unable to devote them¬ 
selves exclusively to the prosecution of this work. 

The Committee desires, further, to call the attention of the General 
Assembly to another disadvantage under which its labors have been 
thus far prosecuted. In the concurrent resolution the powers of the 


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Committee are but imperfectly defined, and no appropriation was made 
at the last session to meet the necessary expenses. The witnesses whom 
it was important to examine were scattered all over the State, and in 
some instances were beyond the limits of the State, and most of them, 
on being summoned to attend, expressed a willingness to do so but 
pleaded the want of the means of travel and of subsistence during 
attendance before the Committee. In order to meet this emergency, the 
various railroad companies in the State were requested to transport the 
witnesses of the Committee over their respective roads, the members of 
the Committee pledging themselves, individually and officially, to urge 
the speedy payment of the charges for this service. These accounts will 
be submitted, properly vouched, and the early and favorable consider¬ 
ation of them by the General Assembly is hereby earnestly recommended. 

To meet other expenses which could not await this session, His Ex¬ 
cellency the Governor, in order that the Committee might carry on 
their labors, assisted from his contingent fund to the amount of $3,500. 
A full statement of the-expenses already incurred, and an estimate of 
the amount necessary to complete the work assigned to the Committee, 
will be furnished, aud the necessary appropriation is hereby recom¬ 
mended. 

In regard to the election of Hon. John J. Patterson to the Senate of 
the United States, the Committee having been instructed “ to ascertain 
whether the same was procured by corruption and bribery,” and having 
in this matter received no instructions from the General Assembly to 
institute legal proceedings, deems it a duty to submit the testimony 
which accompanies this report. The following is a statement of the 
facts ascertained by the Committee: 

There were three prominent candidates for the United States Senate 
in the winter of 1872—Hon. R. B. Elliott, then member of Congress 
from the Third District; Hon. R. K. Scott, who had just vacated the 
gubernatorial office, and Col. John J. Patterson, a prominent member of 
the Greenville Railroad syndicate, and President of the Blue Ridge Rail¬ 
road. Elliott claimed the office as the most prominent representative of 
the colored people in the State; Scott, because of his alleged services to 
the dominant political party and its leaders; while Patterson, skillful 
and experienced as a financier of the lobby, and stimulated by the recol¬ 
lection of past victories upon that distinguished field, threw his money 
without stint into the contest, gathered about him a select body of vet- 
erau canvassers, under the able generalship of H. G. Worthingtou, his 
“ active friend ” and “ right hand man,” opened a house of free enter¬ 
tainment, aptly styled “ Patterson’s Headquarters,” over a prominent 
bar room near the Capitol, aud proceeded to try the logic of patronage, 
presents and promises upon the members. For this the season was op- 






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portune. There had been a very exciting and spirited campaign 
between the “ regulars ” and the “ bolters ” in the general election of 
1872, in which the victorious candidates came out of the struggle with 
exhausted means. Many legislators came fresh from the corn fields and 
log cabins of the rural districts, clad in the homely garb of labor, but 
unfortunately yearning to exchange the raiment of honest poverty for 
“fine clothes,” such as decked the persons of their predecessors return¬ 
ing from previous sessions of the General Assembly. The new code of 
public ethics, spontaneously generated upon appropriate soil at the State 
Capitol during the carnival of corruption which had reigned supreme 
during the four years then just passed, had been promulgated in every 
section, and its maxims had become the catechism of politics, easily mas¬ 
tered by willing learners. Such was the occasion, such its opportunities ; 
and Patterson, with his ready cash, was master of the situation. 

Charleston had two rival Republican delegations seeking from the 
State Canvassers certificates of election to the Senate and House. Each 
faction felt sure of two votes on the Returning Board, and Cardozo, 
then Secretary of State, had the casting vote. A written agreement was 
entered into between Patterson and the Charleston delegation, headed 
by Senator W. R. Jervey, that Patterson would secure the certificates of 
election for the Jervey delegation, and that the delegation, when seated, 
would support Patterson for the United States Senate. The result, how¬ 
ever accomplished, was, that the Jervey delegation received certificates, 
obtained their seats, and, in the Senatorial election, unanimously voted 
for John J. Patterson. It also appears from the testimony that various 
members of this delegation received from Patterson and Worthington 
pecuniary favors during and after the canvass in consideration of their 
support of the former. 

In regard to the foregoing, Senators W. R. Jervey and S. E. Gail- 
lard, and Representatives J. C. Tingman, Joseph J. Grant, W. A. 
Grant, lohn Vauderpool, R. W. Turner and N. T. Spencer all testify 
that they were parties to the agreement above stated, with others of the 
delegation. Representative R. B. Artson testifies that Patterson prom¬ 
ised to give him three hundred dollars for his vote, and after the 
election paid him fifty dollars, through F. S. Jacobs. Representative W. 
A. Grant testifies that he went with others, after the election, to obtain 
money from Patterson and was paid fifty dollars by Jacobs on 
Patterson’s account. Representative N. T. Spencer testifies to having 
received on account, through Senators Gaillard and Jervey, two hun¬ 
dred and twenty-five dollars. Representative C. F. North testifies that 
he attended a caucus, at which Patterson told the members if they 
would vote for him he would make them a present. Senator Gaillard 
testifies that he paid N. T. Spencer about two hundred dollars, and had 


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a disagreement with Patterson concerning its reimbursement, Patterson 

declaring that “ the d-d election had cost him more thau it was 

worth.” 

In the conduct of the Senatorial canvass it was necessary to have a 
convenient place for the customary caucuses of members. The house of 
C. S. Minort, a member from Richland, was selected for this purpose, and 
Patterson agreed with Minort to pay him twenty-five hundred dollars 
for his support and for the use of his house for caucuses. Minort so 
testifies, and also that Patterson paid him twenty-two hundred dollars 
and promised to pay the balance. 

William L. Leggett, of Marlboro, was employed by Patterson to 
exert his influence among the members. He testifies that Patterson tried 
to get him to use money to obtain votes, offering to furnish him with 
money at the rate of about three hundred dollars a vote; and on his declin¬ 
ing to use the money, Patterson offered him five hundred dollars for his in¬ 
fluence, paying him one hundred and fifty dollars in advance. That he 
exerted himself in Patterson’s favor, especially among the Marlboro and 
Darlington members, urging them to see Patterson, and informing them 
that they could make arrangements with Patterson at the rate of three 
hundred dollars a vote. That he consulted with Worthington fre¬ 
quently, who spoke of Patterson’s willingness to pay. That he and 
Boliver I. Hayes, another friend of Patterson, tried to secure the vote 
of Eben Hayes, a member from Marion. That the Marlboro representa¬ 
tives were in favor of Scott, but, after frequent talks with Worthington, 
changed their expressed intention and voted for Patterson. That on the 
day of election Senator Maxw T ell, of Marlboro, voted on the first ballot 
for Scott, and some one saw him before another ballot, when Maxwell 
voted for Patterson, making up a majority of Senators. That when 
Leggett, after the election, went to Patterson for a settlement, Patterson 
stated that it was not safe to pay then, (Patterson having been charged 
with bribery,) and that Patterson abused the members, saying some of 
them had got their money from him already and were demanding more. 

Eben Hays, member from Marion, who voted for Scott, testifies that 
Mr. Legett told him that he could get three hundred dollars for voting 
for Patterson; and also of an interview with Patterson himself, in 
which Patterson draws an exceedingly nice distinction between buying 
a man’s vote and doing a favor for a poor and needy man who would 
support him. 

Senator H. J. Maxwell, of Marlboro, who nominated Scott in the 
Senate, and voted for him on the first ballot, in which Patterson lacked 
one vote of a majority of the Senate, testifies that he had been previously 
offered fifteen hundred dollars for his vote by Patterson himself and by 
Worthington, and that on the day of election, between the first and 



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second ballots, Worthington offered him two thousand dollars to change 
from Scott to Patterson on the second ballot; that, with some hesitation, 
he voted for Patterson; that he afterwards went by request to Patterson’s 
house, where he met Patterson and Worthington, and after a short con¬ 
versation Patterson left the room, and Worthington handed him a 
package containing one thousand dollars. 

Boliver I. Hayes, of Lexington, was another active agent of Patter¬ 
son in his canvass. He testifies that he induced J. W. Lowman.a mem¬ 
ber from Lexington, to visit Patterson at his headquarters, and when 
Lowman came out he asked Lowraaa how much he got, to which Low- 
man replied, “I am satisfied.” And that Representative W. B. Jones, 
of Aiken, after the election, complained to him that Patterson had 
failed to pay him as he had promised; that in his conversations with 
Worthington and others who were working for Patterson, it was cur¬ 
rently reported that Patterson had a great deal of money with him to 
use in his election ; that when he took members of the Legislature to 
see Patterson, he believed that they were to be paid for their votes. 

The testimony of E. S. J. Hayes, the brother, and of John K. Hayes, 
the son of Boliver I. Hayes, leads the Committee to the conclusion that 
Boliver I. Hayes, but for his characteristic reserve, could have given 
still further relevant information. 

W. B. Jones, a member from Aiken, testifies that Worthington offered 
him a present of four hundred dollars if he would vote for Patterson, 
and that he was afterwards assured by Patterson himself that what 
Worthington promised he would perform; but that after the election 
they said nothing to him, nor he to them, about pay. 

Salles Randall, of Aiken, testifies that he was a Committee clerk at 
the time of Patterson’s election, and that he heard Worthington make 
Representative W. B. Jones an offer of either three or four hundred dol¬ 
lars to vote for Patterson. 

John Wooley, of Edgefield, “advocated the election of Patterson and 
did all he could for him.” He testifies that, on Worthington’s authority, 
he told Representative Augustus Simkins and David Graham and 
another Edgefield member that they could get money from Worthing¬ 
ton if they would vote for Patterson, naming to Simkins and Graham 
five hundred dollars as the amount; and that Worthington told him if 
those members voted for Patterson the money would be in the bank for 
them. 

Augustus Simkins, member from Edgefield, testifies that Wooley 
made the aforesaid proposition to Representative David Graham and 
himself at the same time. 

David Graham, member from Edgefield, testifies that Wooley offered 
to Augustus Simkins five hundred dollars, and to himself, he thinks, 


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seven hundred dollars. That Worthington told him that any arrange¬ 
ment made with John Wooley would be carried out. 

John A. Barker, member from Edgefield, testifies that, in an interview 
with Patterson at his headquarters, Patterson stated that there was a 
certain amount of money—seventy-five thousand dollars, if necessary,— 
to be spent in his election, and offered him one thousand dollars for his 
vote, and two thousand dollars if he would carry two others of his dele¬ 
gation, the money to be paid at the bank as soon as the vote was cast. 
That Worthington assured him that Patterson would stand to his prom¬ 
ises, and also told him that if Patterson was elected Worthington would 
get an appointment under the government. 

Senator Laurence Cain, of Edgefield, testifies that on the morning of 
the election, in the Senate Chamber, Worthington offered him fifteen 
hundred dollars if he would vote for Patterson. 

Paris Simkins, member from Edgefield, testifies that Patterson offered 
him one thousand dollars for his vote, saying that he wanted the Edge- 
field delegation, because of the effect it would have, since it was Elliott’s 
stronghold. It is proper to add that all the members from Edgefield 
were strong supporters of Elliott and declined the proffered induce¬ 
ments. 

A. L. Singleton, then an ex-member from Sumter, testifies that he was 
employed by Worthington and W. II. Gardner to electioneer for Patter¬ 
son, by sending the members to Worthington, who was “to take care of 
them,” which he understood meant to pay them for their votes; that 
he sent Representative Hough, of Kershaw, to Worthington, and that 
Hough, on his return, told him he was all right; that he also sent Repre¬ 
sentative R D. Gaither, of Kershaw, Clem Wilson and Butler Spears, 
of Sumter; that after the election, at Patterson’s headquarters, Patter¬ 
son was in one room, Worthington in another paying members, and 
Warren Minton was doorkeeper, and none but members were admitted 
to the the pay room. 

I. C. Wilson, member from Sumter, testifies that Patterson told him 
Elliott couldn’t be elected ; Scott was offering one hundred dollars for 
votes, and that he, Patterson, was giving two hundred dollars, and 
offered him that amount for his vote ; that, being an Elliott man, he 
made no promise to Patterson, but on the vote, finding that Patterson 
had a majority before he voted, he went with the winning side. That 
afterwards he applied to Patterson for pay, who declined, because Wilson 
had not promised beforehand to vote for him. 

Representative Butler Spears, of Sumter, testifies that he voted for 
Patterson because under obligations for an appointment; that he sent 
members to Patterson, telling them that Patterson “ would take care of 


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them,” and by that he meant for them to understand that Patterson 
would pay them. 

Id. S. Tarleton, member from Colleton, testifies that Worthington told 
him that if he would vote for Patterson he would get something; that 
he voted for Patterson, and received in an envelope seventy-five dollars, 
and was told to go to Patterson’s house; that he went accordingly with 
Abram Dannerly, of Orangeburg, and afterwards applied to Worthing¬ 
ton at the Custom House, but failed to receive any more. 

Abram Dannerly, member from Orangeburg, testifies that Patterson 
promised to give him some money if he voted for him, and paid him fifty 
dollars at the bank. That Patterson said he had $50,000 or $60,000 to 
spend on his election. That subsequently Patterson fixed the amount 
for his vote and influence at $400; that Worthington, on the morning of 
the election, told him that he would see that he (Dannerly) got the $400. 
That after the election Worthington handed him twenty-five dollars, at 
which he was quite indignant. That he called with Representative 
Robert Tarleton, of Colleton, at Patterson’s house to get the balance due, 
but that Patterson, after offering them liquor and cigars, said he was 
busy and would see them again. 

W. H. Frazier, member from Colleton, testifies that after the election 
he heard from Joseph Crews, of. Laurens, that Representative A. P. 
Plolmes, of Colleton, had been paid for all the delegation, and that Sen¬ 
ator Smalls, of Beaufort, had received eight thousand dollars for the 
Beaufort delegation; that he went to Holmes, who denied it. That he 
then went to Worthington, who paid him something less than $250 and 
led him to believe that Holmes had been paid. During the dispute he 
received the following note from Holmes: 

“Mr. Frazier: 

“I advise you to keep still, and you will be-what is required. 

“A. P. HOLMES.” 

That Representative Petty, of Charleston, told him that he was to ^et 
$300, and that he saw Petty receive it, after the election, from Worth¬ 
ington. 

Representative Edward Petty, of Charleston, though twice summoned 
to appear before the Committee, failed to do so, and we ask that the full 
power of the General Assembly be exercised in his case. 

Samuel Green, member from Beaufort, testifies that he won a bet from 
Worthington on the election, and received from Patterson the present of 
an overcoat after the election. 

Representatives Hastings Gantt and G. A. Reed, of Beaufort, both 
testify that they were neither promised nor paid anything for voting for 



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Patterson. Reed states that he was told that another man was paid in 
his name. 

George Boliver, of Orangeburg, testifies to a casual conversation with 
Worthington, in which he told Worthington that the Orangeburg dele¬ 
gation was badly split up and that some would vote for Elliott; 
when Worthington replied that a negro could not be elected, and that 
the United States Senate did not want a negro, and that Patterson would 
pay as much as anyone else would. 

John Dix, member from Orangeburg, who voted for Elliott, testifies 
that Warren Minton told him Patterson wanted to see him, and that 
there would be a chance to make something. 

Henry Riley, member from Orangeburg, who voted for Patterson, 
testifies to a loan of $25 from Worthington, at Patterson’s headquarters, 
which was not returned. 

J. Felder Myers, member from Orangeburg, who voted for Scott, tes¬ 
tifies that Worthington told him “ Patterson had some money for the 
bo}o$ that would vote for him.” That he saw Patterson by invitation in 
Patterson’s private room, when Patterson stated that he had euchred 
Scott and others in some railroad transactions, and that they were trying 
to make him spend his money, which he was ready to do. That Patter¬ 
son offered him $500 for his vote and influence, and the control of the 
Orangeburg postoffice to such of the Orangeburg delegation as would 
be Patterson men. 

Prince Rivers, member from Aiken, who voted for Scott, testifies that 
Patterson offered to do right by him if he would vote for him, and that 
after the election he was at Patterson’s headquarters drinking cham¬ 
pagne, and saw the members going in, one after another, to Patterson’s 
private room to get their pay, and heard complaints from some that they 
got less than others, and that Scott and Elliott men in surprising num¬ 
bers changed to Patterson men in the last twenty-four hours preceding 
the election. 

Senator W. B. Nash, of Richland, who was strongly opposed to Pat¬ 
terson, testified that Gen. John B. Dennis asked him if $5,000 would 
change him from Elliott to Patterson. That Worthington had told him 
that “old Patterson would take care of his friends.” That about a year 
after the election, when an effort was made to provide inthe funding Bill 
for the Blue Ridge scrip at par, Patterson, in advocating the measure, 
told him that he, Patterson, was disinterested, as he had disposed of his 
scrip and had used the money to pay for his election to the United States 
Senate; that it had cost him $40,000 to be elected, and had broke him 
pretty much, and had compelled him to raise money by mortgage on his 
property. 


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John T. Gillrnore, member from Richland, testified that Patterson, 
meeting him shabbily attired in Columbia, just before the session of the 
Legislature, presented him with a suit of clothes, and in a private room, 
after a caucus, Patterson and Worthington agreed to give him $350 for 
his support; and that after the election, having been invited to call on 
Patterson, he found Patterson and Worthington together; that Worth¬ 
ington handed him an envelope, which he examined after coming away, 
and found one hundred dollars; that he expressed his dissatisfaction on 
account of the small amount received to several persons. 

Everidge Cain, member from Abbeville, testified that he was indebted 
to Scott for a loan of $175, and in an interview with Patterson and 
Worthington, at Fine’s, Patterson promised him to lift the note if he 
would support him, to which he agreed, and that the agreement was 
carried out on both sides. 

Joseph D. Boston, member from Newberry, testifies that he voted for 
Elliott. In the fall of 1872 Patterson lent him $50; the day before the 
election for United States Senator, Patterson offered him the $50 lent and 
$300 more for his vote, saying he would beat Elliott if it cost him $50,000, 
and that he had procured a sufficient number of votes at from $200 to 
$300 to do it. Boston voted for Elliott; that on the day after the 
election Patterson demanded the $50, and that Boston paid it to Worth¬ 
ington. 

Nelson Davies, member from York, testifies that Patterson promised 
him $500 for his vote, provided the rest of the York delegation did not 
cost too much ; that afterwards, at a caucus, he promised Patterson to 
vote for him ; that after the election, at Patterson’s house, Patterson 
paid him S-iOO, and at the Convention, when Chamberlain was nomi¬ 
nated for Governor, Patterson paid him $100 more on the same account. 

B. FI. Norland, member from Barnwell, testifies that Patterson prom¬ 
ised him $500 for his support; and that after the election he called 
twice at Patterson’s house for the money, and on the second visit was 
referred by Patterson to W r orthingtou, who paid him $300 ; and that 
Patterson promised to pay the remainder. 

O. R. Levy, member from Charleston, testifies that he went with 
Representative Nerland twice to Patterson’s house after the money 
promised by Patterson to Nerland. Nerland, the second time, came out 
with a roll of money and invited Levy to take oysters with him. 

R. M. Smith, member from Spartanburg, testifies that he had an inter¬ 
view with Patterson at his headquarters, when Patterson said that he 

would be elected if it cost him-thousand dollars. That afterwards, 

on the street, Patterson offered him $300 for every vote he would get lor 
Patterson. Smith voted for S. T. Poinier. 



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S. S. Bridges, member from Newberry, testifies that he borrowed $50 
from Worthington, and that on the morning of the election Worthing¬ 
ton offered him the money borrowed, and laid an envelope, said to con¬ 
tain money, on his desk, offering it to him in addition, if he would vote 
for Patterson. Bridges voted for Elliott. After the election Worthing¬ 
ton demanded payment of the $50 lent and received it. 

Charles Simons, member from Chester, testifies that Representative 
Prince Young, of Chester, told him that he, Young, was to get $300 for 
voting for Patterson, and that each voter was to get the same amount. 
That Worthington told him that if he voted for Patterson he would 
lose nothing by it. That having voted for Patterson he shortly after¬ 
ward received, through Young, forty dollars, and subsequently an en¬ 
velope with $100 more, which Young told him was obtained from 
Worthington and was all that had been received for him. Young is 
dead. 

James Young, member from Laurens, who voted for Elliott, testifies 
that Worthington offered him $300 to vote for Patterson, saying that was 
what he was paying for votes. That many of Patterson’s supporters 
twitted him, telling him he would be left out in the cold. 

Gloster Holland, member from Aiken, who voted for Elliott, testifies 
that Warren Minton told him if he would vote for Paterson he would 
get $300, and that Worthington would pay him as soon as the election 
was over. 

Senator C. D. Hayne, of Aiken, who voted for Elliott, testifies that 
Patterson offered him one thousand dollars for his vote and influence, 
and Worthington, who was present, tried to persuade him also, saying 
he would elect Patterson anyhow, as he had the money to do it with. 

W. W. Ramsay, member from Sumter, testifies that Patterson offered 
him one hundred and fifty dollars for his vote, and then raised his offer 
to two hundred dollars. Ramsay voted for Elliott. 

Isaac Miller, member from Fairfield, testifies that a colored man who 
was in Patterson’s interest made him an offer of money if he would vote 
for Patterson. He voted for Elliott. 

F. Adamson, a venerable colored representative from Kershaw, 
testifies that he was a member of the church, and had been trying to 
lead a consistent Christian life for many years; that he was not intimate 
nor on terms of confidence with the members generally, because he 
could not sanction their habits of dissipation ; that being known as a 
professed Christian he was never offered any money for his vote by any 
one, so far as he can remember, except on one occasion, when, having 
told Mr. Patterson that he expected to vote for him for the United 
States Senate, Patterson told him that if he did so he would give him a 
hundred dollars; that Patterson did not pay him the money, nor 


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would he have asked Patterson for it “if he had been staying in the 
same room with Patterson.” 

B. A. Thompson, member from Marion, testifies that he voted for 
Patterson, in consideration of a promise from Worthington to give $400 
for his vote; that he applied to Worthington afterwards for the money 
promised, and also to Minton, who was doorkeeper at Patterson’s head¬ 
quarters, but never received any part of the amount. 

D. C. Wolfe, member from Lancaster, who voted for Patterson, testifies 
that Patterson said to him a few days before the election that for his sup¬ 
port and influence Patterson would take care of him and the friends, and 
that after the election Patterson handed him an envelope containing two 
hundred and fifty dollars. 

Levi Lee, member from Fairfield, who voted for Elliott, testifies that 
Worthington offered him $350 if he would vote for Patterson. 

Senator J. D. Warley, of Clarendon, testifies that Worthington offered 
him $400 if he would vote for Patterson, which offer he declined. He 
voted for Elliott. 

Isham Greenwood, member from Newberry, testifies that Scott was his 
first choice, but that he voted for Patterson. That he was not promised 
anything, but received from Warren Minton a small amount of money 
as a loan, which he never repaid, and that afterwards he lent Minton $5. 
That it was generally understood among the members that Patterson was 
paying for votes and buying his way to the United States Senate. 

J. A. Smith, member from Darlington, testifies that he voted for Pat¬ 
terson ; was neither promised nor paid, and received nothing for his vote. 

Samuel J. Keith, member from Darlington, testifies that Patterson 
offered him $300 for his vote, and paid him $200 at his house ; and that 
his colleague, J. A. Smith, went with him to Patterson’s house, and told 
him the next day that he had been paid by Patterson. That another 
colleague, Richard H. Humbert, told him that Patterson had paid him 
$200 and had not paid what he promised. 

John Boston, member from Darlington, who voted for Elliott, testifies 
that no offer was made to him to induce him to vote for Patterson. 

The following testify that they voted for Patterson without pay, or 
promises of pay, viz.: Thomas Pressley, James F. Peterson and Fortune 
Giles, members from Williamsburg; Benjamin W. Middleton, member 
from Barnwell, and Jacob Allman, member from Marlboro. This por¬ 
tion of the evidence appropriately closes with the testimony of Gen. H. 
G. Worthington, who “wasan active friend of Mr. Patterson in his elec¬ 
tion,” and who testifies that he “never heard Mr. Patterson speak of 
using money to secure his election,” and that he has “no knowledge or 
information that money was used to secure his election,” save that he 
heard rumors of that kind on the streets; and that he kept open house 


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for the entertainment of Mr. Patterson’s friends. Concerning this, it is 
enough to state that sixty witnesses, resident in various parts of the 
State, and examined at different times, have furnished the Committee 
with the information which Gen. Worthington testifies he does not pos¬ 
sess. 

Mr. Patterson did not hesitate to attempt more perilous adventures. 
Elliott, as we have seen, was his formidable opponent. To General John 
B. Dennis was entrusted the delicate mission of an offer from Patterson 
to Elliott himself. General Dennis testifies that Patterson authorized 
him to offer Elliott $15,000 to withdraw from the contest. And he 
testifies further, that warrants having been issued for Pattersou’s arrest 
for bribery, the Governor, in friendship for Patterson, removed the Jury 
Commissioner of the County of Richland, and appointed Gen. Dennis 
in his stead, for the purpose of ensuring the drawing of jurymen who 
were friendly to Patterson in the event of his trial in the Courts of the 
County, so as to secure his safety, and that the jury lists were made up 
accordingly. 

Hon. R. B. Elliott testifies that he expressed his indignation to 
General Dennis at having heard of an attempt by Patterson to 

purchase a mortgage on his residence, and that Dennis remarked that 

he had been requested to see Elliott on a similar matter but had 

declined to act. That on the next day Elliott, Dennis and Major 

Delany were together, and Elliott urged Dennis to inform him about 
the matter alluded to the day before. That Dennis then stated that 
Patterson had said that if Elliott would get out of the race Patterson 
would pay him ten thousand dollars, and, in addition, pay certain debts 
of Elliott’s. That he felt great indignation, and was only restrained 
from seeing Patterson in reference to the matter by General Dennis and 
Mr. Delany. 

Major Martin R. Delany, then a member of the Republican State 
Executive Committee, of which General R. B. Elliott was Chairman, 
testifies that he was present at the interview when the offer of Patterson 
was communicated to Elliott by General J. B. Dennis, and that Elliott 
“became very angry and swore about it,” and that he had to interpose to 
quiet Elliott, 

Ex-Governor F. J. Moses testifies that Patterson, who expected to be 
indicted in the State Court for having obtained his Senatorial position 
by bribery and corruption, requested the appointment of some friend as 
Jury Commissioner; that he accordingly appointed John B. Dennis as 
such Jury Commissioner, with a request that Dennis would protect Pat¬ 
terson as far as he could do so legally. 


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In conclusion, the undersigned respectfully report that the election of 
Hon. J. J. Patterson to the Senate of the United States on December 10, 
1872, was procured by corruption and bribery. 

They would further remark that the Legislature of 1812—73 was 
largely composed of new members, and that they were most solemnly 
pledged to a correction of past abuses and to the inauguration ot real 
reforms. Some of the members, who may have been unfit for the dis¬ 
charge of the important duties of legislation, by reason of ignorance, 
yet came to Columbia with a desire, in an humble way, to do what was 
right. John J. Patterson enjoys the unenviable distinction of having 
been the first to place before them the poisoned chalice of temptation 
and to corrupt them with its enticing draughts. Need we wonder that 
they were intoxicated and fell? Then followed a wild saturnalia of 
public plunder, the record of which furnishes nothing which is at all 
pleasant to investigate or to perpetuate in history. But it is due to the 
cause of good government that the story of the crimes and disasters of the 
past few years should be written in the journals of our Courts of justice in 
order that it may be a warning to all servants of the people of all politi¬ 
cal parties of the present and of the future not to prove recreant to high 
or humble trusts of the republic. Let it also expose the dangers 
menacing a government resting on any other foundations than those of 
education and good morals. And let this be done not in a temper of 
vengeance, not to gratify any morbid sentiment which would gloat 
over the sufferings of the criminal overtaken by the sad consequences 
of his crime, but in the spirit of the patriot and the statesman—the 
spirit of the law, as expressed by the old Roman jurist and orator, “ut 
pcena ad paucus , metus ad omnes perveniat and, as we learn it in the 
forcible words of the great expositor of the English common law, “ as to 
the end or final cause of human punishment. This is not by way of 
atonement or expiation for the crime committed ; for that must be left 
to the just determination of the Supreme Being; but as a precaution 
against further offenses of the same kind.” 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chai rman. 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

Of the Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. C. SHEPPARD, 

S. DIBBLE, 


Of the House. 



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CONCERNING THE 

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TESTIDVLOISr'Y". 


TESTIMONY OF W. R. JERYEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 

Hon. William R. Jervey, being further examined, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

In the election of 1872 there were two tickets in the field, the regular 
Republican ticket and the independent Republican ticket. I was candi¬ 
date for the State Senate on the independent Republican ticket, which 
carried the County of Charleston; but our claim was contested by the 
regulars or Mackey delegation as it was called. While this contest was 
in progress before the Board of State Canvassers, John J. Patterson spoke 
to me one day in the lobby and asked me if I got my seat if I would sup¬ 
port him for the United States Senate. I told him I didn’t know that he 
was a candidate. He said yes, that he was, and if I would help him that 
he would help me. I told him yes, I thought very favorably of him ; that 
I couldn’t say I would vote for him, but I thought one good turn 
deserved another. Then he said that he had friends on the Board of State 
Canvassers and that he thought he could get a decision in our favor. He 
named F. L. Cardozo, then Secretary of State, as a friend of his. There 
were five members of the Board, and the Board, we understood, stood 
two to two on the contest, and Cardozo had the casting vote. I told 
Patterson I would consider it if he helped me. That was in the day, 
and it was supposed that the decision would take place that night. 
About dark that evening he told me he thought he had it all fixed. I 
said nothing further to him about it, but we got a decision in our favor 
that night. Some time after I had taken my seat in the Senate, I told 
him I had thought over that matter and would vote for him. Before 
the decision was rendered, however, a paper was handed to me by C. C. 
Bowen, (this was about a week before the decision,) agreeing to vote for 
Patterson in case we got our seats, and Bowen asked me if I would sign 
it. I did not read it over, but told him I’d take his word that it was all 
right, and I signed it. That was all the understanding that I had with 
him about voting for him. This paper I understood to be an agree¬ 
ment for the Charleston delegation, and I think other names were already 
signed to it when I sigued it; but of this I am not certain, as I did not 
examine the paper carefully. After we were seated, Mr. Bowen told me 





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he hacl shown the paper or given the paper to Patterson, I don’t remem¬ 
ber which. After this contest was over, during the time of electioneer¬ 
ing for the United States Senatorship, I went up to Patterson’s room, 
over Fine’s, and J. C. Tiugman, a member of my delegation, asked me 
to let him have some money, and I told him I didn’t have any, but I 
supposed he could borrow some from Col. Patterson or Gen. Worthing¬ 
ton. I met Gen. Worthington and asked him if he could lend Tingman 
some money, Gen. Worthington said yes, and took Tingman aside in 
a corner of the room and handed him some money. Tingman told me 
the amount afterwards; it was about fifteen or twenty-five dollars, I 
don’t remember exactly which. Tingman told me afterward that he did 
not repay the money. 

AY. R. JERVEY. 

October 17, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL E. GAILLARD. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Hon. Samuel E. Gaillard, being further examined, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

I was a member of the Senate at the time of-the election of John J. 
Patterson to the United States Senate in December, 1872. In the gen¬ 
eral election of 1872, I was a supporter of the Bowen ticket in Charles¬ 
ton County, headed by Bowen for Sheriff, and on which Jervey was the 
candidate for State Senate. I was already in the Senate, and there was 
a written paper drawn up to the effect that if the Board of State Can¬ 
vassers decided in favor of the Bowen ticket the Charleston delegation 
in the Legislature would support John J. Patterson for the United 
States Senate, and I signed with the newly-elected members as one 
of the delegation. One or two of the delegation didn’t sign. The 
Mackeyites were contesting the Bowen ticket before the State Canvassers 
at the time, and this arrangement was made by Mr. C. C. Bowen and 
Mr. McLaughlin and several others. The agreement was entered into 
by us in consideration of Patterson’s influence with the Board of State 
Canvassers. I did not receive any pecuniary consideration for voting 
for Patterson. 


S. E. GAILLARD. 



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Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 20, 1877. 

Hod. Samuel E. Gaillard, being further examined, deposes on oath 
as follows: 

In relation to the use of money in the election of John J. Patterson 
to the United States Senate, I recall the following instances: Mr! N. T. 
Spencer, member of the House from the County of Charleston, met me 
one morning and told me that he was to have seen Senator Jervey the 
afternoon before; that Senator Jervey had promised to go with him to 
Senator Patterson to get some money, and that he (Spencer) didn’t know 
that Jervey was going away that night, and therefore had not met his 
appointment, and the next morning he found that Jervey had gone. 
He told me about it, and asked me if I wouldn’t go with him to Senator 
Patterson, because Patterson had told him that he (Patterson) didn’t 
want to deal with the members direct, but would deal with them through 
the Senators. I went with him to Senator Patterson twice during that 
day, and was told that Senator Patterson wasn’t at home. He then told 
me he was in some distress about property at home, that he had some 
payment to meet at a certain time at home, and asked me to let him 
have, I think, two hundred dollars, but am not positive as to the amount. 
I let him have the money, and he gave me an order on Senator Patter¬ 
son for the amount. In a day or two I presented the order to Senator 
Patterson, and Patterson said with an oath that he didn’t promise 
Spencer anything, and that the damned election had cost him more than 
it was w r orth, and he was sorry he had bothered with it. The manner 
in which Patterson spoke mortified me, and I came away and hadn’t 
anything of friendly intercourse with Patterson afterwards until last 
Winter. I was told by W. A. Grant that Patterson had endorsed a note 
for him ; I don’t remember the amount, but I think it was for about 
two hundred and fifty dollars; I didn’t see the note. I remember going 
to Mr. Patterson’s office, over Hardy Solomon’s Bank, with three of the 
Charleston delegation, to see Mr. Patterson about some money he had 
promised them, either in the matter of hi3 election or the Blue Ridge 
scrip matter; I don’t remember which, but I remember that Mr. Patter¬ 
son was not there, and Mr. F. S. Jacobs was there. It was after dark 
one evening. We went up stairs, along a passage, into a large room, 
and then into a smaller room, and there we found Mr. Jacobs. Those 
men told Mr. Jacobs they were looking for Mr. Patterson, and that Mr. 
Patterson had promised them some money, and Mr. Jacobs said he 
didn’t know anything about it, but that he would give them fifty dollars 
apiece until they could see Mr. Patterson, and he gave them each fifty 
dollars. It was understood that they were to get something more when 


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Mr. Patterson could be seen about it. I can’t name the men with any 
degree of positiveness after this length of time. 


October 20th, 1877. 


S. E. GAILLARD. 


TESTIMONY OF J. C. TINGMAN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 31, 1877. 

J. C. Tingman, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Charleston County, and a farmer by occupation. 
Was a member of the House of Representatives during the sessions of 
1872-73 and 1873-74. Voted for John J. Patterson for the United 
States Senate; did so from the fact that the Charleston delegation had 
agreed to do so if he, Patterson, would secure us our seats in the House. 
I have never been paid for voting for him, although I expected to be 
paid, as others informed me they were being paid. I called on General 
Worthington and asked him for more money; he told me he had paid 
out all he had to William Grant and others. C. H. Sperry, of George- 
town, informed me had received some money from Patterson ; this was 
about the time that Patterson was arrested. Charles S. Green informed 
me that he received money from Patterson. I don’t know why Patterson 
should pay them money unless it was to keep them quiet, as there was 
an effort to have him tried for buying members, or offering to do so, about 
the time they told me they had received the money. 

J. C. TINGMAN. 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH J. GRANT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Joseph J. Grant, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Joseph J. Grant. I reside in the city of Charleston, and 
am, by occupation, clerk at the Alms Plouse. I was a member of the 
House of Representatives from the County of Charleston from 1872 to 
1874. The election of John J. Patterson was held shortly after I was 
seated as a member. I was elected on the Bowen ticket in Charleston 
County, and before we got our seats there was a contest before the Board 
of State Canvassers, between our delegation and the Mackey delegation, 
for their certificates. A paper was drawn up in Charleston, and signed 
by me and the most of the delegation, pledging our support of John J. 




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Patterson, for United States Senator, in consideration of his using his 
influence with the Board of State Canvassers to get a decision before 
them in our favor. The decision of the Board was in favor of the 
Bowen delegation, and at the election I voted for Patterson. There 
were five or six of our delegation, W. A. Grant, R. B. Artson, myself, 
C. F. North, C. Petty, Isaac Prioleau, J. Tingman and J. Yanderpool, 
boarded at Diana Collins’s, and some of us one evening were sitting in 
the house, and George Shrewsbury came in and remarked that he heard 
that Scott was paying several hundred dollars apiece for votes for the 
United States Senate. Some one of the party remarked that Patterson 
was goiug to pay us too. I did not receive any money for voting for 
Patterson. At the time of the election I expected that I would get some 
appointment if Patterson was elected ; and after my term was out I went 
and saw General Worthington for a place in the Custom House, and he 
promised to give me a place, but has never done it. 

JOSEPH J. GRANT. 


October 18th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF W. A. GRANT. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 22, 1877. 

AY. A. Grant, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Charleston; occupation, butcher. Was a member 
of the House of Representatives for two years, commencing in November, 
1872. I voted for John J. Patterson for United States Senator. I was 
elected on the Bowen ticket. My seat and those elected with' me on 
this ticket was contested by those elected on the Mackey ticket. 
Shortly after the election I was sent for, and several of us met at 
Mr. Bowen’s office, and I was shown a paper which was signed by 
several of the delegates elected on my ticket, in which they pledged 
themselves to vote for John J. Patterson for United States Senator. I 
was told that if I would sign this paper that Patterson, through his 
influence, would control the Board of State Canvassers, which was then 
in session, in our favor and procure our seats. With this understanding 
I signed the paper. It was generally understood that Patterson was 1 
buying votes. A short time after the election I was hard up and wanted 
money and went out one night with a party on the hunt of John J. Pat¬ 
terson. We expected to find him about Mr. Chamberlain’s rooms over 
the Carolina National Bank. I went there with others, but he v r as not 
there. Some others were ahead of me. The place was pretty dark; the 



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night was dark and the gas seemed to be lowered so that you could 
scarcely discern anything. I was in the passage and a man came to the 
door, I think it was Mr. Jacobs, though I am not sure. He said: “I 
am Patterson’s friend, and I will let you have some money and I will 
get it back from him.” He handed me some money in the dark; I 
could not see how much, but afterwards I fouud out that it was fifty 
dollars; I think it may have been more. I have never paid this money 
back, nor have I ever been asked for it. 

W. A. GRANT. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN VANDERPOOL. 

Columbia, S. C., November 2, 1877. 

John Vanderpool, being sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of Charleston, and is a farmer. Was elected to 
the Legislature in 1872 and served two terms. Voted for J. J. Patter¬ 
son for the United States Senate. When we were elected, Mr. Mackey 
■wanted our seats; it was believed that Mr. Patterson could procure our 
seats for us, and it was agreed that he would give us his influence if we 
would vote for him for the Senate, and that was the condition that in¬ 
duced me to vote for him. 

JOHN VANDERPOOL. 


TESTIMONY OF R. W. TURNER. 

Columbia, S. C., October 24, 1877. 

R. W. Turner, being duly sworn, says : 

That he is a resident of the city of Charleston, and am a merchant 
by profession. Was elected to the lower House of the General Assem¬ 
bly in 1872, and served one term. 

I voted for John J. Patterson for the United States Senate, but Mr. 
Patterson never made any promise to pay me any money to vote for him, 
and offered me no reward. No person whatsoever ever made me any 
promise or offered me any reward to vote for him ; and I never secured 
any money or anything else, directly or indirectly, to vote for him. 
Some time after the election I heard several members complaining that 
Patterson had promised to pay them to vote for him and had failed to 
do so. Never received any money from the Carolina National Bank 
from Mr. Jones, nor any one else, and never received any money at all 
from anybody in regard to Patterson’s election. Voted for Patterson 
because he promised to secure my seat in the Legislature, and because 




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I thought him at that time to be the best man for the place, and had 
signed a paper pledging myself to vote for him before the Legislature 
convened. 

R. W. TURNER. 

October 24th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF N. T. SPENCER. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

N. T. Spencer, being duly sworn, deposes, on oath, as follows : 

My name is Nathaniel T. Spencer. I reside in the city of Charleston, 
and I am by occupation a tailor. I was at first a Committee Clerk of 
the General Assembly, and I was, from 1872 to 1874, a member of the 
House of Representatives from the County of Charleston. I voted for 
John J. Patterson for United States Senator, in December, 1872. I, 
with other members of the delegation, was introduced to John J. Patter¬ 
son and Gen. H. G. Worthington, at Patterson’s headquarters, over 
Fine’s. I do not remember any offer being made to me by either Pat¬ 
terson or Worthington for my vote; such offer might have been made. 
I understood, however, that each one that voted for Patterson was to get 
some amount. After the election, I received from S. E. Gaillard two 
hundred dollars, and from W. R. Jervey, either before or after the 
election, I received twenty-five dollars. I know that there was a 
balance due. My impression is, that the balance I was to receive was 
either twenty-five dollars or seventy-five dollars, but I am not certain. 
I understood that this money was furnished by Patterson or Worthing¬ 
ton. When Mr. Gaillard paid me, he said that Patterson or Worthing¬ 
ton (I don’t remember which) said that the two hundred dollars was on 
account, and Gaillard was to get the balance for me. There was a 
paper handed me in the city during the time of the contest between the 
Bowen and Mackey delegations before the Board of State Canvassers. 
I was told I must sign it in order to get my seat, and I signed it, in a 
hurry, one evening, without much reflection. The pledge to support 
Patterson, contained in this paper I had signed, was the principal reason 
I supported Patterson. I was not induced by the money to support 
Patterson, though, unfortunately, I took it after the election was over. 

NATHANIEL T. SPENCER. 



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TESTIMONY OF R. B. ARTSON. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 

R. B. Artson, sworn, says: 

I reside in the city of Charleston; am at present Secretary of the 
Land Commission Board of the city of Charleston. I was a member of 
the House of Representatives for one term commencing in November, 
1872. I voted for John J. Patterson for United States Senator. He 
promised me $300 for my vote. After the election he sent me to Jacobs 
with a verbal order for $50. I went at night and found Jacobs up stairs 
over Solomon’s Bank, in the furtherest room back. I told him that Mr. 
Patterson had sent me to him for $50. Jacobs gave me the money— 
asking mv name, where I was from, and whether I had voted for Pat¬ 
terson. 

R. B. ARTSON. 


testimony of c. f. north. 

Columbia, S. C., November 2, 1877. 

C. F. North, being sworn, says that he lives in Charleston County, 
S. C., and is a carpenter by profession. Was elected to the Legislature 
in 1872, and served one term. Was a member when J. J. Patterson was 
elected to the United States Senate, and voted for him; attended a 
caucus at which Patterson told the members present that if they would 
vote for him he would make them a present. There was a general 
understanding that the members who voted for Mr. Patterson should 
receive pay. I did not receive any money for it, but I thought Mr. 
Patterson should come to me rather than that I should go to him. I 
was a new member, and not accustomed to such matters. 

C. F. NORTH. 


testimony of c. s. minort. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 20, 1877. 
Charles Minort, being sworn, says: 

I am a resident of the city of Columbia. Was a member of the 
House of Representatives for one term, commencing in November, 1872, 
and am at present a member of the House, having been elected in 
November, 1876. I voted for John J. Patterson. I was prejudiced 




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against Elliott, and Patterson found that out. He asked me to support 
him and also to hold the caucuses at my house, and said that he would 
pay me well for my services. I asked him how much? He said $2,500. 
I replied all right. I accordingly held the caucuses at my house and 
did my part of the work, which was all I could, to secure his election. 
Patterson paid me $2,200 and promised to pay me the balance, but it 
has not been done. Some members of the House told me that Patterson 
was paying for votes. I think Gilman told me that Patterson paid him. 
I am sure that Gilman told me so. 

C. S. MINORT. 


TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM L. LEGGETT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
16th August, 1877. 

William L. Leggett, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is William L. Leggett; residence in Marlboro County, and 
I am by occupation a farmer. I have never been a member of the 
Legislature nor officially connected with it. I was in Columbia when 
John J. Patterson was elected to the United States Senate. Mr. Patter¬ 
son spoke to me before the election and asked me if I would support 
him and give him my influence, and I told him I would, in part. Mr. 
Patterson offered to pay me for my services in the matter. He first tried 
to get me to use money to obtain votes for him, particularly the votes of 
my County, and I refused to do that, so far as the using of money was 
concerned. He said votes could be obtained at about three hundred 
dollars apiece, and that he would furnish me with the money at about 
that rate. On my declining this, he said if I would use my influence 
as an outsider he would satisfy me for my services. He offered me five 
hundred dollars, and paid me one hundred and fifty dollars in all, as far 
as I recollect. H. J. Maxwell was Senator, and D. W. McLaurin and 
Jacob Allman were the Representatives from Marlboro at the time. 
I talked to Maxwell in favor of Patterson, and told him if he could see 
his way to support John J. Patterson he could probably make arrange¬ 
ments with Patterson. I think I named three hundred dollars as the 
figures. I don’t know whether Maxwell saw Patterson or not. I know 
that Worthington and Maxwell had frequent conferences. On the day 
of election I was in the Senate chamber at the time, and Patterson 
lacked one vote. Maxwell had voted, I think, for Scott, and some 
one saw him, and he changed his vote to Patterson, which gave 
Patterson a majority in the Senate on the second ballot. On the day 
after the election I called on Patterson for the balance of the amount 



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promised me—three hundred and fifty dollars; the one hundred and 
fifty dollars he had advanced. I~Ie refused to pay it then, saying that it 
was not safe for him to do it then, but promised to pay it after awhile. 
He was abusing the members, saying some of them had swindled him, 
that they had got their money already from him and were demanding 
more. I think he was arrested on the night of his election, at the 
instance of some member or members. I told McLaurin and Allman 
that Patterson wished their support, and that if they would see Patterson? 
they could make arrangements at three hundred dollars apiece. They 
declined, and said that they were going to vote for Scott. Worthington 
saw them afterwards, and had frequent talks with them. Just before 
the election, they told me that they had changed their minds and were 
going to vote for Patterson, and they did so. Worthington and myself 
had frequent conversations during the progress of the election canvass, 
and would consult me as to certain members, and would state that 
Patterson was willing to pay; don’t remember his specifying amounts. 

I spoke to the Darlington members of the House, who were Samuel J. 
Keith and others. I knew Keith; didn’t know the others by name, 
but knew they were members. I said about the same thing to them that 
I said to the Marlboro members. Some spoke favorably of Patterson 
and some otherwise. I also spoke to a good many other members in the 
same terms, but don’t know their names. Mr. Bolivar Playes, who was 
Treasurer of Lexington County, was here, working for Patterson, and I 
had been speaking to Eben Hays, a member from Marion, and Mr. 
Hayes asked me if I had been talking to Eben Hays, and told me he 
had secured his vote. I then told Mr. Hayes I would not talk with 
Eben Hays any more. The conversation I had had with Eben Hays 
was pretty much the same as I had had with the Marlboro and Darling¬ 
ton members. The conversation with Patterson, when he tried to get 
me to use money to obtain votes for him, and I refused to use the money, 
took place in one of the rooms in the State Capitol building, down 
stairs, and no one else was present. The one hundred and fifty dollars 
was handed to me a day or two before the election, at Patterson’s 
dwelling, and at that time both Patterson and Worthington were 
present. Worthington was Patterson’s right-hand man in the matter, 
and one of them handed me the money; I don’t remember which one. 
This man Bolivar Hayes was very prominent in the matter. There 
were other outsiders working for Patterson, but I don’t remember their 
names. 


August 16, 1877. 


W. L. LEGGETT. 


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TESTIMONY OF EBEN HAYS. 

Columbia, S. C., August 23, 1877. 

Eben Hayes, being first duly sworn, deposes and says : 

I am a resident of Marion County in this State, and am engaged in 
farming. I was elected as a member of the Legislature for the Summer 
session of 1868, and continued during the entire term ; thereafter and in 
1872 I was again returned and served out the term ; I was a member of 
5 the Legislature at the time of the election of John J. Patterson to the 
United States Senate. About one week before the election came off, 
Patterson sent for me to come and see him ; it was late at night, and he 
and myself had a private chat in a room to ourselves. Patterson said 
to me that he was depending on me to support him. I said : “ Well, you 
need not do it, for I am not agoing to vote for you.” He said : “ Why, I 
thought you were one of my particular friends.” I said: “lam your 
friend, and would rather see you elected than Elliott, but it has already 
been threatened that if I vote for you, you will be arrested at once for 
bribery, and I will be subpoenaed, for they say that they know that I 
will tell the truth, and I am not going to vote for you.” Patterson then 
said to me that he was of the view that I was a poor and needy man, 
and that although he would not offer me monev for mv vote that he 
could help me as a favor any time that I might call on him ; that he did 
not do it as a bribe, that he would not buy any man’s vote, but that he 
would favor me in any way he could. Patterson asked me who would be 
elected, and I told him he would be, for he could put up more money 
than any of the balance. Before we separated I again reminded him 
that I could not vote for him, and told him I wanted a favor of him— 
that I wanted to borrow forty dollars. He went back and got the money 
and let me have it. Some time thereafter I gave forty dollars to B. I. 
Hayes, in the presence of a witness, and told him to give it to Mr. 
Patterson in payment of that loan of forty dollars. Mr. Hayes brought 
the money back to me and said that Patterson said that the money was 
no object to him at that time, and that I could keep it until he and I 
could arrange. I voted for R. K. Scott. One Mr. Leggett, from Marl¬ 
boro, said to me that I could get $300 to vote for Patterson. 

EBEN HAYS. 


TESTIMONY OF HENRY J. MAXWELL. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 11, 1877. 
Hon. Henry J. Maxwell, being first duly sworn, deposes on oath as 
follows: 



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My Dame is Henry J. Maxwell; I reside at Bennettsville, County of 
Marlboro, in this State, and am a planter and lawyer. I have held the 
office of Senator from said County from 1868 until about October 4th, 
1877, when I resigned said office. I was a member of the Senate of 
this State at the time of the election of John J. Patterson to the United 
States Senate at the session of 1872-73. Prior to the election I was 
bothered by several of the friends of Patterson, particularly General 
H. G. Worthington, and by Mr. Patterson himself; both Worthington 
and Patterson offered me fifteen hundred dollars if I would support 
Patterson. I gave them no satisfaction, and on the day of election I 
nominated Governor R. K. Scott for the office of United States Senator, 
and voted for him' on the first ballot in the Senate. On that ballot 
Patterson lacked one vote of having a majority of the Senate. Between 
the first and second ballots, General H. G. Worthington spoke to me 
again urging me to support Patterson, and offering rue two thousand 
dollars if I would change my vote and vote for Patterson on the second 
ballot. I gave him no satisfaction. When it came my turn to vote on 
the second ballot, I hesitated, and was about to vote for Scott, but finally 
I voted for Patterson. During my hesitation some one spoke to me, 
urging me to vote for Patterson. It had been my intention to vote for 
Patterson in case I saw that Scott could not be elected, but I did not 
disclose this intention to any one. A day or two after I was informed 
that Patterson and Worthiugton wanted to see me at Patterson’s house 
in Columbia. I went there; I think it was in the evening. I went in 
and found Patterson and Worthington both there. After a few words 
of general conversation, Patterson went out of the room and Worthing- 
ton handed me a package and went out also, and I then came away. 
After I came out I examined the package and found it consisted of one 
thousand dollars in United States currency. I have not since received 
from either Patterson or Worthington any further sum of money for 
rny vote in that election. 

H. J. MAXWELL. 


October 11, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF BOLIVAR I. HAYES. 

Bolivar I. Hayes, sworn, says: 

I am a citizen of Lexington County. Remember the time of the 
election of John J. Patterson to the United States Senate. I was Trea¬ 
surer of Lexington County under Governor Scott’s administration, and 
was succeeded by rav brother, Dr. E. S. J. Hayes, under Moses’s admin¬ 
istration. I was in Columbia during the canvass and at the time of 



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the election of John J. Patterson. I do not know of my own knowledge 
whether Patterson had any money to use in that election. I was Patter¬ 
son’s friend in the matter of his election. Patterson asked me to stay 
in Columbia as his friend and to do what I could for him. I replied 
that I was too poor to remain and pay my board and go around here. 
Patterson said never mind that, your expenses will be paid, or 
some remark of that kind. I never received a cent from Pat¬ 
terson, or any of his friends, and paid my own expenses. I 
suggest that the Committee send for W. B. Jones, of Aiken County* 
and J. W. Lowman, now of the County of Orangeburg, as they may 
know something of the manner in which Patterson secured his election. 
I requested them to go and see Patterson, and they did so. W. B. 
Jones, a member from Aiken County, told witness that Patterson had 
offered to pay him some money if he would vote for him in the election, 
and that after he had voted for him Patterson refused and did not pay 
him. Witness thinks that Jones stated that Patterson was to pay him 
five hundred dollars. I believe that Patterson used or promised to pay 
money to secure his election. I believe that he paid members of the 
General Assembly money to vote for him. I believe that he paid money 
to secure the vote of Senator Hope, of Lexington. I requested J. W. 
Lowman to go to the headquarters of Patterson to see Patterson, and I 
went with him there and left him with Patterson ; when Lowman came 
out I asked him how much he got and he replied, “I am satisfied.” I 
believed that Patterson had paid him and hence I asked the question. 
Do not know of my own knowledge that Patterson had paid him. It 
was reported currently that Senator Hope got money. It was my opin¬ 
ion that Worthington was Patterson’s right hand man in his candidacy 
for the United States Senate. Heard Patterson say that he did not care 
how much his election would cost him ; that he intended to beat the 
fight, or some expression similar to that. It was believed and under¬ 
stood that Patterson had plenty of money. 

BOLIVAR I. HAYES. 

Columbia, July 5th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF E. 8. J. HAYES. 

Dr. E. S. J. Hayes, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the County of Lexington in this State, and am 
physician and planter ; was a Representative from that County from 
1865 to 1867, and was then in the Senate from 1868 to 1872. From 
1872 to 1874 I was Treasurer of that County. Remember the time of 
Patterson’s election to the United States Senate, and passed through 



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Columbia the day before the election en route to Charleston. Don’t 
know of my own knowledge that Patterson used any money to secure 
his election ; have heard that money was used in the election. Talked 
with W. B. Jones, a member from Aiken County, in reference to the 
matter,,but don’t think he ever said anything to me about any pay. 
Never did speak to Senator Hope about Patterson’s election until this 
evening, but he said nothing about having received any money. Have 
heard that Senator Hope, from Lexington, sold his vote in that election, 
but it was only by rumor; do not remember who I heard say so. Have 
never heard that B. F. Whittemore received any money in connection 
with Patterson’s election. When I went in to Patterson’s headquarters 
Bolivar Hayes and J. W. Lowinau were there with me. Nothing was 
said in my presence about the election for United States Senator; this 
was the evening before the election took place. Don’t remember that I 
saw Patterson or Worthington during ray stay in Columbia. Patterson 
was on my official bond as County Treasurer and one of the parties 
named for the position of Senator. I was anxious to see Patterson’s 
election. Bolivar Hayes was one of Patterson’s agents in the matter of 
his election to the United States Senate, for he told me so. He further 
told me that Patterson used money to secure his election. Bolivar Hayes 
further said to me that he saw J. W. Lowman come out of Patterson’s 
quarters, and asked him if he was satisfied, and that Lowman replied 
that he was satisfied with what he got. Bolivar Hayes said to me that 
he was Patterson’s friend in the matter, and would send members to 
Patterson’s headquarters, and that Patterson would send them to some 
one else to be paid. Some of Patterson’s friends or Patterson himself 
promised to pay Bolivar’s expenses while ■ he was here in Patterson’s 
interest, but broke faith and did not do so; Bolivar said so. Heard 
that Patterson said that his election did not cost him as much as he had 
expected ; that it only cost him about forty-eight thousand dollars; but 
I do not now recall the name of the person or persons who told me so. 
Bolivar Hayes told me that Patterson promised to pay him handsomely 
for assisting him in securing his election. Bolivar further said that 
Patterson told him if he needed any funds to pay out in the election he 
could get them, but that if he preferred it he could make the arrange¬ 
ments with the members and then send them to him. 

E. S. J. HAYES. 


Columbia, S. C., July 5th, 1$77. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN K. HAYES. 


John K. Hayes, being first duly sworn, deposes and says : 

I live in the County of Lexington, in this State, and am twenty-three 
years of age. Am the son of Bolivar I. Hayes, and he lives in the same 
County. I remember when John J. Patterson was elected to the United 
States Senate, but I was not in Columbia at the time. My father was in 
Columbia during the time and most of the time. I think my father 
was in favor of Patterson’s election—heard him say that Patterson was 
his choice. Have heard frequently that Patterson paid money for his 
election; have heard that W. B. Jones, a member of the lower house 
from the County of Aiken, was promised five hundred dollars for voting 
for Patterson and complained much that he did not receive the money 
after he had voted for Patterson. Mr. Jones’s son told me of this; 
cannot recall his name. Have heard of a good many that received 
money for voting for Patterson, but can’t think of them now. Heard 
that Senator Hope, of Lexington, received one thousand dollars; Alonzo 
Bose told me so; thinks that Senator Jones from Georgetown was one 
of Patterson’s principal canvassers. Heard that Y. J. P. Owens, of 
Laurens, received money for voting for Patterson, as also did Senator 
Smalls from Beaufort, and Senator J. M. Smith from Barnwell, and Sena¬ 
tor S. A. Swails from Williamsburg. My information was that Senator 
B. F. Whittemore, of Darlington, received two thousand dollars. I think 
uncle (Dr. E. S. J. Hayes) told me about Whittemore. Heard that 
B. A. Bosemon, a member from Charleston, received money for voting 
for Patterson, and also Bryan, a member of the House; and Joe Crews 
received two thousand dollars; was told so by Alonzo Bose, of Colum¬ 
bia; heard that A. W. Curtis received money aJso; don’t remember 
who told me; also Abram Dannerly, a member from Orangeburg; also 
Hastings Gantt, a member from Beaufort; also J. J. Grant, a member 
from Charleston, received five hundred dollars, as also William Grant 
from the same County. Sam Green, from Beaufort, received money also. 
Thinks that Timothy Hurley, a member from Charleston, was one of 
Patterson’s paymasters—have heard so from half a dozen different per¬ 
sons; heard Dr. E. S. J. Hayes say so. Heard that all the members 
from Charleston received money; heard that Dr. J. W. Lowman, a 
member from Lexington, received five hundred dollars; I think my 
father told me so, it was general chat in his neighborhood. I think I 
heard of N. B. Myers, of Beaufort; I do not know how much he 
received. I heard of J. D. Bobertson, of Beaufort; do not know how 
much he received. I think I heard of S. B. Thompson, of Bichland. 
Burt Fallon told me that the people in the settlement were saying that 
Dr. Lowman received five hundred dollars for his vote for Patterson 


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and that Hope was honest; and afterwards Dr. Lowman told him that 
Mr. Hope received one thousand dollars. My father told me that Tim 
Hurley was one of the paymasters for Patterson. I have heard ray 
father say that Patterson bought his way into the United States Senate. 
I heard that Patterson had over $100,000 in a Committee room for dis¬ 
tribution among the members. 

JOHN K. HAYES, 

July 5th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF BOLIVAR I. HAYES. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., July 12, 1877. 

Bolivar I. Hayes, further examined, on oath, says: 

At the time of Patterson’s election, during my stay in Columbia, at 
his request, my eutire expenses in connection with his election, including 
my personal expenses and expenses incurred in behalf of his election, 
did not exceed two hundred dollars. I thought that Patterson would 
compensate me for the services I rendered him in his election, from what 
he said to me. I misunderstood the question, and say now that I 
expected him to reimburse my actual expenses and no more. I might 
have stated to others that I expected compensation, but do not recollect 
it. When I went with the members of the Legislature to Mr. Patterson’s 
room I was satisfied in my own mind that money was to- be used, as in 
all elections since I was old enough to vote. I did not see money used. 
When I went with them I left them with him in his private room, 
except Senator John C. Hope; Col. Patterson was not ready to receive 
him, and I left him iu the outer adjoining room; the others I carried 
one at a time. I think I carried Mr. Jones and Dr. Lowman together 
and introduced them to Mr. Patterson; Gen. Worthington was also in 
the room. I immediately left, they remaining. After a while I met Dr 
Lowman on the street and asked him how much he got, and he said: “I 
am perfectly satisfied.” Worthington said to me: “ Work on, Plaves; 
do all you can; it will be all right.” When I took these men there I 
believed that they were to be paid for their votes, as in all other 
elections since my recollection. I believed at the time that it w T as Mr. 
Patterson’s duty to compensate me above my expenses. I believed that 
Mr. Patterson w r ould pay my expenses; can’t say I believed that he 
would pay me any more. At the time, I talked with Worthington and 
others who w r ere working for Patterson; Dr. Moore, brother-in-law of 
Patterson’s, was another; J. M. Smith, from Barnwell, another. Among 
those I so talked with it was currently reported that Patterson had a 
3 



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great deal of money with him to use in his election. William B. Jones 
came to me after the election and said that Worthington had promised 
him $500 to vote for Col. Patterson, and that he had not complied 
with his promise, and that he was going to see Col. Patterson for the 
money. I begged him to wait and leave it to me, and that I would see 
Gen. Worthington and Col. Patterson and try to get them to comply 
with the promise. He promised me to wait. I first went to Gen. 
Worthington, and then to Col. Patterson. They both denied having 
made any such promise. Jones and Dr. Moore brought up some kind of 
a suit before Trial Justice Coleman. 

B. I. HAYES. 

July 12th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM B. JONES. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

July 31, 1877. 

William B. Jones, being duly sworn, on oath says: 

I am a resident of Aiken County, by occupation a farmer. I was a 
Representative from Aiken County in the session of 1872-73 at the time 
of the election of John J. Patterson to the United State Senate. 
Directly I came down here the parties were electioneering and I was 
introduced to H. G. Worthington, and he told me that he was acting as 
an agent for Patterson and that if I would vote for Patterson that he 
would make me a present of $400. There was another man by the name 
of Dr. Moore (who was Patterson’s brother-in law.) He also found me 
out, and kept after me to go up to Patterson’s office, and I went with 
him up there. Pie told me he wanted to give me an introduction, per¬ 
sonally, to Patterson. When we got up there Worthington appeared to 
be rather opposed to Dr. Moore’s going there with me, but finally I got 
to see Patterson, and (I think in Moore’s presence, but am not certain,) 
Patterson, on being introduced, said to me : “ I’ll do just what Worthing¬ 
ton says I’ll do in the matter.” That is all that I know that transpired 
at the time. After the election they said nothing to me, nor I to them, 
about pay. The next session Patterson had his brother-in-law arrested 
for forging a check (so Moore told me) and had him in jail, and Moore 
asked me if I remembered what passed in the Senatorial election between 
me and Patterson and Worthington. He then asked me if he drew it 
oft’ if I would sign it—the words that had passed; that he wanted to 
send it to his sister to show what a rascal Patterson was. I told him I 
would do so. Accordingly he drew it off and read it to me; I signed it, 
and the next news I knew they had a warrant for Patterson in my name, 



and notified me to meet at Trial Justice Coleman’s on a certain -day. 
The proceedings afterwards were before the Trial Justice. I was ap¬ 
proached on the morning of the day by a party in the State House; I 
think it was Neagle, but am not certain, and asked to go down to Fine’s 
and see if the matter could be settled by my receiving the money. I re¬ 
fused to have any money or anything to do with settling it. I think I 
was sent after by a negro also, but I declined to go. 

W. B. JONES. 


July 31, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF SALLES RANDALL, JR. 

Columbia, S. C., July 30th, 1877. 

S. Randall, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the town of Aiken, in this State, and am an attorney 
at law. Was Committee Clerk in the House of Representatives of this 
State during the time of Lee’s administration as Speaker. Was such 
clerk when John J. Patterson was elected United States Senator, Decem¬ 
ber, 1872. Patterson had headquarters over Fine’s; he kept an open 
house—liquors, wines, cigars, &c.; never.saw any money paid by Patter¬ 
son; heard that it was used; knows that Worthington offered money to 
W. B. Jones, a member of the House, to vote for Patterson. Worthing¬ 
ton was Patterson’s general manager and engineered his election; heard 
Worthington make this offer; don’t recollect the amount, but it was 
some $300 or $400. I heard that R. H. Humbert received money for 
his vote; also Samuel Keith, Joseph D. Boston. There is no doubt but 
that Patterson secured his election by money. 

*1/ vL' 4* 't' 'l' <L* 

sf* ■%: ^ ^ ^ ^ 'T' *1 > 'T' 'f' 

SALLES RANDALL, Jr. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN WOOLLEY. 

Columbia, S. C, November 7, 1877. 

John Woolley, being sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of the County of Aiken and has no particular 
occupation. W r as in the city of Columbia at the time of Patterson’s 
election to the United States Senate—was here several days. I advocated 
the election of Patterson and did all I could for him. I told Augustus 
Simkins, David Graham and another member from the County of Edge- 
field that if they would go to H. G. Worthington they could get money, 
provided they would vote for Patterson. I think I told two of them that 




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they could get $500 each and the other one $400. H. G. Worthington 
authorized me to tell them so. It was the general impression that money 
was being used to secure Patterson’s election. Worthington told me that 
if these members would vote for Patterson the money would be in the 
bank for them. I was not a member. 

JOHN WOOLLEY. 


TESTIMONY OF AUGUSTUS SIMKINS. 

Columbia, S. C. October 29, 1877. 

Augustus Simkins, being duly sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of the County of Edgefield and is a farmer by 
occupation. Was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly 
in 1872 and served two terms. Did not vote for John J. Patterson for 
the United States Senate—voted for R. B. Elliott. John Wooley said 
to me that if I would vote for Patterson then he would insure to me 
that I would get $500 for my vote. Butler Spears told me that I was a 
damn fool for not voting for Patterson, for that by so doing I could make 
$500. John Woolley was the Treasurer of that County under the 
administration of Gov. Moses, I think. As well as I remember Woolley 
made the same proposition to David Graham, a member from Edgefield, 
at the same time that he proposed to me. I think he approached us at 
the same time. 

A. SIMKINS. 


TESTIMONY OF DAVID GRAHAM. 

Columbia, S. C., October 29th, 1877. 

David Graham, being first duly sworn, deposes and says : 

That he is a resident of the County of Edgefield in this State and is 
a farmer by occupation. That he was elected to the Legislature in 
1872 and served two terms. I did not vote for John J. Patterson 
for the United States Senate; voted for Harry Noah. John Woolley 
told me that if I would vote for Mr. Patterson I could get, I think it 
was, $i00. I had a conversation with Gen. Worthington in reference 
to Patterson’s election and he told me that any arrangement that I 
might make with John Woolley would be carried out, I know that 
Woolley offered Augustus Simkins $500 to vote for Patterson. John 
Woolley was ex-Treasurer of the County of Edgefield under the adminis¬ 
tration of Gov. Moses. 


DAVID GRAHAM. 




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TESTIMONY OF DR. JOHN A. BARKER. 

Kooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 18th, 1877. 

Dr. John A. Barker, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Edgefield County. Was a member of the House 
of Representatives for three terms, commencing in 1870. In the election 
for United States Senator in 1872 I voted for R. B. Elliott. A short 
time before the election came on Patterson sent for me to his rooms over 
Fine’s. He was in a room by himself. He said to me: “ Now, Doctor, we 
have always been good friends and I want you to vote for me, and 
besides there is a certain amount of money to be spent in this election 
and you would as well have it as any one else. I will spend $75,000 if 
necessary to secure my election ; if you will vote for me I will give 
you $1,000;” and he wrote his offer down on paper and slipped it towards 
me on the table so that I could read it. He said, further, “If you will 
carry two of your delegation, (I think it was Gus. Simkins and John A. 
Green,) you can get $2,000, and the money will be paid you at the bank 
as soon as the vote is cast.” I told Patterson I would see him again, but 
I had no other meeting with him until after the election. I had made 
up my mind to vote for Elliott. IJ. G. Worthington was an active 
friend of Patterson, and on the same day after the interview with Pat¬ 
terson he (Worthington) said to me: “ Patterson will stand by any promise 
he may make. If you wall vote for him he will give you the $1,000 he 
promised. I want Patterson elected, for he is my friend, and if he 
is elected I will get an office under the government.” 

JOHN A. BARKER. 


TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 25, 1877. 

Lawrence Cain, being sworn, says: 

That he resides at Edgefield Court House and is a farmer ; that he 
served in the General Assembly from 1868 to 1876, inclusive. I was 
here at the time of J. J. Patterson’s election to the United States Senate. 
Attended the caucuses that were held in connection with the Senatorial 
contest and advocated the election of R. B. Elliott. On the morning of 
the election I was approached in reference to the matter by H. G. 
Worthington, and he offered me $1,500 if I would vote for Patterson, but 
I declined and voted for Elliott. This offer was made in the Senate 
chamber. 


LAWRENCE CAIN. 



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TESTIMONY OF PARIS SIMKINS. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 18, 1877. 

Paris Simkins, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Edgefield County. Was a member of the House 
of Representatives for two terms, commencing in November, 1872. In 
the election for United States Senator I voted for R. B. Elliott. Some¬ 
time before the election I was at Patterson’s headquarters, over Fine’s? 
when he (Patterson) approached me and inquired of me if he could 
speak to me confidentially. I replied yes. He then opened up the 
question of the Senatorial election, and said that he wanted the support 
of the Edgefield delegation and that the best way to get it was through 
my influence; said that he wanted it not only for the votes it would give 
him, but more particularly for the effect it would have in the election, 
for it was Elliott’s stronghold. He offered me $1,000 to vote for him. 
I declined his offer. This was the only conversation I and Patterson 
bad on this subject. 

P. SIMKINS. 


TESTIMONY OF A. L. SINGLETON. 

Columbia, S. C., November 7, 1877. 

A. L. Singleton, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in the town of Sumter and am at present a Deputy 
United States Marshal. Was elected to the Legislature in 1870 and 
served one term. Was here when Patterson was elected to the United 
States Senate, but was not a member of the House at that time. I was em¬ 
ployed by H. G. Worthington and W. II. Gardner, two of Patterson’s 
friends, to remain here and electioneer for Patterson. The arrangement 
was that I should see the members and send them to Worthington, and 
that he “would take care of them.” It was understood that to “take 
can of them ” meant to pay them for their votes. A. W. Hough, a mem¬ 
ber from Kershaw, went to see Worthington at my suggestion, and, 
when he came down I asked him if he did not find that what I said was 
all right. He answered “ Yes, I am all right,” and that he found it just 
as I told him. I sent R. D. Gaither, a member from Kershaw, also to 
see Patterson and he expressed no dissatisfaction. I also sent Clem Wil¬ 
son and Butler Spears, members from my County, to see Worthington, 
and Wilson expressed satisfaction. He said so to me as he came out of 
the room where Worthington was paying up the members the next morn¬ 
ing after the election. Worthington was in one room and Patterson was in 
the other, and the doorkeeper, Warren Minton, would not allow any one 



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to go in that was not a member. It was generally understood that Pat¬ 
terson used money to secure his election. The general price for each 
member was $200. Patterson could not have been elected without the 
use of* money, in my judgment. 

A. L. SINGLETON. 


TESTIMONY OF J. C. WILSON. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

J. C. Wilson, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is James Clem Wilson. I reside in the town of Mayesvilie, 
County of Sumter, and I am, by occupation, a school teacher. I was a 
member of the House of Representatives from the County of Sumter 
from November, 1872, to March, 1874. I voted for John J. Patterson 
for United States Senate. I met him at the State House, in the lobby, 
and conversed with him concerning his election. I told him I favored 
General Elliott. He, Patterson, theu said Elliott had no money; that 
Scott was offering (as he understood) one hundred dollars for each vote 
given him (Scott); that he, Patterson, was giving three hundred dollars 
for votes, and that I should receive that amount if I voted for him. I 
did not agree to do so. He then left me and commenced talking with 
other members. On the day of the election for United States Senator I 
kept a roli of the House and the number votes given each candidate. My 
name was the third to the last on the roll, and when called by the 
Clerk I saw that Patterson had a majority of the votes and was elected. 
I then voted for him. Some time after the election I met him (Patterson) 
on the street and asked him if he intended to give me anything for my 
vote, as he promised. He told me he was under no obligation to me, as 
I did not promise to vote for him. I never mentioned the matter to him 

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again. 

J. C. WILSON. 


October, 19, 1877. 


testimony of butler spears. 

Columbia, S. C., November 21, 1877. 
Butler Spears, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Sumter County, and is now the jailor of that 
County. Was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and served one term. 
Voted for John J. Patterson for the United States Senate, but received 




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no money for my vote. I was under obligations to Patterson for a favor 
lie had done me influencing an appointment for me, and I availed myself 
of this opportunity to return the favor. I do not doubt that I could 
have received money for my vote for him, as I was certain that he used 
money to secure his election. I electioneered for Patterson and would 
send members to him, and told them that he “ would take care of them,” 
and by that I meant for them to understand that he would pay them. 

B. SPEARS. 


TESTIMONY OF R. S. TARLETON. 

October, 3, 1877. 

R. S. Tarleton, sworn, says: 

Resides in Colleton County. Was a member of the Legislature 
(House) for four years, commencing in 1870. Voted for John J. Patter¬ 
son. The first man spoke to me about Patterson’s election was H. G. 
Worthington. He told me that if I would vote for Patterson that I 
would get something. I did vote for him. After the election a page 
came to me and handed me an envelope from Mr. Worthington ; in the 
envelope was $75. A message was also sent me by the page that I must 
go that night to Patterson’s house. I did not go that night, but went 
the next in company with Danuerly, of Orangeburg. When we got 
there I told Patterson what message I had received from Worthington, and 
he, Patterson, said all right. Patterson went up stairs to his company 
and we left. After that I called ou Worthington at the Custom House 
for some more money, and he told me that thing had gone up. 

R. S. TARLETON. 


TESTIMONY OF ABRAM DANNERLY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

September 26, 1877. 

Abram Danuerly, being duly sworn, deposes on oath, and says: 

My name is Abram Danuerly. I reside in Orangeburg County and 
am by occupation a farmer. I was a member of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives in 1872-73 and 1873-74, and the extra session of 1873. I 
was a member of the House when John J. Patterson was elected United 
States Senator in December, 1872, and voted for Patterson in that elec¬ 
tion. I came up to Columbia shortly before the session and I met J. L. 
Jamison, the Senator, and Patterson in the street, and Jamison intro- 




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duced Patterson to me. Patterson said he was a candidate for the 
United States Senate and hoped I would vote for him. I told him I 
hadn’t made up my mind. He told me that if I voted for him I 
wouldn’t regret it; that he would give me some money if I voted for him, 
as he saw I was needy. He said he had $50,000 or $60,000 to spend on 
the election, and that if I didn’t believe it to go to Worthington, who 
was his agent. Jamison was standing about ten steps off, and called to 
him, and said something to Patterson, and then Patterson called me up, 
and we then went to Hardy Solomon’s Bank and saw a man named 
Jacobs, and Patterson got fifty dollars from him and gave it to me. 
Jamison and myself then left the bank, but before leaving Jamison 
counted the money and each of us took half of it. I was boarding with 
J. L. Jamison, and we went up to Patterson’s rooms, over Fine’s, that 
night, and Patterson and Worthington were there, and Patterson told 
me that if I would vote for him I would get four hundred dollars, and 
he told me then, and afterwards at different times, to electioneer and get 
as many to vote for him as I could, as he heard I was pretty good at 
electioneering, and told me to tell the members that he would pay them. 
He did not name any particular amount that he would pay. On the 
morning of the election I saw Gen. Worthington at Fine’s and he said 
that I must be sure to vote for Patterson, and get all I could to vote for 
him, and that he would see that I got the four hundred dollars. After 
the election, the day after, Gen. Worthington handed me twenty-five 
dollars in the State House on the lower floor, near the statue of Wash¬ 
ington. I was very angry about it, and told him then, and afterwards, 
that what I got didn’t amount to anything. About two weeks after the 
election I and Robert Tarleton, from Colleton, went to Patterson’s house 
to see him, as Tarleton said Patterson owed him some money too for 
voting for him. We saw Patterson and told him that we had come for 
what he had promised, and he said that Mackey and Whitternore and 
some one else was there, and he was busy, but offered us some liquor and 
cigars and went up stairs, saying he would see us again. I have never 
met him but once since, and neither Patterson nor Worthington ever 
paid me any more money on the election. 

his 

ABRAM X DANNERLY. 
mark. 


Witness : 

S. DIBBLE, 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, 
GERHARD MULLER. 


TESTIMONY OF W. IT. FRAZIER. 


October 3, 1875. 

W. H. Frazier: 

Resides iu Colleton. Was member of the House of Representatives 
for 1872 and 1873, and 1873 and 1874. I voted for John J. Patterson. 
I was first an Elliott man, but be made me mad. I do not recollect that 
Patterson or Worthington said anything to me before the election. 
After the election I heard that Holmes, of my delegation, had been 
paid for all my delegation, and that Smalls had been paid some $8,000 
for the Beaufort delegation to vote for Patterson. I went to Holmes, 
and he denied it. I then went to Worthington, and he paid me some¬ 
thing less than $250 ; the exact amount I do not recollect. Worthington 
led me to believe that he had paid Holmes. I have a note* from Holmes, 
iu his own handwriting, asking rue to keep still on this Patterson matter. 
Elliott insulted me, the night before the election, by saying that the 
colored people were selling out their race for money to Patterson. The 
way I found out that Holmes was paid was through Joe Crews and 
Abram Dannerly. Crews also told me that Smalls had got $8,000 for 
the Beaufort delegation. I was paid my money in the presence of Petty, 
of Charleston. 

W. H. FRAZIER. 

Continued : 

Before the election, I heard from members that Patterson was buying 
votes; that leading men were receiving five and six hundred dollars each. 
Petty told me this, and that he was to get $300, and after the election I 
saw him receive it from H. G. Worthington. Wallace, of Union, also 
told me about it; I meau the colored Wallace; his name is John 
Wallace. 

W. H. FRAZIER. 

*[COPY OF NOTE.] 

Mr. Frasier —I advise you to keep still, and you will be doing (?) 
what is required. 

A. P. HOLMES. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL GREEN. 

I 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 26, 1877. 
Hon. Samuel Green, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Samuel Green; residence, Beaufort, S. C., and I am by 
occupation a farmer. I was elected a member of the Plouse of Repre- 



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sentatives, and was a member of the House from 1870 to 1875, when I 
resigned, and was elected to a vacancy in the Senate occasioned by the 
resignation of Robert Smalls, and have been a member of the Senate 
ever since, and am still a member of the Senate. I was a member of 
the House at the time of the election of John J. Patterson to the United 
States Senate in 1872. I voted for John J. Patterson, as did the Beau¬ 
fort delegation. The only interview with Worthington on the subject 
was the day before the election, when I made a bet of a suit of clothes 
with Samuel J. Lee that Elliott wouldn’t receive 40 votes, and I made a 
bet with General H. G. Worthington, who bet that Patterson would not 
be elected on the first ballot and I bet that he would. I do not recollect 
the exact amount of the bet; it was, I think, about forty or fifty dollars. 
W r orthington said that he believed Patterson would be elected, but not 
on the first ballot. Patterson w 7 as elected on the first ballot the next day 
and I went right off and collected my bets from Worthington and Lee. 
W T orthington paid me the bet in cash on the day of the election. I un¬ 
derstood the bet with Worthington to mean that Patterson would be 
elected without the two houses coming together to ballot jointly. Some 
time after Patterson’s arrest about the charge of using bribery in his 
election I met Patterson on Main street, and I remarked to him that it 
was uuderstood that he paid the members to vote for him, and that it 
was a shame that I got nothing from him and had to bear the name of 
receiving a bribe; that it was cold and I thought he might make me a 
present of an overcoat, as I had no money. Patterson stopped in with 
me at Kinard & Wiley’s, and Patterson said: “ Let Mr. Green have an 
overcoat and charge it to me.” I got an overcoat, which cost, as well as 
I recollect, forty-five dollars. They had overcoats as high as a hundred 
dollars, but I liked this one better, and so selected it at 845. 

SAMUEL GREEN. 

September 26th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF HASTINGS GANTT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Hastings Gantt, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows : 

I was a member of the House from the County of Beaufort at the 
time of John J. Patterson’s election to the United States Senate. Gov. R- 
K. Scott was my choice, and I only voted for Mr. Patterson when I saw all 
the members of my delegation were going that way. Mr. Patterson spoke 
to me about voting for him, and said if my man’s chances were slim why 



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not vote for him ; that he would take care of his friends. I told him I 
expected to vote for Gov. Scott. 

HASTINGS GANTT. 


TESTIMONY OF GEORGE REED. 

Columbia, S. C., November 7, 1877. 

G. A. Reed, being sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of Beaufort County. Was elected to the Legis¬ 
lature in 1872, and served one term. Was re-elected in 1876, and am 
now a member. Voted for John J. Patterson for the United States 
Senate, but received no consideration whatever for my vote, aud no one 
offered to pay me anything for my vote for him. Was informed by 
Joseph Cohen that A. C. Davis represented himself as G. A. Reed and 
received money on Patterson’s election. 

GEORGE A. REED. 


TESTIMONY OF GEORGE BOLIVER. 

Joint Investigating Committee of the General Assembly, 

Orangeburg, S. C., August 27, 1877. 

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j 
County of Orangeburg. j 

Before me personally came George Boliver and made oath : That he 
was in Columbia, one'day, a short time before the election of John J. 
Patterson to the United States Senate; that at that time deponent had a 
short conversation with General H. G. Worthington, just in front of 
Fine’s store, on Main street, on the right hand side of the street as you 
go from the State House towards the Columbia Hotel; that Worthing¬ 
ton questioned deponent as to how the Orangeburg delegation would 
vote in the Senatorial election. Deponent answered that the delegation 
was badly split up, and some of them would vote for R. B. Elliott. 
Worthington said that there was no use to vote for Elliott; thai a negro 
couldn’t be elected, and it wouldn’t do to elect one, as the pressure in the 
Senate of the United States was against it, and that they might as well 
vote for Patterson, as he would be elected anyhow, aud he would pay 
them as much as auybody else would. The conversation was interrupted 
and was never renewed. Deponent used no influence in the matter. 

GEO. BOLIVER. 

Sworn to before me this 27th August, 1877. 

I. L. HEIDTMAN, Notary Public. 




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TESTIMONY OF JOHN DIX. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 

^ Columbia, S. C., November 9, 1877. 

John Dix, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is John Dix. I reside in the County of Orangeburg and 
am by occupation a farmer. I was a member of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives, from 1872 to 1874, from the County of Orangeburg. At the 
time of the election of John J. Patterson to the United States Senate, I 
was spoken to by Warren Minton, who said Mr. Patterson wanted to see 
me. He said Mr. Patterson would be a friend to me, and there would 
be a chance to make something he reckoned. I declined to go, as he 
was not my candidate. I heard it generally spoken among the members 
that Patterson was buying his way to the United States Senate. 

his 

JOHN !*j DIX, 
mark. 


Witnesses: 

J. C. SHEPPARD, 

S. DIBBLE, 
GERHARD MULLER, 
JOHN R. COCHRAN. 


TESTIMONY OF HENRY RILEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

August 10, 1877. 

Henry Riley, Esq., being duly sworn, deposes on oath and says: 

My residence is at Branchville, County of Orangeburg. Am by occu¬ 
pation a storekeeper. Was a member of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1872-73 and 1873-74. At the session of 1872-73, came up 
the day before the session began; went from the depot with others to 
Mr. Fine’s. Patterson’s headquarters, as a candidate for the United 
States Senate, were up stair sover Fine’s. A good many members were 
there, and General Worthington was there. Liquors and cigars were 
there. The talk was mostly about Patterson’s election—Honest John 
Patterson some called him. That was my first experience of the Legis¬ 
lature. They drank Patterson’s health. They said: “Now, all that 
are in favor of Mr. Patterson’s election to the Senate come and drink.” 
I drank with the others. I had little or no money, and I asked some 
how I must do. Some of the members told me to see General Worth¬ 
ington. I saw him privately and asked him to lend me twenty-five 



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dollars. He handed me the money in cash and put it down on a slip of 
paper. I didn’t sign the paper. I told him I’d return it when I got 
my pay. When I got my pay I told him I could pay him back, and he 
said that he would make me a present of it. Abram Dannerly had 
more to do with Worthington than I did—talked with him more. In_ 
Patterson’s election, Sam Green was active for Patterson. Warren Min¬ 
ton was Patterson’s waiting-man at his headquarters over Fine’s and 
would invite the members in. 

H. RILEY. 

August 10th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF J. FELDER MYERS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 12th, 1877. 

J. Felder Myers, Esq., being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

J. Felder Myers is my name ; residence in Orangeburg, S. C. I was 
a member of the Legislature from Orangeburg County for the sessions of 
1872-73 and 1873-74. The election of John J. Patterson to the office 
of United States Senator was during the first of these sessions, in Decem¬ 
ber, 1872. A short time before the said election Gen. IT. G. Worthing¬ 
ton came to me and said that Patterson wanted to see me; that Patterson 
had some money for the boys who would vote for him. I don’t recollect 
positively whether Worthington named any specific amount or not. 
Worthington, on several occasions, urged me to go and see Patterson. 
I called on Patterson at his rooms over where Fine used to keep and 
was ushered into Patterson’s private room by Gen. Worthington. There 
were several in the room at the time; don’t remember who, except that 
Senator Jamison, of Orangeburg, was one. Patterson asked them to go 
out, as he desired to see me on private business. They went out and 
Patterson and myself remained in the room. Patterson began the con¬ 
versation by speaking of the excitement over the approaching election 
of United States Senator, and said he had euchred Scott and some 
others in some railroad transactions. I think he mentioned the Green¬ 
ville Railroad for one ; and that while they didn’t expect to be elected, 
they were trying to make him spend as much money as possible. That he 
was ready to spend the money, and as the members of the Legislature 
had had to spend a good deal to get here, he didn’t expect them to vote 
for him for nothing. He said he had Senator Jamison, and that he 
thought if he could get me he would secure the House delegation. He 
then asked me if I would vote for him, and I told him I had not thought 
over the matter yet, but I would give him an answer before the election. 



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He then said that if I made up my mind to vote for him he had five 
hundred dollars for me, and to call in and get it, and to bring the House 
delegation from Orangeburg along with me if I could. I then left him. 
I saw him again on the morning of the day before the election ; he was 
in company with Worthington. I think I told him I had made up my 
mind not to vote for him. He said that he had the Orangeburg Senator 
and the balance of the members from Orangeburg, and that I had better 
come over with the rest. He renewed the offer of five hundred dollars 
if I would do so. I declined the offer. At the election I voted for 
R. K. Scott. Besides the five hundred dollars, at the first interview 
Patterson also told me we, i. e. his Orangeburg supporters, could have 
the control of the postoffice at Orangeburg if he was elected. 

J. FELDER MYERS. 


September 12, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF P. R. RIVERS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 13, 1877. 

Prince R. Rivers, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Prince R. Rivers; residence is at Hamburg, S. C., and 
my occupation is that of a farmer at present. I was a member of the 
House of Representatives from 1868 uutil 1874—six years. I held the 
office of Trial Justice from 1868 till about the first day of June, 1877. 
As to Patterson’s election to United States Senate, Patterson came to me 
and said: “Rivers, I and you have beeu good old friends.” I told him 
yes. He said: “I want you to vote for me and I’ll do right by you.” 
I told him I couldn’t vote for him. He asked me why. I told him in 
the first place he never voted in the State since he had been here in the 
State, and that Governor Scott was my preference, because he remained 
here, voted here, and spent his money here. I told him I’d try and beat 
him by fair means if I can. After the election I went to Patterson’s 
headquarters in the Fine building where the members were gathered 
and drank champagne with them, and saw them gonig into Patterson’s 
private room, oDe after another, to get their pay. I am satisfied that 
was what was going on, for it was done iu the usual style. The next day 
I heard some of the members complaining that they did not get as much 
from Patterson as he had paid others. I would laugh at them about 
that, and they would laugh at me for being defeated. Ihey didn’t 
like anything from me. I was surprised at the sudden change of the 
members in twenty-four hours. Members who just the night before the 
night of the election were Scott and Elliott men I saw going to Patter- 

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son’s headquarters the next morning before the House met, but I did 
not feel uneasy because 1 didn’t think they could be changed; but when 
the vote was taken I was completely surprised at the change. 


P. R. RIVERS. 


August 13th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF W. B. NASH. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 13, 1877. 

Hon. W. B. Nash, being further examined, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

I was in the State Senate at the time of the election of John J. Patter¬ 
son to the United States Senate, on the tenth day of December, 1872. 
Patterson approached me before the election and said he wanted me to 
vote for him as he was going to get the votes of the members of the 
House from Richland, and he wanted the whole delegation complete. 
“ You know, Nash, I never go back on my friends when they stand by me.” 
He went on to argue against the sending of Elliott or Scott. He knew 
that I was a strong Elliott man, as I had told him so, and had also told 
him if I couldn’t elect Elliott, I would go for Scott, as I didn’t think he 
was a representative man. He had never been in public life down here, 
and was nothing but a lobbyist iu ray opinion ; and this was my reason 
for not supporting him. I did not say this to him, but merely said to 
him that I didn’t think he was a representative man of the party. After¬ 
wards General John B. Dennis came to me, and, after talking to me for 
some time, said to me that he had been requested to inquire of me 
whether I would change from Elliott to Patterson for five thousand dol¬ 
lars. I told him no; John Patterson hasn’t got money enough for me to 
vote for him. I want a colored man to go, and if that couldn’t be done, 
I expect to vote for Scott. In addition, I had several conversations with 
General H. G. Worthington before the election, who made me no direct 
offer of money, but simply said old Pat. would take care of his friends. 
At the election I voted for R. B. Elliott. Several came to me on the 
floor of the Senate to get me to change my vote, but I refused. While 
the funding Bill was up for discussion (the Bill to reduce the volume of 
the public debt, &c.,) at the sessions of 1873 and of 1873-74, a number 
of the holders of the revenue bond scrip were here in Columbia trying 
to get the Legislature to provide for it, and they tried to introduce it by 
amendment into the funding Bill, but the colored Senators, most of them, 
had a caucus and determined that they couldn’t afford to support it, in 
view of the coming campaign of 1874. During that time I had a con- 



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versation with John J. Patterson, in which he said that some of the 
friends of the measure were down on him because they didn’t think he 
took as much interest in the measure as he ought to take. That he had 
disposed of his scrip, as he had used the money to pay for his election to 
the United States Senate; that it had cost him forty thousand dollars to 
be elected, and it had broke him pretty much. That he had to give a 
mortgage to Baldwin on his property to raise money. That he wasn’t 
personally interested in the scrip, except that he wanted the men paid 
that he had disposed of his scrip to; and that he thought it was right 
that they should be paid. 

AY. B. NASH. 


TESTIMONY OF J. T. GILMORE. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 29, 1877. 

John T. Gilmore, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

That he is a resident of Richland County and of the State aforesaid, a 
farmer by occupation. Was elected a member of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives during the year 1872 from the County of Richland, and served 
during the sessions of 1872 and 1873, 1873 and 1874. Voted for John 
J. Patterson as United States Senator. Met Patterson in Columbia a 
few days before the General Assembly met in the Fall of 1872. Patter¬ 
son spoke to me and called me by name. Said to him he had the advan¬ 
tage of me, when he informed his name was Patterson ; said to me: “ Old 
fellow, you don’t look like a member of the Legislature ; you ought to have 
on good clothes.” I replied, “I am not able to buy them.” He (Patter¬ 
son) then turned to General John B. Dennis and said : “John, we must get 
him a suit of clothes; take him up to Swaffield’s and fix him up;” which 
was done. General Worthington was the first man to make any propo¬ 
sition concerning my voting for Patterson; asked me who I was going to 
vote for—if I would support his man. Told him I would vote for any man 
as against Elliott. Worthington replied: “That’s right; damn it,he hasn’t 
any money; we have plenty.” At the same time he invited me to attend a 
caucus, and said: “ Damn it, we are going to tell you fellows how much we 
can give you to-night.” I attended the caucus. On my arrival I found 
Mr. Wolfe, of Lancaster, speaking in favor of Patterson. Several others 
spoke in his favor. While there I was asked to speak; I declined and stated 
that I did not know the object of the caucus. Some one said: “We mean 
business to-night.” I then said: “ If you mean business, let’s get at it and 
not have any speaking about it.” Mr. Black, a member of the House, 
called me aside and asked me if I was going to support Patterson; told him 
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I thought I would; advised me not to promise to vote for him for less 
than three hundred and fifty dollars; said I was green to agree to vote 
for him without pay. Was shown in a private room where Patterson and 
Worthington were seated. Worthington said: “Are you going to sup¬ 
port our man Patterson?” I replied: “I don’t know; think I will.” He 
said: “By God, I don’t want any thinking; we have two matters coming 
up and we want you to support them.” Said Patterson’s election was 
one, and if I would support him I would receive three hundred and fifty 
dollars for it. I then agreed to vote for him, but thought it advisable to 
have Patterson tell me how much I was to receive. Talked to Patterson ; 
he asked me how much Worthington promised me. I told him. lie said 
it was all right and I would get it; said we must be careful, as we were 
watched. On my arrival Patterson asked me who my friend was that 
came with me; told him it was Mr. Hopkins. He (Patterson) then said 
no one could be there but members and advised me to be careful. I voted 
for him but did not go to see him at once. Several days after that I 
met him (Patterson) on the street. He said: “Damn it, old fellow, I 
haven’t met you since my election.” I replied: “ Well, you were in trouble 
about being arrested, and I thought I would not trouble you until it was 
over.” He said: “It is all right now; come up this evening at eight 
o’clock.” I did so, and found Mr. Patterson and Worthington in the room. 
Worthington said: “ There is a letter for you on the table.” I picked it up, 
put it in my pocket. After leaving the house I opened it and found it con¬ 
tained one hundred dollars in United States currency. I never received 
the remainder promised. Patterson informed me afterwards that the 
other measure he and Worthington wanted me to support was a Bill to 
pay the Blue Ridge scrip. I declined to support it. I complained to 
one or two persons that Patterson had not paid me in full. S. B. Thomp¬ 
son was one, I think. 

J. T. GILMORE. 


TESTIMONY OF EVERIDGE CAIN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 15, 1877. 

Everidge Cain, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member from the County of Abbeville in December, 1872, at 
the time John J. Patterson was elected United States Senator, and voted 
for him. I was electioneered by a good many. I told H. G. Worthing¬ 
ton that I intended to support Scott, and, in the meantime, while I was 
talking with Worthington, Patterson came up and said : “ You had better 
support me; I can do more for you in Congress than Scott can.” I re- 



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marked that I had promised to vote for Scott and was under obligations 
to him, as he had lent me one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and that 
Scott had my note for that amount. Patterson said that he would lift 
that note if I would support him. I consented to do so. Patterson also 
mentioned the names of several who had promised to vote for him and 
said he had a majority, but he wanted to make it sure. Scott after¬ 
wards told me that the note was settled, and it has never come against 
me. This conversation with Patterson and Worthington was at Fine’s. 
I think it was up stairs at Patterson’s headquarters. 

EVERIDGE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF J. D. BOSTON. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

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Columbia, S. C., October 16, 1877. 

J. D. Boston, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Joseph D. Boston. I reside in the town of Newberry 
and am by profession a lawyer. Was a member of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives from 1868 to 1875, inclusive. Was a member in December, 1872. 
Did not vote for John J. Patterson. In the Fall of 1872 I was hard 
pressed for money and made application to various parties fora loan and 
failed. I then wrote John J. Patterson, who was at that time Vice 
President of the Greenville Railroad Company and resided in Columbia. 
In a few days thereafter I received a check from him on the bank at 
Newberry for $50. When I came to Columbia for the session I attended 
the caucuses of General Elliott’s friends and made up my mind to vote 
for him (Elliott). The day before the election came off I saw Patterson 
on the street and he inquired of me if I was going to vote for him. I 
told him no; that I would vote for Elliott. He replied that he had 
always been a good friend of mine; had given me a free pass on the 
railroad and had loaned me $50. I told him that the loan of $50 was 
a business transaction and that I intended to repay that. He replied 
that he did not want it. He then said that if I would vote for him he 
would give me $300 in addition ; that he intended to beat Elliott if it 
cost him $50,000; that he had procured a sufficient number of votes at 
from $200 to $300 each to do it; that I had better swing into line, and 
that I would get what he said for it and I would be then, like the other 
boys, cared for. I told him I could not do so ; that I would vote for 
Elliott. The day after the election Patterson told me that I must pay 
him the $50 I had borrowed from him. I replied that I would do so at 
any time he would designate. He said: “ Well, pay it to H. G. Worthing- 


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ton and not to me.” I did as he directed ; paid it to Worthington, who 
called on me for it, and I have his receipt for the money in my posses¬ 
sion. 

JOSEPH D. BOSTON. 


TESTIMONY OF NELSON DAVIES. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Nelson Davies, being sworn, says: 

He resides in York County; occupation grocer; was a member of 
the House of Representatives for the County of York during the years 
1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876. Voted for John J. Patterson for the 
United States Senate. My first conversation with Patterson in reference 
to his election was in his headquarters over Fine’s. No one else was 
present. Patterson asked me to vote for him. I made him no answer. 
He then stated that it cost all the members considerable money to carry 
the elections in their Counties, and he was willing to give to the men 
who voted for him something, and he proposed to pay me three hundred 
dollars for my vote. I did not consent. He then proposed to give me 
five hundred dollars if the other members of my delegation did not cost 
him too much. I told him I would see about it. After that I met him 
at a caucus and informed him I would vote for him, which, as I have 
before stated, I did. The evening after Judge Carpenter was elected I 
met Patterson on the corner near where an old palmetto tree stood. He 
asked me to go home with him. On the way I mentioned Judge Car¬ 
penter’s election. He (Patterson) said: “That has settled the whole 
damned fuss,” (meaning, as I supposed, his arrest and persecution in 
reference to his election.) After we arrived at his home he carried me 
in a private room and asked me if three hundred dollars would satisfy 
me for the present. I replied: “ Yes.” He then handed me a roll of 
money, which I counted after I reached my boarding house, and I found 
it was three hundred dollars in United States currency. Two years after 
that he paid me one hundred dollars more on the same account, which 
was paid in South Carolina Railroad money, all in one dollar bills. 
This was during the time the convention met and nominated Chamber- 
lain for Governor. The last named amount was paid to me in a room 
adjoining the office of Chamberlain & Melton, over the National Bank. 

NELSON DAVIES. 





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TESTIMONY OF B. H. NERLAND. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 7, 1877. 

B. H. Nerlaud, being duly sworn, deposes as follows: 

That he resides in the County of Barnwell; by occupation a planter. 
Was a member of the House of Representatives for four years com¬ 
mencing in 1870; was a member of the House of Representatives when 
John J. Patterson was elected United States Senator; voted for him. 
Some time before the election I had a conversation with Patterson on 
Main street, when he proposed to give me five hundred dollars if I 
would support him for the Senate. I agreed to do so. After the elec¬ 
tion, say a week or ten days, I called at his house for the money. He 
then requested me to call again. I am certain Dr. John Barker went 
with me. I called again. Dr. John Barker went with me the second 
time. Patterson was at home and referred me to General Worthington, 
his agent, who paid me three hundred dollars. 1 never received any 
more, though Patterson told me he would pay the remainder. 

B. H. NERLAND. 


testimony^ of o. r. levy.—CONTINUED. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 16, 1877. 

O. R. Levy, recalled: 

In the election of United States Senator I voted first for Chief Justice 
Moses, and then changed my vote to John J. Patterson. I made this 
change at the request of Governor Moses, whom I was anxious to please, 
as I held my office of Trial Justice under him. After the election I 
went with B. H. Nerlahd to Patterson’s house; he told me that he was 
after the money which Patterson had promised him for his vote; it was 
at night. He did not get the money the first night. I did not go in 
the house, but Norland did, and came out and told me that he was not 
paid, and said: “By G—d, if I do not get it I will blow on him.” The 
next night I went with him again. I did not go in the house, but Ner- 
land did, and soon came out with a large roll of money in his hand and 
said that he had got it, and asked me to go and eat oysters with him. 

O. R. LEVY. 



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TESTIMONY OF R. M. SMITH. 

Columbia, S. C., August 21 r 1877. 

R. M. Smith, being sworn, says: 

I live at Reedville, Spartanburg County, in this State, and am a 
physician by profession, but am farming at this time. I was a member 
of the Legislature from the year 1868 to 1876. J was a member at the 
time Patterson was elected to the United States Senate. A few davs 

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before the day of the election Patterson sent for me to come to his head¬ 
quarters. I went to his rooms over Fine’s building and saw Patterson. 
He begun a conversation about the pending election and asked me if I 
could vote for him. I told him I could not, and he asked me if any of 
the Democratic members would vote for him. I told him I thought 
not; that we had had several caucuses about the matter and had agreed 
not to vote for him, and assigned the reason that we had heard that he 
was using corrupt means to secure his election, and that we could not 
vote for a man that would use such means. He replied that he would 
be glad to get some of our votes. That he was going to be elected; 
that he would be elected if it cost him dollars—I forget the 

amount, but it was a large sum. On the night before the election I met 
Patterson on the street as I was going to a meeting of a Committee and 
asked him': “Colonel, how are Senatorial matters running?” He said: 
“Pretty hard; can’t you do something for me—can’t you get me some 
votes ?” I replied: “ My side of the House will not support you, in my 
judgment.” Patterson replied: “ You shall not lose anything by it if you 
could get me some votes.” I asked him what he meant by that. He 
replied: “ I mean by that that I will give you three hundred dollars for 
every vote you will get for me.” I replied: “That is damned cheap, 
even to a man that was in the business.” I did not propose to enter into 
the negotiations. I never had an interview with Patterson after that in 
regard to the matter. 

R. M. SMITH. 


TESTIMONY of s. s. bridges. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 31st, 1877. 

S. S. Bridges, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

He resides in Newberry County and farmer by occupation. Was 
elected to the House of Representatives in 1872 and served two terras. 
I was a member of the House at the time of the election of John J. 
Patterson to the United States Senate. I did not vote for him. I voted 



for Gen. R. B. Elliott. Being short, I borrowed $50 from Gen. H. G. 
Worthington. On the morning of the election Worthington came to 
me and asked me if I was going to vote for John J. Patterson, aud I 
told him no. He then said: “If you will vote for him I will give you 
the money which you borrowed,” and also laid an envelope on my desk, 
which he said contained money, and that he would also give me that. 
After the election Worthington came to me and demanded the money 
which I borrowed, and which I repaid him. 

S. S. BRIDGES. 


TESTIMONY OF CHARLES H. SIMMES. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 26th, 1877. 

Charles H. Simmes, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows : 

Mv name is Charles H. Simmes. I reside in the County of Chester. 
I am by occupation a farmer. I was a member of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives in 1872-73 and in 1873-74. I was a member of the House of 
Representatives at the time of the election of John J. Patterson to the United 
States Senate. I had no conversation with Patterson about his election prior 
to its coming on, but was introduced to him after the election at the 
room over Fine’s. A few days before the election Prince Young, then 
a member from Chester, and now dead, introduced me to Gen. H. G. 
Worthington in the lobby at the capitol. Gen. Worthington asked me 
who I was going to vote for. I told him I thought I would vote for 
Elliott. Worthington said that Elliott was already elected to Congress, 
and it would cost the State a good deal to elect another man in his place. 
I was in a hurry to go into the House, so the conversation was very 
short. On the next day I met Gen. Worthington at the State House 
again, aud I told him that I thought I would vote for Patterson. Worth¬ 
ington said to me that if I voted for Patterson I would lose nothing by 
it. On the same day, just before seeing Gen. Worthington, Prince 
Young told me that he was to get three hundred dollars for voting for 
Patterson, and that each one that voted for him would get the same 
amount. I voted for Patterson at the election. About three days after 
the election Prince Young gave me forty dollars, which he said he had 
got from Worthington for me; and about a week after that Prince 
Young brought me an envelope, which had in it one hundred dollars, 
and told that it was on account of Patterson’s election. I asked him 
where he got it, and he said it was from Gen. Worthington-for me for 
voting for Senator Patterson. That was all that I got. Afterwards I 



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asked Prince Young for the balance, saying that I understood I was to 
get three hundred dollars, and Prince Young said that that was all he 
had got for me and that I couldn’t get any more. So I never bothered 
any more about it. The envelope with the $100 was not sealed. 

CHARLES SIMMES. 

September 26, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF JAMES YOUNG. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 
James Young, a citizen of Laurens County, being sworn, says: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876, 
inclusive. I voted for Elliott for United States Senator when John J. 
Patterson was elected. Patterson never spoke to me about his election ; 
H. G. Worthington did, and offered me $300 to vote for Patterson ; said 
that was what he was paying for votes. Many of the members who 
voted for Patterson twitted me, and said I would be left out in the cold. 
I voted for Elliott because I regarded him as competent and because he 
belonged to our own race, and thought it a shame to go back on him. 
Patterson kept open rooms over Fine’s building, on Main street. 

JAMES YOUNG. 


TESTIMONY OF GLOSTER HOLLAND. 

Columbia, S. C., August 7, 1877. 

Gloster Holland, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of Aiken County, S. C. Was a member of the Legis¬ 
lature during the years 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1875. Was here when 
Patterson was elected to the United States Senate, but I did not vote for 
for him. I was informed that Patterson used money to accomplish his 
election. I was approached by one Warren Minton, one of Patterson’s 
supporters, to vote for him; Minton told me if I would vote for Patter¬ 
son I would get $300, and that Mr. Worthington would pay me as soon 
as the election was over. Prince Rivers was here while I was a member. 
Have seen the furniture in his house, but knew nothing about it. Ben 
Middleton, a member from Barnwell, told me he was approached and 
was offered $300 to vote for Patterson. I was offered $500 to vote for 
R. Iv. Scott for the United States Senate; C. J. Houston offered me the 
money; he told me I could get the money. I know John Williams; he 
resides in Hamburg, Aiken County. I know Mr. Salles Randall, and 




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have had a conversation with him about these matters, and told him 
something upon mere information, and not positively. Williams and 
myself boarded at George Richmond’s, in this city; Prince Rivers was 
there also; we had separate rooms. The rooms of Prince Rivers and John 
Will iams were furnished with carpets, window curtains, sofas, and prob¬ 
ably a stove in each; I do not know positively, but I am nearly certain 
that this furniture was paid for with the State’s money. 

G. H. HOLLAND. 

Columbia, S. C., August 7, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF C. D. HAYNE. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 15, 1877. 

C. D. Hayne, being further examined, deposed on oath as follows: 

I was State Senator from the County of Aiken when John J. Patterson 
was elected to the United States Senate in December, 1872. Patterson 
was a candidate for the Senate of the United States and offered me one 
thousand dollars if I would vote for him and use my influence in his favor. 
He made me this offer at his headquarters over Fine’s; several persons 
were in the rcom at the time, and among them was Salles Randall, of 
Aiken; but Patterson’s conversation with me was held in one corner of the 
room privately, and I do not know whether the others heard the offer or 
not, excepting H. G. Worthington, who was just the same as Patterson 
in my estimation. Patterson, however, as it appeared to me, did not 
attempt to conceal that he was running the election on his money. He 
said to me: “Hayne, I would like you to vote for me.” I told him : 
“You know I can’t do that.” He said: “I know you are a friend of 
Elliott, but Elliott can’t wiu.” I asked him: “ Why do you say Elliott 
can’t win ?” He said : “ Elliott has no money.” He said : “ I’ll give 

you one thousand dollars, and you might as well make that, as your 
candidate will not be elected anyhow. I have nearly a sufficient vote 
already, and I would like to get a few more to make sure.” H. G. 
Worthington was present and heard the conversation; and after Patter¬ 
son got through I then started to go, and Worthington walked with me 
a few steps, trying to persuade me to vote for Patterson, but I told him 
I could not. Worthington said he was going to elect him anyhow, as 
he had the money to do it with. 


C. D. HAYNE. 



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TESTIMONY OF TV. W. RAMSAY. 

\ 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
November 6, 1877. 

W. W. Ramsay, being duly sworn, deposes as follows : 

That he represented the County of Sumter as a member of the House 
of Representatives for seven years; was a member of the House when 
John J. Patterson was elected to the Senate ; voted for R. B. Elliott. 
During the canvass, John J. Patterson asked me to vote for him. I did 
not tell him whether I would or not. He then offered me one hundred 
and fifty dollars to vote for him, and raised it to two hundred before I 
left him. 

W. W. RAMSAY. 


TESTIMONY OF ISAAC MILLER, 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

Isaac Miller, being sworn, says: 

He is a citizen of Fairfield County; a farmer by occupation ; was a 
member of the House of Representatives from the County of Fairfield 
for two years; was a member when J. J. Patterson was elected United 
States Senator ; did not vote for him; supported R. B. Elliott. I was 
not offered any money to support Patterson by Gen. Worthington or by 
Patterson. A colored man who was in Patterson’s made me an offer 
of money to support him. Some of the members told me that if I would 
support Patterson I would be paid for it. At the time of his election it 
was generally understood that Patterson was paying for votes, and the 
members so understood it. * * * * * 

ISAAC MILLER, 


TESTIMONY OF F. ADAMSON. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

F. Adamson, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Frank Adamson; I reside at Camden, County of Ker¬ 
shaw, and I am by occupation a tailor. I was a member of the House 
of Representatives from the County of Kershaw from 1870 to 1874. I 
was not very intimate with the most of the members, because I would 
not associate with them in their drinking and frolics, as I did not think 




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it was becoming in me as a member of the church, as I have belonged to 
the Methodist Church for many years and have tried to lead a consistent 
Christian life. For that reason I was not in the confidence of such of the 
members as used to pass their time in an irreligious life, such as drink¬ 
ing and swearing and other bad habits. I have never taken a drink of 
liquor in my life. I voted against the impeachment of Governor Scott 
the second Winter that I was here, because I knew Governor Scott was a 
strong Republican, and I didn’t think the charge of high crimes and 
misdemeanors could be proved against him. No money was offered to 
me in this matter, and I wouldn’t have voted for the money simply. I 
voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, and at first for the validating and 
financial settlement, but against the two latter on their final passage in 
the House. No one offered me any money on any of these Bills, and I 
do not know if any of the other members were offered any money, or 
received any, for voting for these Bills; if any of them did receive any 
money my relations with them were not such as would have led them to 
confide it to me. At the next session I voted for the election of Mr. John 
J. Patterson to the United States Senate, because ray people at home 
were opposed to Governor Scott, and I therefore determined to vote for 
Mr. Patterson. Nobody ever offered me any money for voting for Mr. 
Patterson, excepting Mr. Patterson himself. He spoke to me about 
voting for him, and I told him I expected to vote for him, and he said if 
I voted for him he would give me a handsome present. Afterwards, on 
the same dav, he saw me and told me that if I voted for him he would 
give me a hundred dollars. That was very near the day of the election, 
probably the day before. I voted for Mr. Patterson, but he has 
never paid me the money he promised or any part of it. I have never 
applied to him for it, and I would never have done so if I had been stay¬ 
ing in the very same room with him. If he did not give it to me volun¬ 
tarily I would never have had it, for I did not regard it as a debt, 
although I expected he would have given it to me, as he promised it. 
One afternoon, near dark, I was walking along Main street, near Hardy 
Solomon’s bank building I think it was. Some one told me the members 
were having a caucus up there, pointing up stairs. I went up there and 
saw a large crowd of members, and I saw them going one at a time into 
a private room, and coming out one at a time another side. I immedi¬ 
ately saw it was not a caucus, and I left at once, because I was satisfied 
that there was some kind of a treat going on, and I would not join in 
anything of that kind on account of my Christian principles. I was 
known as a professed Christian among the members, and Ido not remem¬ 
ber ever having been offered any money for my vote, excepting the offer 

made me by Mr. Patterson, which I have related above. 

F. ADAMSON. 


October 18, 1877. 


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TESTIMONY OF B. A. THOMPSON. 


Columbia, S. C., November 26th^l877. 

B. A. Thompson, being sworn, says : 

That he is a resident of Marion County and is a farmer by occupation. 
Was elected to the Legislature in 1868 and served one term ; was re¬ 
elected in 1872 and served again one term. I voted for John J. Pattei- 
son for the United States Senate and received nothing for my vote; but 
a short time before the election General H. G. Worthington came to me 
and asked me to vote for Patterson and said he would give me foui 
hundred dollars if I would do so; in consideration of that promise, I 
did vote for Patterson, but Worthington never paid me the amount or 
any part of it, although requested so to do. I applied several times to 
Mr. Minton, who was doorkeeper to Patterson’s headquarters at the time 
of his canvass for the Senatorship, to get my money for me, but he did 
not succeed—at least I never received it. 

his 

B. A. M THOMPSON, 
mark. 


Attest 

J. C. SHEPPARD. 
J. A. WELLS. 


TESTIMONY OF D. C. WOLFE. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 26th, 1877. 

D. C. Wolfe, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in the County of Lancaster, a farmer by occupation. 
Was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 1872, and 
re-elected in 1874, serving two terms; was a member of the House when 
John J. Patterson was elected United States Senator; I voted for him. 
Some few days before the election I had a conversation with him ; he 
said he wanted me to support him and to use my influence for him ; if I 
did, he would take care of me and the friends. I made no agreement as 
to any amount of money I should receive if I voted for him. After the 
election, say four or five days, as I was passing by Mr. Fine’s bar-room, 
Senator Patterson handed me an envelope; I did not open it until I ar¬ 
rived at my room ; when I opened it I found that it contained money 
amounting, to two hundred and fifty dollars. 


D. C. WOLFE. 



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TESTIMONY OF LEVI LEE. 


Columbia, S. C., November 3, 1877. 

Levi Lee, being sworn, says : 

That be resides at Winnsboro, in Fairfield County, and that he is a 
farmer by occupation. Was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and 
served one term only. Was a member when Patterson was elected to 
the United States Senate, but did not vote for him. Pending the can¬ 
vass for the United States Senate, Mr. H. G. Worthington said to me 
that if I would vote for his friend, Col. Patterson, that he would give me 
$350. 


LEVI LEE. 


TESTIMONY OF J. D. WARLEY.. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

November 23, 1877. 

Hon. J. D. Warley, being duly sworn, deposes as follows: 

My name is Jared D. Warley. I reside in the County of Clarendon, 
and I am by occupation a farmer. I was a member of the House from 
the County of Clarendon from 1870 to 1874, since which time I have 
been State Senator from the said County. I was in the House when 
John J. Patterson was elected United States Senator. I voted for Gen. 
R. B. Elliott. Gen. H. G. Worthington, Patterson’s friend, at Patter¬ 
son’s headquarters over Fine’s, offered me four hundred dollars if I would 
vote for Patterson, but I declined the offer. Patterson also spoke to me 
and said that whatever proposition Worthington made would be all 
right. Before the election I heard members speak of having had offers 
of money from Patterson, but I cannot now remember which of the 
members. It was pretty well generally among the members, but I 
couldn’t say any one particularly. 

J. D. WARLEY. 


TESTIMONY OF ISHAM GREENWOOD. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 

November 22, 1877. 

Isham Greenwood, being duly sworn, says : 

That he resides in the County of Newberry and is a farmer by occu¬ 
pation. Was elected a member of the House of Representatives from 
the County of Newberry in 1872 and served for two years. Was a 




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member of the House when John J. Patterson was elected United 
States Senator. My first choice was ex-Gov. Scott. I voted for Patter¬ 
son. I was not promised any money or consideration for my -support. 
A few days before the election I received a small amount of money from 
Warren Minton, who was Patterson's friend and was generally in and 
around his headquarters. I considered it a loan, but never repaid it. 
Some time after I received the money Minton asked me to lend him 
five dollars; I did so. It was generally understood among the mem¬ 
bers that Patterson was paying for votes and buying his way to the Sen¬ 
ate. 

ISIIAM GREENWOOD. 


TESTIMONY OF J. A. SMITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 7, 1877. 

J. A. Smith, being sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of Darlington County. Was elected to the 
Legislature in 1872, and have been a member ever since, and am now. 
Voted for Patterson for the United States Senate, but received nothing 
whatever for my vote for him. Voted for Hardy Solomon’s claim, but 
received no consideration whatever for my vote. 

J. A. SMITH. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

Samuel J. Keith, being duly sworn, says: 

That he resides in Darlington C. H. and is a carpenter by trade and 
also a farmer by occupation. Was elected to the Legislature in 1870 
and has been a member ever since, and is now a member. I was a 
member when John J. Patterson was elected to the United States Senate 
and voted for him. Mr. Patterson told me if I would vote for him he 
would pay me three hundred dollars, and I voted for him, but he only 
paid me two hundred dollars—this amount he paid me in cash in his own 
person. Patterson paid me the money at his house in this city. My 
colleague, J. A. Smith, went with me to Patterson’s house, and told me 
the next day that Patterson paid him for voting for him—two hundred 
dollars, as well as I remember. Another of my colleagues, Richard 
Humbert, told me that Patterson paid him two hundred dollars, but that 
he did not pay him what he had promised him. Gloster Holland, of 
Aiken, told me also that Patterson paid him. A number of members 




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told me that Patterson paid them for voting for him. It was generally 
understood that Patterson used money to seeure his election—there is no 
doubt about that. I cannot now recall the names of all the members 
w T ho told me that Patterson paid them to vote for him. It. D. Gaither, 
of Kershaw, told me so, and a number of others. 

S. J. KEITH. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN BOSTON. 

Columbia, S. C., November 8th, 1877. 

John Boston, being sworn, says : 

That he resides in Darlington County and is a farmer. Was elected 
to the Legislature in 1868 and served one term ; was re-elected in 1872 
and served one term. Was here when Patterson was elected to the 
United States Senate, but did not vote for him; voted for Elliott. No 
one offered me anything if I would vote for Patterson, nor w r as any in¬ 
ducement whatsoever held out to me to vote for him. 

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JOHN BOSTON. 


TESTIMONY OF THOMAS PRESSLEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, November 8th, 1877. 

Thomas Pressley, being sworn, says : 

That he resides in Williamsburg County and is a farmer. Was elected 
to the Legislature in 1872 and served one term. Was there when Pat¬ 
terson was elected to the United States Senate and voted for him. No 
one offered me any money to vote for Patterson, nor did I receive any 
from any person ; received no consideration whatsoever for ray vote; 
did not hear that Patterson was paying money for votes. 

THOS. PRESSLEY. 


TESTIMONY OF JAMES F. PETERSON. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 8, 1877. 
James F. Peterson, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows : 

My name is James F. Peterson. I reside at Kingstree, County of 
Williamsburg, and by occupation I am a farmer. I have been a mem- 


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ber of the blouse of Representatives from the County of Willamsburg 
from 1872 to the present time. I was a member of the House at the 
time of Patterson’s election to the United States Senate and voted for 
him. Nobody made me any offer of money to vote for Patterson, nor 
any promise of any kind, nor did I receive any money, nor anything 
else for so voting. 

******** **** 

JAMES F. PETERSON. 


TESTIMONY OF FORTUNE GILES. 

Columbia, S. C., November 8th, 1877. 

Fortune Giles, being sworn, says : 

That he lives in Williamsburg County, and am a farmer. Was 
elected to the Legislature in 1872 and served one term. Was in the 
Legislature when Patterson was elected to the United States Senate and 
voted for him, but no one offered me anything to vote for him, nor did 
auy one pay me anything for my vote for him. I received no considera¬ 
tion whatsoever for my vote for Patterson. 

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FORTUNE GILES. 


TESTIMONY OF B. W. MIDDLETON. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, November 8th, 1877. 

B. W. Middleton, being sworn, deposes on oath as follows : 

Mv name is Benjamin W. Middleton. I reside at Midway, County of 
Barnwell and am by occupation a farmer. I was a member of the 
House of Representatives from the County of Barnwell from 1872 to 
1874. I was a member of the House when John J. Patterson was 
elected to the United States Senate in the Winter of 1872. No induce¬ 
ment was offered to me by anybody to vote for Mr. Patterson. I was 
offered $300 to vote for Gov. Scott; don’t remember by whom. I have 
never received any favor of any kind from Mr. Patterson or from any 
agent of his in connection with voting for him or anything else. Never 
received any money in an envelope or otherwise after the election of 
Patterson, in connection with his election ; never told anybody that I 
did. There was a general rumor that Patterson was using money, but I 
got none of it. 

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B. W. MIDDLETON. 




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TESTIMONY OF J. C. ALLMAN. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 24th, 1877. 

J. C. Allman, being duly sworn, says: 

That he resides in the County of Marlboro, and by occupation a 
farmer. Was elected a member of the House of Representatives from 
Marlboro County in 1872 and re-elected in 1874, serving two terms. 
Was a member when John J. Patterson was elected United States Sen¬ 
ator, I voted for him under the following circumstances : I first voted 
for R. K. Scott. After the members of the House voted I ascertained 
that J. J. Patterson was elected ; I then changed my vote from Scott to 
Patterson. I received no consideration for my vote for Patterson 
from any person, directly or indirectly. Never asked any one to pay 
me. On the day of the election I heard that Patterson was buying his 
way. It was a common talk among the members on the street and in the 
Slate House that he was using money. I don’t remember of being offered 
any money to vote for Patterson. Don’t remember that Mr. Leggett 
told me that I could get $800 if I would vote for Patterson ; he may 
have done so. Do not remember of ever receiving any money for my 
vote or influence while a member of the House, on any measure or Bill 
under consideration. 

J. C. ALLMAN. 


TESTIMONY OF H. G. WORTHINGTON. 

H. G. Worthington, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of the city of Charleston ; the Collector of Customs. 
I know nothing of the payment of any money to influence votes in favor 
of John J. Patterson for United States Senate in December, 1872. I 
know Senator Hope, of Lexington; I know of no pecuniary considera¬ 
tion promised Mr. Hope for his vote in that election ; know of no offer 
to Senator Hope of any kind to induce him to vote for Patterson. I 
remember Dr. J. W. Lowman as a member of the Legislature. Dr. Low- 
man, I think, supported Mr. Patterson ; I am not aware of any induce¬ 
ment offered Dr, Lowman for his support of Mr. Patterson. I know 
Bolivar I. Hayes, of Lexington. I heard that Mr. Hayes was here and 
heard that he was for both Patterson and Scott—sometimes for the one 
and sometimes for the other. Saw Dr. Lowman at Patterson’s head¬ 
quarters; I am not sure about Mr. Hope. Patterson kept an open 
house, and a great many persons were there. I know of no money being 
used in the campaign. I used mouey in keeping an open house for the 
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entertainment of Mr. Patterson’s friends. I never heard Mr. Patterson 
speak of using money to secure his election. I have no knowledge or 
information that money was used to secure the election of Mr. Patterson. 
I heard rumors of that kind in the streets. I was an active friend of 
Mr. Patterson in his election, and have a knowledge of most of the 
transactions connected with it, but I will not say that there were not 
matters connected with it which it is possible, but not probable, were 
unknown to me. Besides myself, the active friends of Mr. Patterson 
were Messrs. Swails, Jervey, Gaillard, Minort and others, but these were 
the most prominent. 

H. G. WORTHINGTON. 

Columbia, Julv 31, 1877. 

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TESTIMONY OF R. B. ELLIOTT. 

Columbia, S. C., November 22, 1877. 

Gen. R. B. Elliott, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

That he is a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and that 
he is a lawyer by profession. Pending the canvass for the United States 
Senate, during the Winter of 1872, General Dennis and myself were in 
the office of the Executive Committee of the Republican party, discuss¬ 
ing events that were then transpiring. At the time, I was very much 
incensed at having heard that attempts were being made, in the interest 
of Patterson’s candidacy, to ascertain the amount of my indebtedness, 
and that an effort had been made to purchase a mortgage on my resi¬ 
dence. 1 complained of this as altogether indecent and improper, and 
Dennis remarked to me that he had been requested to see me in reference 
to a similar matter, and that he had declined to jeopardize the friendship 
that had heretofore for a long time existed between us by acting in said 
capacity. I thereupon pressed him to acquaint me with the nature of 
the said matter and he declined to inform me. On the next day, Dennis, 
Major Delany and myself were together in the same place, and I again 
urged upon him to inform me about the matter about which we spoke 
the day previous. He thereupon informed me that Patterson had said 
to him that he knew that I was poor and had no money, and that if 1 
had money he knew that I would not use it to secure an election, and 
that if I would get out of the way he would give me ten thousand dol¬ 
lars, and in addition thereto that he would pay my debts, or certain 
particular debts. 1 felt great indignation at such conduct, and intended 
at once to see Patterson in reference thereto, but was restrained by 
General Dennis and Mr. Delany. 


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TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 24,1877. 

General John B. Dennis, being duly sworn, savs: 

T am a citizen of Columbia, S. C., and at present a Deputy Collector 
ot United States Internal Revenue. Was in Columbia in 1872 when 
J. J. Patterson was elected to the United States Senate. Patterson 
authorized me to go to R. B. Elliott, who was also a candidate before the 
Legislature for election to the United States Senate, and offer him 
$15,000 cash to withdraw from the contest and use his influence for 
him (Patterson). I went to Elliott and made him the offer. Elliott 
refused. I know nothing more about this election specially. I know 
in a general way that Patterson had his headquarters at a building near 
the State House, on Main street, which were open day and night, and 
refreshments in the way of liquors and cigars free. It was common 
report that he was purchasing his seat to the United States Senate, and 
he never denied it when spoken to, and jested about it in my presence, 
but rather boasted of it. After the election of Patterson, warrants on 
a charge of bribing members of Legislature were issued for his arrest, 
and he was arrested and lodged in jail, but released on a writ of habeas 
corpus bv Judge T. J. Mackey. After a preliminary hearing by Trial 
Justice Kirk, he was bound over to appear at next term of Circuit 
Court. At tliis juncture, Governor Moses sent for me and said Patter¬ 
son’s friends were very much exercised in his behalf. He talked very 
freely about the matter, and among other things said it was necessary 
for Patterson’s safety that the juries should be so organized in this 
County as not to have any enemies of Patterson upon them. For the 
purpose of getting things in such manner as to make sure and protect 
his interest, Moses proposed to him that the then Jury Commissioner of 
this County be removed, (I forget his name now,) and to appoint me in 
his stead. 1 consented to act in the manner desired, and Moses turned 
out the Jury Commissioner and appointed me in his place. And I 
managed the jury box in such way as to insure his protection, i. e., I 
would not when listing the jury for the year have or allow any names to 
go into the box that I thought would in any way be inimical to Patter¬ 
son. In this way there could not be any possibility of an enemy of his 
getting drawn either on the grand or petit juries, and those that were 
drawn would act in Patterson’s interest, and such jurors were drawn. 
It was understood, and Moses said, that Judge Carpenter was a friend of 
Patterson’s and would use his influence to protect him. I have heard 
C. H. Baldwin say that he loaned Patterson money to be used in his 


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election, and that he held mortgages on Patterson’s property for money 
so loaned, and that he could tell all about it. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 


Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., November 26th, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, being duly sworn, deposes and 
says: 

Some time during my term as Governor, John J. Patterson, who ex¬ 
pected to have an effort made against him in the shape of an indictment 
in the State Court for having obtained his Senatorial position by bribery 
and corruption, came to me and asked me to appoint some friend of his 
and mine as Jury Commissioner, in order that he, Patterson, might be, as 
far as possible, protected in the premises. I consented to grant his re¬ 
quest, and appointed John B. Dennis as such Jury Commissioner, with a 
request from me that he would protect Patterson as far as he could do 
so legally. 

F. J. MOSES. 


'TESTIMONY OF MAJOR M. R. DEL ANY. 


Columbia, S. C., November 24th, 1877. 

Major M. R. Delany, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Martin R. Delany. I reside in Charleston, and am by oc¬ 
cupation a Trial Justice. I was in Columbia in 1872 at the time of the 
election of Col. John J. Patterson to the United States Senate. I was 
then a member of the Republican State Executive Committee, of which 
General R. B. Elliott was Chairman. I remember on one occasion at 
the building where the Executive Committee Rooms were at the time, 
that General John B. Dennis remarked to Elliott that he could get a 
large sum of money, and named some ten thousand or fifteen thousand 
dollars, or perhaps twenty thousand dollars,—I do not now recall the 
amount,—if Elliott would withdraw from the contest in Patterson’s favor 
for the United States Senate. Elliott became very angry, and swore 
about it, and I had to interpose to quiet him, or I think there would have 
been a serious difficulty, and perhaps bloodshed about it. 

M. R. DELANY. 






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General Assembly at the special session of 1877 “to ascertain whether 
any improper or illegal use has been made of the public funds or credit 
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SUPPLIES. 


The Committee respectfully invite attention to the evidence and 
vouchers submitted with this report, under the head of “Supplies.” 
The abuses have been so great and of such a palpable nature that the 
most credulous person would hardly believe that such frauds could be 
perpetrated under the forms of legislation. History fails to cite an 
instance which can be compared with such a carnival of fraud and ex¬ 
travagance as has been held in South Carolina by and through the pur¬ 
chase of supplies for the members of the General Assembly. In this 
connection, we submit a number of the accounts against the State; also, 
a few individual accounts of the average “ statesman ” of South Caro¬ 
lina under the late regime. We not only make the assertion, but we 
present proofs, that the whole country may see how one of “ the old 
thirteen ” has been robbed and laid prostrate through ignorance on one 
side and corrupt adventurers on the other. Our report is necessarily 
elaborate. The charges are so grave that we deem it unwise to make 
them unless substantiated by evidence which no one can doubt. If the 
simple statement were made that Senators and members of the House 
were furnished with everything they desired, from swaddling clothes and 
cradle to the coffin of the undertaker, from brogans to chignons, finest 
extracts to best wines and liquors, and all paid for by the State, it would 
create a smile of doubt and derision; but when we make the statement, 
and prove it by several witnesses and the vouchers found in the offices 
of the Clerks of the Senate and House, all will with sorrow admit the 
truthfulness of this report. 

For your guidance we deem it essential to place under appropriate 
heads the class of supplies and the evidence referring thereto. 

We first call your attention to the evidence of Mr. Woodruff, who was 
Clerk of the Senate at that time, and necessarily cognizant of everything 
concerning the furnishing of supplies. He says: “Under the head of 
‘ supplies * was embraced anything that a Senator chose to order. These 
orders were generally given through the Clerk, and the accounts were 
rendered against the Clerk of the Senate. At first the orders were mod¬ 
erate, and included only stationery and postage stamps, but they grad¬ 
ually increased until they assumed gigantic proportions. In the com¬ 
mencement of this business of furnishing members they gave orders 
on the Clerks to deduct the amount from their pay, but very soon the 
orders largely exceeded their pay, and the accounts were then included 



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in the report of the Committee on Contingent Accounts, and pay certifi¬ 
cates thus issued for almost every description of merchandise.” “ In addi¬ 
tion to this, pay certificates were drawn and turned over to the Chairman 
of the Committee on Contingent Accounts for collection and distribution. 
As these matters became common the Senators claimed that all their 
expenses should be paid by the State, or, in the language of Senator C. 
P. Leslie, ‘ the State had no right to be a State unless she could pay and 
take care of her statesmen.’ ” 

Mr. Woodruff says, and the vouchers and certificates prove, that grati¬ 
fication certificates were frequently issued for the benefit of the Senators. 
Senators Jervey and Gaillard, of Charleston, and Senator Cain, of Edge- 
field, also corroborate this testimony and acknowledge that they received 
a portion of the fraudulent certificates thus issued. A. O. Jones, Clerk 
of the House testifies that supplies were furnished under the head of 
“legislative expenses, sundries and stationery,” and included refresh¬ 
ments for Committee rooms, groceries, clocks, horses, carriages, dry 
goods, furniture of every description and miscellaneous articles of mer¬ 
chandise for the personal use of the members. Your Committee find 
upon examination of the vouchers in the Treasurer’s office that in one 
session there were expended under the respective heads of “supplies, 
sundries and incidental expenses” not less than three hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars, one hundred and twenty-five thousand of which 
were spent for refreshments, including the finest wines, liquors and cigars. 

We can only prove how universally this system of fraud was practiced 
and carried out by the bills and individual accounts turned in as vouch¬ 
ers, a portion of which we submit with the report and the evidence of 
Woodruff' and Jones, Clerks, and Sergeant-at-Arms Williams. Wood¬ 
ruff testifies “that the practice became so general as to embrace nearly 
every Republican and several Democratic Senators. Such accounts 
came to be regarded as privileged matters, and the Senate rule requiring 
all reports to lie over one day was generally suspended and the report 
considered at once and the accounts ordered to be paid without a dis¬ 
senting voice. Senators left their accounts with the Chairman of the 
Committee on Contingent Accounts; when settled in this way they were 
generally returned to Senators receipted.” We find there was a regular 
system by which these accounts were passed upon by the Senate and 
House through the manipulation of the Committees on Contingent Ac¬ 
counts. The following example will suffice: The Committee would 
report that they had considered the account of A, B and C, (which were 
honest claims,) and found them correct, and would recommend that they 
be paid ; but after the last name on the accounts we in most instances 
found the ominous words “and others ,” or “sundries and others,” which, 
being interpreted, meant fraud. 


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Woodruff, continuing, says: “The Committee to audit the contingent 
expenses of the Senate claimed the right to order what they pleased and 
include it in their report under the name of ‘sundries and others.’” 
Jones, in his evidence, speaks of them as “queer accounts,” and says 
they were generally paid under the head of “and others.” 

Your Committee find it necessary to classify the various supplies fur¬ 
nished in order that you may perceive the magnitude of the robbery and 
the ruthless expenditure of taxes to provide for the pleasure and comfort 
of our “statesmen.” 

Under the class of refreshments, we ask attention to these facts: A 
room in the State House was fitted up wherein to serve “wines, liquors, 
eatables and cigars” to State officials, Senators, members of the House 
and their friends, at all hours of the day and night. Woodruff’s evidence 
is that the largest bills were rendered for refreshments, including the 
best liquors and cigars, which were served up in a room adjoining that 
of the Clerk of the Senate, and kept open at all hours, and was visited 
daily by State officials, Judges, Senators, members of the House, lawyers, 
editors, newspaper reporters and citizens generally, irrespective of party, 
and that they discussed matters, State and national, in the most agreeable 
manner over their “sparkling glasses.” Not satisfied with the establish¬ 
ment of a bar room in the Capitol, they employed a porter, who had 
charge of the “ refreshment” room. The porter states that for six years 
the State House bar room was generally opened at eight o’clock in the 
morning and kept open until from two to four the next morning; that 
during that time some one was constantly there eating, smoking or drink¬ 
ing, and that Sunday formed no exception to the rule. He says “he 
never saw a bar room equal to the State House refreshment room for 
drinking, smoking and talking; that a large majority of the members 
who assembled in the room were Republicans, but that Democratic Sen¬ 
ators and Representatives were there also.” He mentioned the names of 
“ Senators Bieman and Holcombe and Representative R. M. Smith as 
dailv visitors;” that many of the members would be at the room before 
breakfast, hunting a drink or eye opener. He could not estimate the 
exact amount of liquor drank, but asserted that it averaged several gal¬ 
lons per day, with a considerable amount of wine, ale and porter thrown 
in. The best cigars and wines were furnished, and that often what he 
considered a good article would be rejected. He could not keep a suffi¬ 
cient amount of cigars on hand to supply the demand, as many of them 
filled one or two of their pockets when leaving and would frequently 
carry off a bottle of champagne in the same way. He is porter now, 
and says that no refreshments are served, as that business stopped when 
Governor Hampton took charge of the State House. 


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It will be observed that the State furnished a room, a porter and re 
freshments for our “statesmen” while they were plotting how to rob the 
people they pretended to represent; ready to vote for any measure that 
would enrich themselves at the public expense. 

In addition to the refreshments furnished at the State House, large 
quantities of wines, liquors and cigars and other things were sent to the 
hotels, boarding houses and residences of State officials, Senators, mem¬ 
bers and their friends. This is shown by the vouchers and accounts 
rendered and the evidence of Woodruff, who says that “the matter of 
refreshments, like others, assumed the largest proportions, and orders 
were given for liquors and cigars which were sent to the hotels, boarding 
houses and residences of the members and their friends.” 

Clerk Jones says “the most extravagant accounts were rendered for 
refreshments for Committee rooms;” that he “found it useless to re¬ 
monstrate.” 

Sergeant-at-Arms Williams testifies that “ the House did not keep a 
refreshment room;’* that he “was ordered to buy wines, liquors, &c.,for 
the members,” and that he “ did buy them from Mr. Gibson and Mr. 
Solomon.” His evidence is corroborated by Mr. Gibson and the orders 
given him, a few of which we submit with this report. Among the 
members thus furnished, we find the names of T. Hurley, member from 
Charleston; P. Simkins, from Edgefield; J. D. Boston, from Newberry; 
James A. Bowley, of Georgetown; Speaker S. J. Lee, of Aiken. We 
submit a specimen order given to Mr. Gibson for James A. Bowley, 
which was delivered in one day: “One box champagne, one box port 
wine, one box whisky, one box brandy, one box sherry wine, three boxes 
cigars.” Mr. Bowley was one of the leading colored members of the 
House and Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and it is 
easy to understand why he reported favorably upon the enormous tax 
levies and appropriation Bills of the House. 

We append an order to Mr. Gibson from Reverend W. M. Thomas, 
member from Colleton and Chairman of the Committee on Claims: 

“Mr. Gibson: 

“ There is a mistake; the order calls for two boxes of wine. Please 
send the other. 

“W. M. THOMAS.” 

Mr. Gibson, in his evidence, says he was paid in legislative pay certifi¬ 
cates for all supplies, and that he always furnished the best articles. 

We also refer to the evidence of William M. Fine, who kept a restau¬ 
rant in this city, and who says he furnished supplies consisting of “eata¬ 
bles, wines, liquors and cigars to different legislative Committees, for which 


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lie received pay certificates, and that the largest amount issued to him 
at one time for these supplies was $1,800.” 

Hardy Solomon, a dealer in groceries, has numerous large accounts 
among the vouchers. He testifies that he furnished Woodruff and Jones 
with supplies, but not as Clerks of their respective houses, and that he 
was paid by the State Treasurer on presentation of the pay certificates 
which were issued to him for his accounts. 

In connection with the evidence of Mr. Solomon, we call attention to 
his itemized accounts, which were sworn to by him and annexed to his 
evidence under the head of “Supplies,” wherein appear the names of the 
following persons to whom he furnished “refreshments:” F. S. Jacobs, 
Senators John Wilson, W. E. Holcombe, D. Bieman, J. II. White and 
C. D. Hayne, Governor R. K. Scott, Comptroller Geueral J. L. Neagle, 
Lieutenant Governor Ransier, State Treasurer Nile3 G. Parker, Speaker 
F. J. Moses, Representatives C. C. Bowen, J. Felder Myers, S. L. Dun¬ 
can, R. H. Humbert, Dr. B. A. Bosemon, — Miller, — McLaughlin, 
John B. Dennis, B. Byas, W. J. McKinlay, John Dix, R. M. Smith, 
W. H. Jones, Nelson Davies and General Wm. Gurney, County Trea¬ 
surer of Charleston. 

Your Committee also find, on the examination of this itemized ac¬ 
count and the evidence adduced before us, that Messrs. Jones and Wood¬ 
ruff made payments on several occasions by check and cash. Never¬ 
theless, on examining the payments made by the State Treasurer to Mr. 
Solomon on pay certificates issued to him, it is shown that he has drawn 
six thousand dollars over and above his entire account; and, worse still, 
these certificates were all issued before the 1st of March, 187J, after 
which time he was paid otherwise. We also find that in the year 1872 
there were issued to him certificates to the amount of 824,380.50, while 
his itemized account shows that there was only due him for the years 
1871 and 1872 $11,203.48; proving that he was paid $13,177.02 over 
the amount claimed to have, been furnished by him. Comment is un¬ 
necessary. 

We know of no better method of illustrating the reckless expenditure 
of money for this class of supplies than by referring to the accounts ren¬ 
dered, some of which will be found appended to the evidence, and we 
call attention to accounts designated Exhibits W 2 and W 3 in Wood¬ 
ruff’s evidence, where it is shown that on March 4th, 1872, Solomon 
furnished the Senate $1,631 worth of wines and liquors, and on the 7th 
day of same month $1,852.75 worth, aggregating $3,483.75. This 
amount was purchased for the Senate within three days. Large amounts 
were furnished the House at the same time, and to the Senate during 
same week, by other parties, all of which is shown by the vouchers. We 
also call attention to accounts in the evidence of A. O. Jones, designated 


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as numbers 25! to 26f inclusive, where it is shown that Mr. Solomon 
alone furnished the House with $5,877.15 worth of wines and liquors 
within two months. Mr. Solomon says he had no difficulty in making 
collections while they did business with him. Thus it clearly appears 
that bills contracted for the gratification of our “statesmen” were 
promptly paid, while the vilest criminals were pardoned to keep them 
from starving and turned loose upon an outraged people. The unfortu¬ 
nate inmates of the Lunatic Asylum were at the same time suffering 
from want of proper food and clothing; the free schools were closed and 
teachers unpaid. 

These fraudulent expenditures were not confined to any particular 
year, as will appear by the vouchers turned over to your Committee. 

We now call attention to the accounts of George Symmers mentioned 
in the evidence of Mr. Woodruff, designated A A, A B, A C, A H, 
aggregating $3,157.80, from March 1st, 1871, to the 7th day of same 
month, amounting to more than four hundred and fifty dollars per day 
for wines and liquors for the Senate alone. The evidence and vouchers 
are not confined to Solomon, Fine, Gibson and Symmers, but prove that 
Messrs. Cooper & Taylor, Wm. Kennedy and Joseph Taylor, citizens of 
Columbia, also furnished supplies of the same character. We insert a 
literal copy of one of the bills found among the vouchers of the Clerk of 
the Senate: 


Gov. A. J. Ransieer 

To Joe Taylor 


Columbia Feb 22th 1872 

Dr 


for licours and segars and other Articulars 

Recuieved pay men 


.$280 00 

Joe Taylor 


This trade was not confined to Columbia, as shown by the vouchers of 
Messrs. Klinck, Wickenberg & Co., of Charleston, and others, or to the 
State,as proved by the accounts of Kuhn &Co.,of Philadelphia, dealers 
in wines and liquors. 

We call especial attention to their accounts, designated as C 15 in the 
evidence of Woodruff, amounting to $1,680, furnished to Senate at one 
time, and to No. 83, in evidence of A. O. Jones, amounting to $2,088, for 
use of House, and delivered in one day; also, to account of Mr. 
Symmers, in Woodruff’s evideuce, designated as No. 16 by Woodruff' 
in which sweetmeats and delicacies of every kind that could tempt the 
epicure were supplied. 

This is only one of many such in our possession. In addition to the 
parties above designated, we find that numerous other persons furnished 



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“ refreshments ” under the head of “ supplies,” and rendered bills against 
the State for amounts ranging from one hundred dollars to three 
thousand, as will be seen by vouchers attached to the evidence. 

The prices paid for these supplies were most extravagant. In Wood¬ 
ruff’s evidence, there is an account designated as No. 11, in which Mr. 
Symmers charges $20 per gallon for brandy; sherry wine, $10; whisky, 
$8; cigars, $10 per hundred. In the itemized account of Mr. Solomon, 
the prices are equally as unconscionable—lager beer, $4.50 per dozen ; 
brandy by the dozen (quarts), $40; cigars, $20 per hundred ; champagne, 
$40 by the case; port wine, $40 per dozen. An estimate cannot be 
formed of the amount of wines, liquors and cigars used in a single 
session, but enough is shown by the bills rendered and the pay certifi¬ 
cates issued to demonstrate that, to have used all that was purchased, 
every member of the House and Senate must have consumed one gallon 
per day, with a few extra bottles of ale and wine thrown in, and smoked 
not less than one dozen cigars within the same time. 

During this era of “elevation,” while the average statesman was 
deprived of the enjoyment of his accustomed luxury—the succulent 
watermelon—it is not strange to find him seeking the luscious fruits of 
tropical climes, hence the£ bills of Messrs. Brookbanks & Co. He 
(Brookbanks) says, in his evidence, “ that he was connected with a 
confectionery and fruit store; that he furnished such articles as were 
usually kept in such establishments, and that he rendered bills made out 
under the head of ‘sundries,’ and received in payment legislative pay 
certificates.” We submit a portion of these accounts and refer to those 
designated as Nos. 51, 56, 60, 68, 69 and 74, aggregating $1,080. Wood¬ 
ruff says “ those accounts were for fruit and cigars furnished the Sen¬ 
ate.” We also refer to the evidence of A. O. Jones and John Williams 
concerning other accounts of a similar nature. 

We cannot better illustrate the effrontery of Carolina’s leading states¬ 
men at that time than by referring to account designated as 211, in 
evidence of A. O. Jones, where it appears that General William Gurney, 
Treasurer of Charleston County, claimed to have furnished refreshments 
to the amount of $1,500, but, strange to say, the itemized account of 
Hardy Solomon proves that General Gurney was the recipient of sup¬ 
plies from Solomon’s store and that the State paid for the same. Ser- 
geant-at-Arms Williams says of this bill: “ I know of no supplies being 
furnished by General Gurney, nor do I know anything of No. 214 referred 
to in A. O. Jones’s evidence.” 

We now proceed to show the enormous expenditures for other purposes. 
The first we shall consider is that of 


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FURNITURE. 

We find that there has been paid out within four yer^rs for furniture 
alone over two hundred thousand dollars, and of this amount Mr. Berry 
and Mr. Fagan, furniture dealers, testify that at the present time there 
is at the State House only seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifteen 
dollars’ worth, appraised at the prices charged for it, a list of which was 
sworn to by them and is attached to their evidence. This includes $325 
worth of furniture purchased by Attorney General Melton and paid for 
by him out of his contingent fund, and at this time is in the Attorney 
General’s office. Mr. Berry says he furnished a large number of Com¬ 
mittee rooms outside of the State House, as well as bed rooms. He re¬ 
members furnishing the rooms occupied by W. J. Whipper, T. Hurley, 
T. B. Johnston, J. E. Green and others, and some of the rooms he 
furnished as often as three times. He also furnished rooms at Mrs. Ran- 
dali’s for Speaker Moses. Traded furniture to members for pay certifi¬ 
cates, and furnished almost all the offices in the State House every session! 
In continuation he states that he furnished at least forty bed rooms, but 
does not know who occupied them all or what became of the furniture. 
He was paid for it in legislative pay certificates. 

We ask reference to the evidence of Sergeant-at*Arms Williams on 
the subject of furniture. He says he purchased a lot of furniture from 
Mr. Berry consisting of chairs, tables, washstands and bed room sets. 
Some of the rooms thus furnished were occupied by General W. J. 
Whipper, W. H. Jones and James A. Bowley. He does not know 
what became of the furniture, but endeavored to collect it and was told 
by J. B. Dennis, James A. Bowley, Benjamin Byas and Charles Minort 
that he had nothing to do with it; consequently he troubled himself no 
more about it. He says the rooms over the South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company were furnished also, and were occupied by Senator Y. 
J. P. Owens, T. Hurley and W. H. Gardner, and that he also furnished 
Speaker Lee’s rooms and other private rooms at the boarding houses of 
members with fine carpets, stoves and other furniture, and that they 
were claimed as Committee rooms. He says : “I cannot undertake to 
explain the accouuts of Mr. Berry. I know that large quantities of 
furniture were furnished by him every session, and that as soon as the 
General Assembly adjourned it disappeared, and I was compelled, under 
the order of the Speaker, or some Committee Chairman, to refurnish all 
the rooms as soon as the Legislature met.” “ These rooms,” he adds, “ were 
outside of the Capitol building, and he believes the furniture was stolen 
by those who had charge of it. 

W. K. Greenfield testifies that the rooms he rented were newly, 
thoroughly, and, in some instances, most extravagantly, furnished every 


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Fall about the time that the General Assembly convened, and that the 
furniture was removed by different persons, and not by regular dealers, 
and looked as if it was being divided up among them; that he rented 
the rooms with the understanding that they were for public business, but 
they may have been used otherwise, and that he was generally paid for 
them with legislative pay certificates. 

John B. Dennis testifies that he purchased furniture for forty rooms, 
including the offices of the Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller 
General and the hall of the House of Representatives. His evidence 
proves most conclusively that a majority of the members of the House 
combined against the persons who furnished these goods and demanded 
to be paid for voting for the claim ; thus the bills were more than doubled 
and certificates issued for them. The New York firms and Mr. Berry 
received only the amounts due on their accounts. Benjamin Byas, 
Chairman of Committee, who reported favorably on the raised claim, 
received a certificate to the amount of $12,319.50; the remainder was 
divided between fifty other members, as follows: W. R. Jervey had 
$2,100, which he was to divide between himself, T. A. Davis, W. C. 
Glover, J. J. Hardy, P. P. Hedges, Abram Smith, J. W. Lloyd, J. A. 
Bowley and Orlando Levy, all members from Charleston County except 
Bowley, who represented Georgetown County. Humbert, of Darlington 
received a certificate of an even one thousand dollars, which he was to 
divide between himself, Alfred Hart, S. Sanders, J. Long, Frank Adam¬ 
son, John F. Henderson, Hastings Gantt, R. Tarleton and Fortune Giles. 
Asbury L. Singleton, of Sumter, received a certificate for $1,150 to 
divide between himself, E. Cain, H. C. Corwin, E. Ferguson, R. Gaither, 
S. Garey, A. S. Holmes, Barney Humphreys, S. Milton, William Little¬ 
field, J. P. Singleton, Alfred Moore, E. M. Sumpter and Jared Warley. 
H. H. Hunter, from Charleston, demanded and received for himself a 
certificate for $750; J. H. White received a certificate for $250 for him¬ 
self; W. H. Gardner one for $1,500 for himself; B. G. Yocum one for 
$1,500; W. J. Whipper one for $3,000; A. O. Jones one for $1,000; W. 
H. Jones one for $1,600; Joe Crews one for $3,000; Lawrence Cain one 
for $500, which witness says he bought from Cain afterwards, and Cain, 
in his evidence, admits receiving a small consideration on account of this 
matter; P. J. O’Connell received one for $1,000; B. A. Nerland one for 
$100; C. J. Andell one for $500 ; B. F. Berry one for $100; J. D. Bos¬ 
ton one for $250 ; Win. Dannerly one for $50; Mitchell Goggins one 
for $100; S. J. Keith one for $100; Win. Kennedy one for $100. F. J. 
Moses had one certificate for $5,000, and does not know how many more 
or exactly the amounts.” 

We have not (owing to the want of time) ascertained who collected 
all the certificates referred to above, but find that B. Byas, B. G. Yocum 


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and T. Hurley collected theirs, and that the $5,000 certificate given to 
Moses was exchanged for a State Treasurer’s due bill for that amount. 
Accounts Nos. 33, 34, 35 and 36 refer to this claim, and are referred to 
in A. O. Jones’s evidence, where the vouchers prove that more than 
$17,000 was allowed as interest on $45,000 for seventeen months. Most 
of the certificates thus issued are in the Treasurer’s office, and have been 
paid, but they do not bear the endorsement of either of the firms 
named, to wit, Nicol, Davidson & Co. or Stewart, Sutphen & Co. 

General Dennis says that more than $12,000 of these certificates was 
divided between Speaker Moses, Clerk A. O. Jones, Niles G. Parker, 
Tim Hurley and himself. 

Your Committee find that a large portion of the fraudulent certificates 
issued to pay the difference between the legitimate amount due for furni¬ 
ture and the amount to which it was raised have been paid. 

After a careful examination of the furniture in the State House by 
General Dennis, he affirms “that there is not left there more than one- 
half of what was purchased, and very few of the clocks, which were of 
the finest quality, costing from $150 to $600 each ; and that out of 
several mirrors which cost $600 each, only one remains!” 

Prom the report marked No. 73, “Exhibit A,” to which we referred 
in evidence of A. O. Jones, it appears that Benjamin Byas, Chairman of 
Committee, reported in favor of the raised claim which defrauded the 
State of at least $45,000, but unfavorably on so much of it as referred to 
paying W. E. Rose a.small amount due him for boarding the upholster¬ 
ers who were sent from New York to place and arrange the carpetings, 
furniture, &c. 

General Dennis also testifies that “in the Spring or Summer of 1869, 
C. P. Leslie, Land Commissioner, purchased a lot of furniture from Mr. 
Berry, ostensibly for his office, but in reality for his residence says 
“he was in Governor Scott’s office afterwards, and heard an altercation 
between him and Leslie, which was caused by the bills being sent to 
Scott for payment ; Scott swore he would not pay them, but did eventu¬ 
ally do so from some fund or other.” The bills of Mr. Silcox, made out 
in Mr. Leslie’s name, prove that furniture was supplied by the State to 
some of her distinguished statesmen as far back as 1869. 

It is no longer a matter of surprise to your Committee that members 
who only received six dollars per diem could in a few weeks after their 
arrival in Columbia obtain elegant furniture for their rooms, Brussels 
carpets for the floors, and recline on oriental springs and sponge mat- 
resses, while their constituents were being hounded down by the inex¬ 
orable tax gatherer to pay the price of those luxuries ! 

As a further illustration of the inordinate greed of this horde of 
robbers, we present the following, for nothing, however small, escaped 


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the arguseyed Committeemen, who so dexterously played the game of 
“addition, division and silence:” 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (Senate) 

To James M. Allen, Dr. 


1871. 

September 21.—Book case. $ 260 00 

September 21.—Fitting closets. 340 00 

November 21.—Fitting up door frames... 100 00 

December 8.—Partition in cloak room. 650 00 

December 8.—Partition in cloak room. 650 00 


$ 2,000 00 


By reference to the evidence of Mr. Wing, a master mechanic, it will 
be seen that the partitions charged for at $650 each would be worth now 
about $25 each, but at the time the account was rendered they were 
worth about one-third more. We also call attention to the evidence of 
several witnesses who testify that the account was raised by inserting the 
figure 3 in the item “fitting up closets” and the figure 6 in front of the two 
last amounts, thus making a gain of $1,500. We find that, under the 
head of “ furniture,” accounts were presented for mules, horses, buggies, 
carriage hire and horse feed. These accounts were passed upon and cer¬ 
tificates issued accordingly. In this connection we refer to the evidence 
of Mr. Pettingill, (under the head of “ pay certificates,”) who was a 
dealer in horses and mules, and who says he sold them to different mem¬ 
bers and was paid in legislative pay certificates, naming Speaker S. J. 
Lee and W. H. Jone3, of Georgetown, as two of such purchasers, and 
that he also received pay certificates for “ horse food, buggy hire, &c.’’ 

Mr. Greenfield says he did not sell any buggies or carriages directly 
to the State, but sold to the members, and was paid for them with pay 
certificates; he remembers receiving a certificate which proved to be 
fraudulent in payment for a carriage; at one time a proposition was 
made to him to sell a large portion of his stock of carriages and buggies 
if he would make out his account against the State and receive pay 
certificates in payment thereof, which he declined. 

We also refer to evidence given by Salles Randall, a Committee 
Clerk, who testifies that a house of ill fame in the city of Columbia was 
supplied with furniture at the expense of the State. 

We also refer to account of Mr. LyBrand, dealer in musical instru¬ 
ments, designated as No. 37 by A. O. Jones, as an evidence that, whilst 
reveling in their bacchanalian sports, the muses were not neglected—the 
soft melody of the melodeon was invoked to inspire what spirits would not. 


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CARPETING. 

We could not ascertain the actual amount of carpeting purchased or 
used, but the bills rendered amouuted to several thousand dollars per 
annum. That some conception may be formed of this enormous expendi¬ 
ture, we refer to the evidence of Mr. Purse, who measured all the Com¬ 
mittee rooms and offices in the State House and Committee rooms 
outside, and testifies that it would require only 1,300 yards to carpet all 
of them. By reference to the account of Stewart, Sutphen & Company, 
designated as No. 73 by A. O. Jones, and reported from Committee on 
Contingent Accounts, it will be found that during one session alone they 
sold to the State 4,658 yards of carpeting,—more than one thousand 
yards being finest Brussels. General Dennis and Sergeant-at-Arms Wil¬ 
liams both testify that the Committee rooms were furnished with new 
carpets every session, which were carried away in the Spring of the 
year. General Dennis says he knows that “some of it was shipped to 
Massachusetts.” It would be an irksome task to enumerate all the 
accounts rendered for repairs on Committee rooms. It is sufficient to 
say that they amounted to thousands of dollars annually, when it is a 
well known fact that afcer the State House was fitted up not a Committee 
room was repaired. [See evidence of Robert Scriven and others, who 
state that they were in constant attendance, and that no work was done 
except the placing of two wooden partitions.] No transaction was 
allowed to pass without paying tribute to the inordinate greed which 
characterized the majority of the members. 

STATIONERY. 

Mr. Woodruff’s evidence on this subject is as follows: “During Mr. 
Parker’s term of office, and part of Mr. Cardozo’s, up to the time of 
specific appropriations, pay certificates for ‘stationery,’ which included 
almost everything, and for other accounts, were issued to such an extent 
that they sold on the streets for from ten to twenty cents ou the dollar.” 
The evidence shows that the average member never received over ten 
dollars worth of stationery, but the bills rendered and paid by the State 
in one session amounted to $68,000 for this commodity alone. 

Clerk Jones, in his evidence, says: “ ‘Stationery ’ included refreshments, 
dry goods, groceries, carpets, furniture, horses and carriages, and miscel¬ 
laneous articles of merchandise, and the names used in the accounts 
were generally myths.” To further illustrate the frauds committed 
under this head, we refer to vouchers in evidence of A. O. Jones, desig¬ 
nated as Nos. 51, 51 and 5f, amounting in the aggregate to $3,666. Mr. 
Jones says: “It is asserted that these accounts were for books and fine 
stationery furnished the members.” Attention is called to accounts 


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numbered from 101 to 14 inclusive, where it will be seen that in January 
alone one firm furnished $6,683.29 worth of “stationery,” or more than 
fitty dollars worth per month to each member. In addition to the above, 
the accounts of Messrs. Bryan & McCarter and Mr. Stokes, well known 
dealers who reside in Columbia, and furnished stationery to the House 
and Senate, are itemized, and, from appearance, include most of the 
stationery actually used. 

Clerk Woodruff says (and the vouchers prove it) that during one ses¬ 
sion each Senator received a copy of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 
and a calendar inkstand, which cost $25. The accounts of the Western 
Union Telegraph Company, together with Mr. Woodruff’s evidence, will 
show that even the private telegrams of the Senators were paid for by 
the State. According to evidence and accounts, the Senate often used 
$10 worth of postage stamps per day. Gold pens at $10, inkstands 
at $25, Webster’s Dictionary and fine stationery certainly afforded-our 
“statesmen’’ every facility for an extensive correspondence. 

JEWELRY. 

We cannot refrain from commenting upon the large accounts of Mr. 
Isaac Sulz’bacher, a well known jeweler of Columbia, and call especial 
attention to the accounts designated as Nos. 27 and B 5, mentioned in 
Woodruff's evidence, where jewelry was furnished to Senators Whitte- 
more, Maxwell, Hay tie, Rev. Win. E. Johnston and Representative Tim. 
Hurley. He also furnished fine gold pens, costing as high as $10 
apiece, and, judging from the bill rendered, from five to ten fine pocket 
knives to each member during the session. 

The accounts of Mr. Hayden, (jeweler, of Charleston,) designated 
A 1 by Woodruff, clearly demonstrates the manner in which bills were 
raised—the amount being for five call bells, $12, and raised to $112 by 
inserting the figure 1. We quote from Mr. Woodruff’s diary in refer¬ 
ence to an account of Mr. Hayden for a watch purchased for Senator 
Whit tern ore: 

“Wednesday, January 15, 1873. 

“Collected certificate for $945, and paid Hayden for Whittemore’s 
watch. Gracious goodness! Whittemore will have somewhere about ten 
thousand dollars this session. That ought to be satisfactory. He is 
always, though, after one more.” 

It has long been a mystery to the uninitiated where the matchless 
diamonds which flashed their rays of light in the halls of the Capitol, 
the showy watch chains and expensive watches, came from; but an in¬ 
spection of Mr. Sulzbacher’s accounts and those of a similar nature will 
reveal the startling fact that they were furnished by an impoverished 
State! 


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We submit a portion of Mr. Sulzbacher’s account for repairing clocks, 
Nos. 251 and 26f, referred to in A. O. Jones’s evidence, which will show 
the amount to be several hundred dollars. 

Mr. Glaze, another jeweler of Columbia, has several accounts, some of 
which are designated as Nos. 61, 62 and 63 by A. O. Jones. Instead of 
jewelry, we now have gorgeous military trappings for our legislative 
heroes, who belonged to well-equipped but badly-organized militia. 
These amounted to something over twenty-one hundred dollars. In con¬ 
nection with these accounts see evidence of Paris Simkins, under the 
head of “ pay certificates,” who states that he purchased some articles 
from Mr. Glaze, and that his account, as well as that of S. J. Lee’s, were 
settled with a legislative pay certificate. Afterwards he and Lee were 
both sued, and that he paid Mr. Glaze two hundred dollars, and Mr. 
Glaze still holds the certificate as a claim against the State. 

In the account of W. J. Whipper, attorney at law, designated as C 12, 
he charges the State the modest sum of $50 per day for forty-three days’ 
professional services rendered Committee appointed to investigate the 
affairs of the Bank of the State. This investigation resulted in the 
appointment of Representative C. C. Puffer receiver, whereby the State 
lost a large amount of money by commissions and other means. 

Foryears large accounts, amounting to several hundred dollars annu¬ 
ally, have been paid for cleaning the halls of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, while hundreds of convicts were in the city entirely 
idle. To illustrate the economy practiced now, we will state that not one 
dollar is paid out for such work, convict labor being thus utilized. 

We have examined the accounts for fitting locks to the desks of the 
members, and find that during one session the State was charged with 
367 new locks, when there are only 164 desks in the Senate and House, 
thus giving more than two locks to each desk. 

We submit a few accounts for wood and coal. Upon a close calcula¬ 
tion, we find that during one session more than one thousand cords of 
wood and one thousand three hundred and twenty tons of coal were 
charged for, and at the same time there was not a single wood stove 
in use at the State House. 

Sergeant at-Arms Williams, in his evidence, states that not a fourth of 
the wood and coal purchased was consumed at the State House; he also says 
that Mr. Crews furnished and delivered to any of the members who asked 
for it this necessary commodity. 

From the account of Mr. Mayrant it appears that he furnished Sena¬ 
tors Whittemore, Maxwell and others with wood. 

The bills rendered show that thousands of dollars were spent annually 
for stoves to heat the State House and Committee rooms. 


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Sergeant-at-Arras Williams testifies that the Committee rooms were fur¬ 
nished with stoves every year, and that when he called for them the members 
told him “it was none of his business.” 

Mr. Palmer says that the stoves in the State House are worth $1,500 
at this time, and that he does not find one-eighth of the stoves at the 
Capitol which he furnished. 

"W e will not attempt to give the amount of soap, hair brushes and 
towels furnished, but will simply state that the accounts amounted to 
thousands of dollars. Verily, they should have been cleansed. 

We respectfully call your attention to the accounts designated as 70, 
81A, 82, 821, 83, 84, 85, 80, 87, 88, 89, in evidence of A. O. Jones, and 
C 7, and A 1, in evidence of Mr. Woodruff, in which it is shown that 
State officials, members of the House and Senate, Clerks and attachees, 
were furnished with most of the leading daily papers of the State and a 
large number of weekly County papers. In addition to the above, the 
accounts, vouchers and evidence show that novels, law and other books 
were furnished to the members in order that they might while away their 
idle hours in improving their minds at the State’s expense, while thou¬ 
sands of their constituents’ children were unable to attend school for the 
want of books. In evidence of the above we refer } T ou to accounts 
designated as A 2, W 5, and others of a similar kind, and the evidence 
of A. O. Jones. 

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RENTS. 

The accounts of W. K. Greenfield, Hardy Solomon, M. J. Calnan 
and others show the amounts paid by the State for the use of so-called 
Committee rooms. These rooms were not only used during the sitting of 
the General Assembly, but were often occupied the entire year at the 
extravagant price of one dollar per day rent for each room. Add to 
this the cost of furnishing, gas bills, refreshments, &c., and this of itself 
would prove to the world that South Carolina was cursed with the most 
extravagant and corrupt class of legislators known in ancient or modern 
times. We refer to accounts designated Nos. 2 to 5, respectively, and 
No. 79, included in A. O. Jones’s evidence. It has been clearly demon¬ 
strated that a sufficient sum has been paid in five years for rent of upper 
rooms in more than one building to have purchased nearly the entire 
building. We*call your attention to what seems to us a most palpable 
fraud, designated as No. 65 in evidence of A. O. Jones, where R. K. 
Scott certifies that an account for room rent, amounting to $3,249.60, “is 
justly due.” Mr. Jones in his evidence says that this is an accouut of 
R. K. Scott for the rent of a cottage for one year. It could not be sold 
for that amount to-day.’ Mr. Greenfield says, in reference to this matter 


that he rented the cottage in rear of the McKenzie building to ex-Gov- 
ernor R. K. Scott, to be used as a resort or caucus room during his can¬ 
didacy for the United States Senate; that he was paid by Governor 
Scott, and that he has no knowledge of pay certificates being used in 
payment thereof. The voucher designated by Woodruff as No. 26 is for 
rent of the residence of John J. Patterson for the use of Senators 
Whittemore, Owens and others, who revelled in stately mansions, enjoy¬ 
ing the gains stolen from an impoverished people, while their poor dupes 
in their lonely cabins were suffering for the necessaries of life. 

The private bills of State officers, Senators and members of the House, 
referred to in the evidence of Woodruff and Jones, include the names of 
those who were the recipients of supplies, and are as follows: 

Senators . 


C. P. Leslie. 

Frank Arnim. 

B. F. Whittemore. 

C. D. Hayne. 

W. E. Johnston. 

J. Hollingshead. 

W. B. Nash. 

George F. McIntyre. 
James A. Green. 

J. E. Green. 


L. Wimbush. 
H. E. Hayne. 
H. J. Maxwell. 
Y. J. P. Owens. 
J. M. Allen. 
Robert Smalls. 
S. A. Swails. 

E. S. J. Hayes. 
John Lee. 


State Officers . 

Lieutenant Governor Ransier. 
Lieutenant Governor Gleaves. 


Representatives . 


James A. Bowley. 
Tim. Hurley. 
Joseph D. Boston. 
C. H. Sperry. 

P. Simpkins. 

W. M. Thomas. 

F. J. Moses, Jr. 


Nelson Davies. 
J. B. Dennis. 

S. J. Lee. 

P. R. Rivers. 
W. H. Jones. 
Benjamin Bysfs. 


For further information, we refer to various bills of this class, desig¬ 
nated by Woodruff as Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 18 
21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 43’ 45’ 


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D 2, D 5, D 9, D 10, D 15; also to Nos. 21 and 54 in evidence of A. 0. 
Jones. 

To enumerate the bills designated by Mr. Jones in his evidence as 
“myths” and “queer accounts” would fill hundreds of pages; a few are 
inserted to illustrate the manner of robbing the Treasury. The originals 
are submitted in his evidence, numbered as follows: 


No. 9. A. Washburne. $700 00 

No. 48. James Stebbius. 895 15 

No. 58. A. L. M. Stingum. 3,564 19 

No. 81. William Hall. 1,000 00 

No. 87. Simeon P. Simples. 500 00 

No. 88. J. S. J. Gilman. 4,165 00 

No. 118. S. Goodman. 1,978 40 

No. 120. R. W. Johnson. 3,021 25 

No. 121. S. J. Brown . 3,752 15 

No. 122. J. Cross well. 985 75 

No. 123. R. O. Burkett. 500 00 


Making an aggregate of..$21,061 89 


Mr. Jones says these “myths” were pushed through under the cover 
of “and others,” and that the number was so great it would have been 
foolishness in him to make inquiries concerning them. He also says if 
he had placed any impediment in the way of certificates being issued to 
pay this class of claims he would have lost his position, and that in some 
instances the only supplies furnished was the paper on which the account 
was made out. Sergeant-at-Arms Williams testifies that the vouchers and 
accounts were made out in the names of fictitious persons for large amounts, 
passed upon by the Committee on Contingent Accounts, and pay certifi¬ 
cates were drawn for them aud delivered to different members. He 
recognized No. 1, referred to in evidence of A. O. Jones, as one of that 
class. It calls for $1,125, and he thinks it was given to W. H. Jones, 
a member from Georgetown. A large number of accounts were made 
out in the name of John Williams, Sergeant at-Arms, among them Nos. 
53 and 91, amounting to $5,432.02; also, Nos. 92 to 111, inclusive, 
amounting in the aggregate to $15,630.08. While Mr. Williams was 
being examined he said: “I know nothing of most of these accounts. 
I allowed my name to be used to assist the members from time to time. 
Bowley, Dennis, Thomas and others were frequently benefitted by the 
use of my name. The State received no consideration whatever for the 
certificates issued in the payment of these accounts. I did not know my 
name was used so often, nor for such large amounts, until now. I am 
sure that it was arranged by introducing a legislative claim in my name 















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and adding the words ‘and others’ to it, thereby getting it passed with¬ 
out creating any suspicion that it was a fraud.- I remember the $3,500 
account; that was for the Committee on Contingent Accounts. I think 
they took $500 apiece ; they promised me $500, but never gave it to me.” 

Your Committee cannot undertake to enumerate all the accounts sub¬ 
mitted with this report, but will refer you to a few rendered by Messrs. 
Kinard, W. D. Love & Co., R. C. Shiver & Co., dealers in dry goods, 
and to those of Messrs. Strauss & Brother, D. Epstin, Wm. Robinson, 
dealers in clothing. 

Clerk Jones, in referring to accounts rendered against Sergeant-at- 
Arms Williams, says: “It seems he w r as appealed to by those who were 
naked and he clothed them; those who were hungry and he fed them.” 

We append statements of prices paid for articles by our legislators in 
1869-70 and 1871-72. The contrast will show a rapid development of 
taste cultivated at the expense of principle. 


1869-70. 


1871-72. 


$5 clocks. 

40 cent spittoons. 
$4 benches. 

Straw beds. 

$1 chairs. 

$4 pine tables. 

25c. hat pegs. 

^ $8 desks. 

$10 office desks. 

50c. coat hooks. 
Cheap matting. 

Clay pipes. 

Cheap whisky. 

$4 looking glasses. 
$2 window curtains. 

$5 cornices. 


$600 clocks. 

$8 cuspadores. 

$200 crimson plush sofas. 

Sponge mattresses and oriental 
pillows. 

$60 crimson plush Gothic chairs. 

$80 library tables. 

$30 hat racks. 

$50 desks. 

$80 to $175 office desks. 

$100 wardrobes. 

Body Brussels carpeting. 

Finest H avana cigars. 

Champagne. 

$600 mirrors. 

$600 brocatel curtains, lambrequins, 
&c. 

$80 walnut and gilt cornices. 


We feel that this report would be incomplete if we failed to present to 
the General Assembly the list of articles bought and paid for by the 
State foi the use of her statesmen. It has been accurately copied 
from the various accounts turned over to your Committee by the Clerks 
of the Senate aud House of Representatives. 


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REFRESHMENTS, WINES AND LIQUORS. 

Heidsick champagne, green seal do., vin imperial do., Verzenay do., 
Moet and Chandon do.,scuppernong, sparkling Moselle, Catawba, Chateau 
la Rose claret, Chateau La Fitte claret, imperial pale sherry, best Madeira, 
port and malaga wines, blackberry wine, finest otard-du-puy brandy, finest 
French cognac do., Baker, cabinet, rye, Bourbon, nectar and corn whiskies, 
Holland gin, Jamaica rum, cases of Hostetter’s, Indian, Kerr’s, Russian, 
boker, St. Domingo and wine bitters, Congress water, best bottled ale, 
lager and porter, sarsaparilla, Curacoa, maraschino, ale by the cask. 

CIGARS AND TOBACCO. 

Imported Brevas, Partagas, Espanolas, Espauola Londres, Conchas, 
Live Indian, Pantillo, Espanola Conchas, finest plug chewing tobacco, 
finest cut chewing tobacco, Durham and best smoking tobacco. 




REFRESHMENTS, GROCERIES AND DELICACIES. 


Best Westphalia haras, Bologna sausages, bacon strips, diamond hams, 
Java and Rio coffee, pineapple, Edam, Switzer and English cheese, gilt 
edge butter, sardines, smoked and canned salmon, smoked beef and 
buffalo tongues, canned oysters and lobsters, fresh Norfolk oysters, 
deviled ham, black and green teas, French chocolate, olive oil, catsups, 
Worcester and pepper sauces, imported mushrooms, preserved ginger, 
Guava jelly, pickles, brandy cherries and peaches, lemon syrup, assorted 
extracts, sea foam, citron, assorted nuts, lemons, oranges, wax and ada¬ 
mantine candles, Colgate, fancy and toilet soaps, starch, table and Liv¬ 
erpool salt, kerosene oil, bacon, sides and shoulders, English mustard, 
vinegar, mackerel, concentrated lye, Orleans and fancy syrups and 
molasses, assorted English crackers and biscuits, condensed milk, parlor 
matches, Irish potatoes, leaf lard, assorted pepper, sugar, flour and pearl 
grist. 

/ FURNITURE. 




Finest walnut office chairs, office desks, continental chairs, washstands, 
hat racks, marble top washstands, wardrobes, library tables, marble top 
sideboards, book cases, hair seat rocking chairs, large and small easy 
chairs, marble top bureaus, saloon tables, bedsteads, opera chairs, leather 
seat chairs, cane seat chairs, stuffed back chairs, stuffed back arm chairs, 
commodes, umbrella stands, large library book cases, small library book 
cases, oval library tables with carved legs, red rep lounges, green rep 
lounges, finest plush velvet tete-a-tetes, finest walnut fancy rep tete-a- 
tetes, large and small Gothic chairs, Prescott arm chairs,'extra large 

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striped rep Prescott arm chairs, green rep French lounges, large shelf- 
back marble top washstands, counter desks, hat stands, marble top tables* 
crimson plush sofas, large looking glasses, superior refrigerators, large 
willow chairs, towel racks, folding chairs, fine coffin, fine cradle, bed 
lounges, fancy fire screens, extra large and heavy cotton mattresses, 
extra large and heavy feather beds, extra large and heavy feather bol¬ 
sters, extra large apd heavy feather pillows, double spring mattresses, 
cots and mattresses, sponge pillows, sponge bolsters, sponge mattresses, 
gilt mantel mirrors. 

FURNISHINGS. 

Finest English tapestry Brussels carpeting, English body Brussels 
carpeting, three-ply ingrain carpeting, English velvet rugs, English velvet 
door mats, English thread door mats, English oilcloths, English velvet 
hassocks, cocoa mats, cocoa matting, rich heavy cornices, satin delaine 
curtains, lambrequins, window shades and fixtures, large cords and 
tassels, gimps, brocatel curtains and trimmings, gold bound shades and 
spring rollers, white and checked mattings, dry goods, finest French 
velvets, extra fine large gray hair cloth, silk damask, linen damask table¬ 
cloth, linen damask wire cloth, Irish linens, billiard tablecloths, linen 
towels, woolen blankets, linen d’oylies, linen napkins, imported flannels, 
imported insertions, imported edgings, finest dress goods—all kinds, 
honeycomb quilts, Marseilles quilts, shawls, linen sheeting, linen pillow 
casing, linen shirting, cotton shirting, sheeting, cotton pillow casing, 
imported kid gloves, ladies’ satchels, men’s white and brown hosiery, linen 
cambric handkerchiefs, ladies’ hoods, cambrics, ribbons of all qualities, 
fine plaid goods, extra long bath towels, pieces of crepe, scissors, skirt 
braids and pins, baize, spool cotton, prints, tooth brushes, hair brushes, 
heavy combs, flax, buttons, whalebone, ginghams, hooks and eyes, boule¬ 
vard skirts, bustles, extra long stockings, chignons, palpitators, garters, 
chemises, under vests, parasols, sun umbrellas. 

CLOTHING 

In general assortment and variety. 

JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS. 

Gold watches and chains, rich sets gold jewelry, diamond rings, 
diamond pins, gold lockets, gold charms, gold finger rings, gold necklaces, 
gold pencil cases, gold pens, gold breastpins, ivory-handled knives and 
forks, pen and pocket knives, tea spoons, table spoons, table forks, call 
bells, extra fine table castors, rich toilet sets, pocket pistols, Japanned 


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tea trays, cuckoo clocks, extra fine Belgian marble mantel clocks, French 
China vases, French artificial flowers, ladies’ fine work boxes, finest 
colognes, French extracts, bottles Florida water, gold and rubber pens 
and holders, pocket books, stereoscopes and views, writing desks, ladies’ 
porteraonnaies, French mantel clocks, key rings, tape measures, feather 
dusting brushes, plated spoons, baskets, Webster’s Unabridged Dic¬ 
tionary, latest and most expensive library works, drop lights, sixty-four 
light chandeliers, twenty-seven light chandeliers, six light chandeliers, 
five light chaudeliers, four light chandeliers, four light bracket chande¬ 
liers, line cornices with gilt eagles, fine shields with coat of arms. 

CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 

Champagne glasses, salt cellars, cup plates, decanters, tumblers, orna¬ 
mental cuspadores, extra fine punch mugs, fancy granite chamber sets, 
fancy lamps, wash basins, soap boxes and trays, French China coffee 
cups, French China dinner sets, French China cups and saucers, French 
China candlesticks, fine glass globes, all sizes, decorated spittoons, deco¬ 
rated tulip toilet sets, decorated tulip oval pitchers, rich cut goblets with 
monograms. 


PRINTING MATTER, &C. 

Warrants of arrest, recognizances, summonses, election tickets, con¬ 
tracts, articles of agreement, lodge circulars, visiting cards, diaries, 
Morocco memorandum books, perpetual calendars, packages finest initial 
note paper, reams Juniata paper, scrap books, envelopes, ink, mucilage, 
wall paper, bordering, lead pencils, ruling pens, paper weights, letter 
clips, bill files, rubber bands, paper cutters, sponge cups, envelope open¬ 
ers, inkstands, ink vents, slate pencils, rulers, magic ivory, leather and 
black pencils. 

stock, &c. 

Fine horses, mules, carriages, buggies and harness. 

SUNDRIES. 

Egg coal, cords oak wood, cords light wood, andirons, fenders, shovel 
and tongs, grate baskets, stoves and pipes, coffee biggins, tea pots, sauce 
pans, cooking stoves and utensils, tin buckets, wooden buckets, tin cases, 
blacking, blacking brushes, jugs, bags, demijohns, lead pipes, lanterns, 
brooms, fruit jars and elastics, kegs, wash tubs, wash boards, cork screws, 
slop pails, dusters and dust pans, foot tubs, manilla paper, hand saws, 
files, axes, water coolers, granite chambers, bed pans, coffee mills, axe 
helves, stove polish. 


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Your Committee feel assured that no language, by way of comment, 
would add force to the simple statement of facts attending this era of 
revelry, embracing peculation, embezzlement and robberies of a character 
hitherto unknown in South Carolina. The perpetrators are covered with 
infamy and disgrace and should be pursued during their natural lives 
with the sword of justice hanging by a thread over their heads. But in 
justice to the honest taxpayers of the State, what can be said to relieve 
those merchants and dealers who participated in the profits arising from 
such stupendous frauds? 

The testimony submitted shows that these persons either were reckless 
of the interests of the people of the State or winked at, connived at or 
colluded with the robbers to fleece the people: a conclusion as humilia¬ 
ting as the facts are disgraceful and culpable. We regret to place this 
on record, but it is true, and the facts as proved justify your Committee 
in joining with the good people of the State in denouncing such conduct 
now and forever. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

On part of Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 

On part of House. 


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TESTIMONY. 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Rooms of Special Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., July 16th, 1877. 

Josephus Woodruff, having been duly sworn, further deposes and says : 

Under the head of supplies was embraced anything that a Senator 
chose to order. Orders were generally given through the Clerk, and the 
accounts rendered against the Clerk of the Senate. At first these orders 
were moderate and included only such necessary articles as stationery and 
postage stamps, but they gradually increased until they assumed 
gigantic proportions. The accounts were rendered and made payable 
out of the Senate contingent fund. From the commencement of my 
official career the Committee to audit and control the contingent ex¬ 
penses of the Senate always claimed the right to order what they pleased 
and include in their reports, under the names of “sundries and others,” 
their personal accounts. The practice became so general as to embrace 
nearly every Republican and some Democratic Senators and the ac¬ 
counts ordered to be paid without inquiring or a dissenting voice. The 
reports usually read as follows: “The Committee on Contingent Ac¬ 
counts and Expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred sundry contin¬ 
gent accounts against the Senate, or Clerk of the Senate, have considered 
the same, and recommend that they be paid.” They were generally 
regarded as privileged matters. The Senate Rule requiring all reports 
to lie over one day for consideration was almost always suspended in 
these cases and the report considered immediately. They were agreed 
to, the accounts ordered to be paid and endorsed : “Ordered paid. J. W., 
C. S.” Certificates for the various amounts were drawn accordingly. 
Senators would leave their accounts with the Chairman of the Com¬ 
mittee on Contingent Accounts, and when personal bills were settled in 
this way they were returned to Senators receipted. The largest bills 
were rendered for refreshments, including the best liquors and cigars, 
which were served to Senators and their friends in a room next to the 
office of the Clerk of the Senate. The refreshment room was kept open 
and was accessible at all times. It was visited daily by State officials, 
Senators and Representatives, Judges, lawyers, editors and reporters of 
newspapers and citizens generally, irrespective of party, who discussed 



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matters, State and national, in the most amiable manner over a spark¬ 
ling glass of champagne or favorite wine or choice cigars. I do not 
drink or smoke, and at the commencement I stipulated with Mr. Leslie, 
then Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Accounts, that in no 
event was I as Clerk to be held responsible individually for these re¬ 
freshments. My porter, Louis Grant, was kept in constant attendance 
on the refreshment room, generally from 12 M., when the Senate met, to 
2 and 3 o’clock next morning. This matter, like others, gradually 
assumed the largest proportions. Orders were given for liquors and 
cigars, which were sent to the hotels and residences or boarding houses 
of Senators and their friends, and enormous bills rendered accordingly. 
Of these 1 usually had no knowledge. But whenever I sent an order 
of my own for any special occasion outside I paid for them invariably 
with my own funds. In this way I secured the passage of many charters 
for citizens of Charleston and elsewhere gratuitously. 

In the commencement of this business the members at first gave the 
merchants of Columbia for goods purchased from them orders to the 
Clerk to deduct the amount from their pay. The orders soon largely 
exceeded their pay and the accounts were then included in the reports of 
the Committee on Contingent Accounts to be paid out of the Senate con¬ 
tingent fund. Pay certificates for accounts audited and passed were 
issued to the merchants for almost every description of merchandise. 

During Mr. Parker’s term of office and part of Mr. Cardozo’s, up to 
the time of specific appropriations, certificates for stationery, which in¬ 
cluded nearly everything, and for other accounts, were issued to such an 
extent that they were sold on the street at twenty and sometimes as low 
as ten and fifteen cents on the dollar. 

Contingent account certificates for various amounts were frequently 
drawn to the order of the Clerk of the Senate and turned over to the 
Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Accounts for collection and 
distribution. As these transactions became common the Senators claimed 
that all their expenses should be paid bv the State, or, in the language of 
Mr. Leslie, “the State had no right to be a State unless it could pay 
and take care of its statesmen.” Gratification certificates, issued with¬ 
out any consideration but for the use of Senators, also became frequent. 
But I desire to submit to the Committee checks and other papers show¬ 
ing that I endeavored to discharge my duties as correctly as possible 
under the circumstances. In the issue of certificates to the Clerk for 
legitimate expenses of the Senate, such as pay of witnesses in cases 
of impeachment and contested seats, also pay of witnesses summoned by 
order of Special Committees of Investigation, the checks show that I paid 
cash. The certificates were usually deposited in the bank of the South 
Carolina Trust Company and negotiated for whatever they would bring. 


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The names of some of the parties are well known to the Committee and 
above suspicion. 

The papers exhibited by the Committee are accounts presented in the 
manner I have alluded to and paid from Senate contingent fund. 

No. 1. Senator C. P. Leslie to J. W. Denny, $61, paid in this way. 
No. 2. Senator Frank Arnim to J. W. Denny, $42.45, paid in this way. 
No. 3. Senator L. Wimbush to J. W. Denny, $13.50, paid in this way. 
No. 4. Senator E. S. J. Hayes to J. W. Denny, $3.00, paid in this way. 

[No. 1.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 31, 1870. 


Hon. C. P. Leslie, 

To J. W. DENNY, Dr. 

1869. 

Sept. 3. To cash loaned him. $60 00 

1870. 

Sept. 17. To 250 envelopes. 1 00 


$61 00 

[No. 2.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 31, 1870. 


Hon. Frank Arnim, 

To J. W. DENNY, Dr. 

1869. 

Sept. 23. To cash loaned him. $40 00 

1870. 

June 29. To printing one package visiting cards. 1 25 

Sept. 16. To two packages No. 12 envelopes. 1 20 


$42 45 


No. 5. Senator H. E. Hayne to J. W. Denny, $12, paid same way. 

No. 6. Senators Whittemore, Maxwell, coal from Mayrant, paid same 

« 

way. 


344. 

Hon. PI. E. Hayne, 


[No. 5.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 31, 1870. 


To J. W. DENNY, 


Aug. 12. Trial Justice record. 

3 quires Trial Justice blanks. 


Dr. 


Nov. 26. 2 quires law blanks. $ 3 00 


4 50 
4 50 


Endorsed on back: Received payment, J. W. Denny. 


$12 00 















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[No. 6.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 19, 1875. 


Mr. Woodruff, 

To J. S. G. MAYRANT, Dr. 

For 2 cords kindling, State House. $12 00 

For 2 cords oak, Whittemore. 12 00 

For 4 cord kindling, Maxwell. 3 00 

For 4 cord kindling, Whittemore. 3 00 

For 2 cords kindling, State House. 12 00 

For 1 cord oak, Whittemore. 6 00 


$48 00 

Received payment, 

J. S. G. MAYRANT, 


Nos. 7 and 8. E. F. Sweegan, coal, $510, paid same way. 

No. 9 is an account paid to G. Childs, trustee, for J. H. Iviuard, cash 
by myself, but may have been included in the contingent accounts, as 
the articles furnished were not for me. 

[No. 9.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 23, 1874. 

Mr. Josephus Woodruff, 

Bought of J. II. KINARD & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Dry Goods, Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, &c., 


First Door South of Columbia Hotel. 

Oct. 20. 3 pairs scissors.. . $ 3 00 

Oct. 21. 1 pair blankets. 10 50 

Oct. 21. 2 pairs blankets. 12 00 

Oct. 22. 3 rolls crape, at $2. 6 00 

Nov. 28. 3 pairs blankets, at $15.. 45 00 

Dec. 2. 2 quilts, $4—$8; 15 yards sheeting, 75c—$11.25, 

(for Whittemore,). 19 25 

Dec. 2. 6 yards pillow case cotton, 374c. (for Whittemore,) 2 25 

Dec. 3. Making 3 pairs pillow cases for Whittemore, 50c... 1 50 

Dec. 3. Making 3 sheets for Whittemore, 50c. 1 50 

Dec. 6. 14 yards damask, $2—$28, for Whittemore. 28 00 

Dec. 6. 2 dozen doylies, $2, for Whittemore . 4 00 

Dec. 6. 1 dozen towels, $9, for Whittemore. 9 00 

Dec. 6. 4 dozen towels, $6. 3 00 

Dec. 6. 14 dozen napkins, $4—$5.33. 5 33 


$156 33 


Received payment, 


W. G. CHILDS, Trustee. 























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No. 10. Senator H. C. Hayne to R. C. Shiver, $10, paid same way. 

[No. 10.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 2, 1871. 

Mr. H. E. Hayne, 

Sold by No. 3.] 

Bought of R. C. SHIVER, 

Dealers in Dry Goods, 

Columbia, S. C. 

8 pieces wall paper, 85c . 6 80 

24 pieces bordering, 5c. 1 20 


8 00 

Paid. R. C. SHIVER. 

B. 


No. 11. J. Woodruff to George Symmers, $376, including itemized per¬ 
sonal account of Senator W. E. Holcombe, paid from contingent fund. 

[No. 11.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 6, 1871. 

Mr. Joe Woodruff, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

March 3. 2 gallons whisky, $8—$16 ; 5 dozen ale. $3.50— 


$17 50 $33 50 

Mar. 4. 3 dozen ale, $10.50; 2 gallons sherry, $10—$20.00. 30 50 

Mar. 4. 1 gallon brandy, $20 ; 2 gallons whisky, $8—$16.. 36 00 

Mar. 4. 3 boxes cigars, $10—$30; 2 boxes candles, $4.80.. 34 80 

Mar. 4. i gross matches, $1; 2 boxes cigars, $10—$20. 21 00 

Mar. 6. 1 dozen condensed milk, $6; 2 gallons whisky, 

$8—$16 . 22 00 

Mar. 6. 2 gallons sherry, $10—$20; 2 gallons brandy, 

$20—$40....*. 60 00 

Mar. 6. 1 gallon corn whiskv, $3; 5 dozen ale, $3.50— 

$17.50. . 20 50 

Mar. 6. 3 boxes cigars, $10—$30. 30 00 

Mar. 6. 1 gallon brandy, (Holcombe,). 20 00 

Mar. 6. 2 boxes cigars, $20; jug, 75c., (Holcombe,).. 20 75 

Mar. 6. 1 box cigars, $10; 1 box cigars, $10. 20 00 

$348~55 

Discount on draft. 28 00 

Received payment, $376 55 


GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Per Roy. 


Terms Cash. 


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No. 12. Senator F. Arnitn to George Summers, $387.06, paid same way. 

[No. 12.] 


Columbia, S. C., March 6 , 1871, 


Mr. Frank Arnim, 

Bowjht of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 
Mar. 1. 1 box cigars, $15; ( 6 ) 2 boxes candles, 80 pounds, 


20c—$20... $35 00 

Mar. 6 . 2 boxes soap, 168 pounds, 10c. 16 80 

Mar. 6 . 1 sack coffee, 112 pounds, 30c. 33 60 

Mar. 6 . 5 gallons vinegar, 75c... 3 75 

Mar. 6 . 1 barrel extra C sugar, 228 pounds, 17c. 38 76 

Mar. 6 . 10 pounds green tea, $20 ; 500 pounds bacon, 17c., 

$85. 105 00 

Mar. 6 . 6 kits mackerel, 200 pounds, $12. ,12 00 

Mar. 6 . 50 pounds rice, $5; 4 boxes mustard, $4. 9 00 

Mar. 6 . 1 box starch, 41 pounds, 15c. 6 15 

Mar. 6 . 1 firkin lard, 100 pounds, 20c. 20 00 

Mar. 6 . 1 case brandy. 48 00 

Mar. 6 . Assorted spice. 5 00 

Mar. 6 . 1 bottle brandy, $4 ; 5 boxes cigars, $50. 54 00 


Received payment, 


$387 60 

GEORGE SYMMERS, Per Roy. 


Nos. 13 and 14. Senator L. Wimbush to George Symmers, $338.38 
and $214.60, paid same way. Mr. Wimbush at this time was acting 
Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Accounts. 


[No. 13.] 


Columbia, S. C. 


Mr. L. Wimbush, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 


1871. 

Feb. 25. 1 case champagne... $ 50 00 

Feb. 25. 2 gallons sherry, $20 ; cigars, $12.50.. 32 50 

Feb. 25. 1 bottle champagne, $4 ; 1 gallon sherry, $10.. 14 00 

Feb. 25. 6 bottles brandy, $4—$24: i box cigars, $5.. 29 00 

John Lee’s account. 116 23 

March 1. 2 gallons whiskey, $8—$16; 2 gallons sherry, $20 36 00 

March 1. 1 case champagne, $50 ; 3 bottles c. pepper, 35c— 

$1.05 . 51 05 

March 1. 4 dozen quarts Worcester sauce, $1.25. 7 50 

March 1. 4 dozen pepper sauce. 2 10 

Received payment, $338^38 


GEO. SYMMERS, Per D. McKayl 


























No. 16. J. Woodruff, for Senate, $861.52, paid same way. 


[No. 16.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 15, 1873. 

Mr. J. Woodruff, for Senate, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

1873. 

Jan. 29. 1 gallon whisky, $7 ; 1 case champagne, $45. $ 52 00 

Jan. 29. 1 y. a. cheese, $3.50; (30) 4 dozen quarts lager, 

$7—28 . 31 50 

Jan. 30. 1 box cigars, $10; 1 case wine, $45. 55 00 

Jan. 31. 4 dozen Bass ale, $3.50—$14; matches, 50c. 14 50 

Feb. 1. 6 boxes cigars, $10—$60; cheese, $1.25; crack¬ 
ers, $1.25. 62 50 

Feb. 1. 1 dozen ale, $3.50 ; 1 dozen porter, $3.50; 1 jar 

ginger, $3; (Green). 10 00 

Feb. 1. 4 gallon c. whisky, $1.50; 1 bottle wine, $2; 

(Hollingshead) . 3 50 

Feb. 1. 3 bottles wine, $6; 1 box cigars, $9; (Robertson) 15 00 

Feb. 4. 4 dozen ale, $3.50—$14; 1 gallon c. whisky, $3.. 17 00 

Feb. 4. matches, 40c. ; (5) 1 gallon c. whisky, $3. , 3 40 

Feb. 5. 1 pineapple cheese, $2.50; 5 pounds crackers, 

$1.25 . 3 75 

Feb. 5. 3 boxes cigars, $10—$30 ; (6) 1 gallon whisky, 

$7 . 37 00 

Feb. 5. 1 pineapple cheese, $2.50; 6 boxes sardines, $1.80 4 30 

Feb. 5. 2 boxes cigars, $10. 20 00 

Feb. 7. bill of merchandise to Lee. 284 39 

Feb. 7. 1 gallon whisky, $7; 1 gallon c. whisky, $3; 1 

cheese, $2.50. 12 50 

Feb. 7. 2 bottles champagne. 7 00 

Feb. 8. 1 box, 6 pounds candles, $2.40 ; 1 gallon c. whis¬ 
ky, $3. 5 40 

Feb. 8. 1 pine a. cheese, $1.75; 5 pounds crackers, $1.25.. 3 00 

Feb. 8. 1 box cigars, $10; 3 dozen ale, $3.50—$10.50. 20 50 

Feb. 10. 3 gallons whisky,.$7—$21; 2 gallons sherry, $14 35 00 

Feb. 10. 2 boxes cigars, $20; 1 gallon whisky, $7. 27 00 

Feb. 11. 1 gallon whisky, $7; 6 pounds cheese, $1.63; 

crackers, $1.25. 9 88 



















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Feb. 11. 2 dozen porter, $7 ; 3 bottles maraschino, $4—$12 ; 


(Robertson).. $ 19 00 

Feb. 11. 3 bottles curacoa, $12 ; 1 case champagne, $45; 

(Robertson). 57 00 

Feb. 12. 1 gallon whisky, $7 ; 1 dozen boxes matches, 40c 7 40 

Feb. 12. 1 cask, 8 dozen porter, $3.50; (Lee). 28 00 

Feb. 13. 1 gallon c. whisky, $3.00; 10 pounds crackers, 

25c—$2.50. 5 50 

Feb. 13. 6 boxes sardines, $1.80 ; 6 pounds cheese, 25c— 

$1.50. 3 30 

Feb. 13. 3 pounds Schwitzer cheese, 40c—$1.20 ; (14) 1 

gallon whisky, $7.!. 8 20 


Received payment by order on State Treasurer. 


$861 52 


GEO. SYMMERS. 

Per Roy. 


No. 17. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier to George Symmers, paid 
same way, $23. 

[No. 17.] 

Columbia, S. C., 24th February, 1871. 

Mr. A. J. Ransier, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 


Feb. 22. 1 box cigars, $10; 12 cigars, $1.20. $11 20 

Feb. 23. 1 gallon whisky, $8; 4 gallon gin, $4. 12 00 


Received payment, 


$23 20 

GEO. SYMMERS, 

Per W. Roy. 













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No. 18. Senator L. Wimbush to George Symmers, $131.48, paid same 
way. 

[No. 18.] 

Columbia, S. C., 17th February, 1871. 

Mr. L. Wimbush, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

Feb. 11. 1 gross matches, $2.75; (14) 6 cans lobsters, $1.80 $ 4 55 

Feb. 14. £ dozen oysters, $1.50; ! dozen sardines, $1.80... 3 30 

Feb. 14. 1 box cigars, $10; 1 case champagne, $50. 60 00 

Feb. 14. Oysters, $1; mackerel, $1; 1 box cigars, $10. 12 00 

Feb. 15. 35J pounds butter, 35c., $12.43; 2 gallons 

sherry, $20. 32 43 

Feb. 1.5. 2 bottles champagne, $4; 2 bottles pickles, $1.20.. 5 20 

Feb. 16. 2 gallons whisky, $7. 14 00 

Paid. $131 48 

GEO. SYMMERS. 


No. 19. J. P. Anderson & Co., $912, paid same way. 

No. 20. J. Woodruff to George Symmers, for Senate, $164.10, paid 


same way. 

[No. 20.] 


Mr. J. Woodruff, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 


March 2. 1 case champagne. $50 00 

March 2. 2 boxes candles, $2.40. 4 80 

March 2. Discount on draft. 46 80 

March 3. 1 gallon whisky. 8 00 

March 4. 3 dozen ale, $10.50 ; 1 gallon sherry, $10. 20 50 

March 4. 1 gallon brandy, $20; 1 gallon whisky, $8. 28 00 

March 4. 3 boxes cigars, $10. 30 00 


$138 10 

Discount on.. 26 00 


Paid. $164 10 


GEO. SYMMERS. 


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No. 21. Senator C. P. Leslie to M. H. Berry, $586, paid same way. 


[No. 21.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 11, 1869. 


Hon. C. P. Leslie, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, 
Children’s Carriages, Wagons, &c. 

Plain Street, next door to J. & T. R. Agnew. 


Established 

1843. 

1 Terms Cash. 


Aug. 23. To marble top bureau, $40; saloon table, $2.50... $ 42 50 

Aug. 23. To walnut towel rack, $2; hanging pictures, $2... 4 00 

Aug. 30. To hanging pictures. 2 00 

Sept. 14. To hanging 12 pictures. 3 00 

Oct. 16. To 6 brace arm walnut chairs, $7. 42 00 

Oct. 16. To 2 walnut tete-a-tetes, $35. 70 00 

Oct. 16. To 2 large easy chairs, $25. 50 00 

Oct. 16. To 3 small easy chairs, $20. 60 00 

Oct. 16. To 1 marble top table. 18 00 

Nov. 13. To fine walnut chamber suit.. 235 00 

Nov. 20. To 1 cotton mattress. 20 00 

Nov. 10. To 1 cot and mattress. 8 00 

Dec. 11. To 4 double spring mattresses, $33. 132 00 


• $686 00 

Cr. by cash...... . 100 00 


$586 00 


No. 22. J. IT. Kinard with C. D. Hayne, $375.26, paid same way. 

[No. 22.] 

Columbia, S C., February 4th, 1873. 

J. Woodruff, (for C. D. Hayne,) 

Bought of J. H. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 

Dry Goods, Millinery, Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Fancy Goods, &c., 

(First Door South Columbia Hotel.) 


Jan. 27. 2 honeycomb quilts, $1.50... $ 3 00 

Jan. 27. 1 honeycomb quilt... 2 50 

Jan. 27. 1 honeycomb colored quilt... 4 00 
























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Jan. 27. 2 pair blankets, 610.,...»... 6 20 00 

Jan. 27. 1 shawl... 10 50 

Jan. 27. 1 dozen doilies..... 1 25 

Jan. 27. 4 dozen towels, $3.50... 1 75 

Jan. 27. I dozen towels, $4.50. k ... 2 25 

Jan. 27. 1 tablecloth.... 2 50 

Jan. 27. 5 damask, 61.25... 6 25 

Jan. 27. 24 yards wine cloth, 61.50... 3 75 

Jan. 27. 24 yards wine cloth, 61.75. 4 38 

Jan. 27. 2*74 yards longcloth, 25c. 6 88 

Jan. 27. 26 yards curtain damask, 61.50. 39 00 

Jan. 27. 2 hassocks, 62 . 4 00 

Jan. 27. 1 rug. 2 50 

Jan. 27. 12 yards pillow casing, 25c. 3 00 

Jan. 27. 40 yards shirting, 624c. 25 00 

Jan. 27. 2 pair window shades, $6. 12 00 

Jan. 30. Making 8 pair sheets, 50c. 4 00 

Jan. 30. Making 6 pair pillow cases, 50c. 3 00 

Jan. 31. 334 yards Brussels carpet, 62. 66 50 

Jan. 31. 1 piece binding and flax.1. 1 00 

Jan. 31. Making 334 yards, 124c. 4 18 

Jan. 31. 19 yards Brussels, 62. 38 00 

Jan. 31. Making 19 yards, 124c. 2 37 

Jan. 31. Thread. 50 

Jan. 31. 15 yards ingrain carpet, 61.50. 22 50 

Jan. 31. Making 15 yards, 10c. 1 50 

Jan. 31. 12 yards three-ply carpeting, 62. 24 00 

Jan. 31. Making 12 yards, 10c. 1 20 

Jan. 31. 16 yards ingrain carpeting, $1.25. 20 00 

Jan. 31. Making 16 yards, 10c. 1 60 

Jan. 31. Flax. 50 

Jan. 31. 14 yards three-ply carpeting, 62. 28 00 

Jan. 31. Making 14 yards, 10c. 1 40 

Jan. 31. 1 piece binding. 50 


6375 26 


No. 23. Account of L. C. Jennings, 61125, to sundries and transporta¬ 
tion. Do not know the party. Issued as gratification. 

[No. 23.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 9, 1873. 


SENATE, 

To L. C. Jennings, Dr. 

To sundries and transportation. 61125 00 







































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No. 24. C. P. Leslie to W. B. Stanley, $3.25; included in accounts 
against the Clerk of the Senate. 

[No. 24.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1871. 
Hon. Charles P. Leslie, 

Bought of WM. B. STANLEY, 

(Nearly opposite Buins of the Court House.) 

Jan. 23. 1 wash tub, $2.50; 1 wash board, 75c. 3 25 

Received payment, 

W. B. STANLEY. 

C. D. S. 


CHINA HALL. 

WM. B. STANLEY, 
Importer and Dealer in 

China, Glass and 
Earthenware. 


No. 25. Accounts of R. H. Gleaves with Southern Warehouse Com¬ 
pany, $40, included in accounts against Clerk of Senate. 

[No. 25.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1874. 

Governor R. H. Gleaves, 

To SOUTHERN WAREHOUSE COMPANY, Dr. 

On account. $40 00 

Received payment, 

EDWIN F. GARY, 

Treasurer. 


No. 26. Receipt of J. J. Patterson for rent of house to Senate Com¬ 
mittee, paid by certificates. 

[No. 26.] 

Received, Columbia, S. C., November 26, from J. Woodruff, C. S., 
certificates Nos. 20, 29, 83,145, amounting to ten hundred and forty-five 
dollars, for rent of house in advance for one year to November 1, 1875, 
said certificates to be guaranteed payment by State Treasurer or lease 
null and void. 

JOHN J. PATTERSON. 

This house was occupied by Senators B. F. Whittemore, Y. J. P. 
Owens and others. 







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No. 27. Receipt of Klinck, Wickenberg & Co., included in accounts 
against Clerk of Senate. 

No. 28. Account of J. Sulzbacher, as follows: 

[No. 28.] 

Mr. Josephus Woodruff, Clerk Senate, 

To ISAAC SULZBACHER, Dr. 

1871. 

Nov. 22. To merchandise. $ 37 00 

To merchandise. 527 00 

To merchandise. 90 00 

Dec. 4. To merchandise. 28 50 

Dec. 8. To merchandise, B. J. Hayes, B. J. H. 48 50 

Dec. 9. To merchandise . 86 00 

To merchandise. Ill 00 

Dec. 11. To merchandise. 40 00 

To merchandise. 48 00 

To merchandise, B. F. W., (Senator Whittemore,) 125 00 

Dec. 13. To merchandise, H. J. M., (Senator Maxwell,). 65 50 

To merchandise, H. J. M., (Senator Maxwell,). 6 50 

To merchandise, F. S. J., (F. S. Jacobs,). 102 50 

Dec. 16. To merchandise, A. J. R., (A. J. Ransier,). 50 25 

To merchandise, B. F. W., (Senator B. F. Whit¬ 
temore,). 225 00 

To merchandise, discounts. 80 00 

To merchandise, B. F. W., (Senator Whittemore, 

Chairman). 80 00 

1872. 

Jan. 5. To A. J. R., (A. J. Ransier,). 147 00 

Jan. 8. To knife, H. J. M., (H. J. Maxwell,). 4 00 

To two knives, Hayne. 8 00 

To two pens, Hayne. 20 00 

Jan. 29. To Marks. 50 00 

Jan. 30. To merchandise, T. J., (T. Hurley). 51 50 

To two dozen knives. 96 00 

To pistol, A. J. R., (Ransier,). 15 00 

Feb. 25. To watch chain, (Senator Johnston). 50 00 

Mar. 4. To clock, (Senator Johnston,). 12 00 

Mar. 4. To one dozen knives, (Senator Johnston,). 15 00 

Mar. 4. To merchandise, (Senator Johnston,). . 200 00 


Total. $2,295 50 

Cr. 

1871. 


Dec. 9. By cash (Woodruff). 759 00— $1,541 00 


Amount due.. $754 50 




































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No. 29. Senator C. P. Leslie to George Symmers, $142.75, paid by 
pay certificates. 

No. 30. J. Woodruff to George Symmers, $351.50, including accounts 
of Senators W. E. Holcombe and D. Bieman. , 


[No. 30.] 


Columbia, S. C., 1871. 

Mr. Josephus Woodruff, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 


1871. 

Feb. 25. 1 case champagne, W. E. H., Senator (W. E. Hol¬ 
combe, sent to Columbia Hotel). $ 50 00 

Feb. 25. 1 box cigars, $10; 2 gallons whisky, $16, W. E. 

H., (Senator W. E. Holcombe, sent to Colum¬ 
bia Hotel). 26 00 

Feb. 27. 3 dozen ale, $10.50; 2 dozen porter, $7. 17 50 

Feb. 27. Discount of draft. 35 00 

Feb. 27. 1 gallon best brandy, $20; 1 gallon best sherry, 

$12, for W. E. H., (Senator W. E. Holcombe, 

Columbia Hotel)... 32 00 

Feb. 27. 2 boxes cigars, $12.50—$25; 2 demijohns, $1.50, 
for W. E. H., (Senator W. E. Holcombe, Col¬ 
umbia Hotel). 26 50 

Feb. 28. 1 gallon whisky, $7 ; 1 box cigars, $12.50. 19 50 

Feb. 28. 1 case champagne, $50; 3 boxes cigars, $15—$45 95 00 

Feb. 28. 2 gallons whisky, $8—$16; 1 gallon sherry, $12, 

(Senator D. Biemann). 28 00 

Feb. 28. 1 gallon brandy, $20; jug and demijohn, $2, 

(Senator D. Biemann). 22 00 


Received payment, 


$351 50 


GEO. SYMMERS. 

D. McKay. 












No. 31. Senator L. Wimbush to Geo. Symmers, $2-53.60, paid by 
pay certificates. This account includes groceries and liquors. 

[No. 31.] 


Columbia, S. C., December 5, 1871. 


Mr. L. Wimbush, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 
Commission Merchant, 
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 


Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 


1871. 

April 27. 100 cigars, $2.50; (28) 2 bottles best sherry, $2— 

$4.. $ 6 50 

April 28. 1 bottle brandy, $4; 3 bottles champagne, $4— 

$12 ... 16 00 

April 29. 4 bottles sherry, $2. 8 00 

May 11. 1 gallon sherry, $8 ; demijohn, 75c . 8 75 

May 24. 1 bottle whisky, $1.50 ; cigars, $2.50. 4 00 

June 1. 1 gallon sherry, $8 ; 1 dozen ale, $3 50; mustard, 

70c .’. 12 20 

June 1. 6 boxes sardines, $3; 3 cans salmon, $3. 6 00 

June 1. demijohn, 75c ; (12) 1 dozen ale, $3.50 ; 2 pounds 

tea, $4. 8 25 

June 22. 1 gallon whisky, $7; 1 gallon sherry,'$8. 15 00 

July 11. 1 gallon whisky, $7 ; 1 dozen ale, $3.50. 10 50 

July 25. 62- pounds sugar, $1 ; 6 pounds A sugar, $1. 2 00 

July 28. 4 pounds lard. 80 

Aug. 12. 12| pounds ham, 20c.—$2.50; (26) 4 gallon 

whisky, $2.. 3 50 

Aug. 15. 24 pounds ex. C sugar, $4; 2 bottles brandy, $4- 

$8 .. 12 00 

Aug. 26. 1 kit mackerel, $3.50 : 1 dozen ale, $3.50. 7 00 

Aug. 30. 6 pounds butter, 50c., $3. 3 00 

Sept. 1. 124 pounds ham, $2.50; 4 gallon whisky, $1. 3 50 

Sept. 6. 1 gallon corn whisky, $2; 3 pounds pulverized 

sugar, 60c. 2 60 

Sept. 14. 1 gallon corn whisky, $2; (20) 1 gallon corn 

whisky, $2. 4 00 

Sept. 20. 5 pounds country butter, 50c., $2.50; (29) 4 bushel 

grist, $1.50. 4 00 

Sept. 29. 25 pounds extra C sugar, $4.25; 2 pounds green 

tea, $5. 9 25 























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Sept. 29. | bushel rice, $4; (30) 1 gallon whisky, $2. $ 6 00 

Oct. 3. 14f pounds ham, 20c., $2.95; 6 cans oysters, 20c., 

$1.20. 4 15 

Oct. 5. 10 pounds lard, $2; 5 pounds butter, 50c., $2.50.. 4 50 

Oct. 7. 1 bottle brandy, $4 ; (10 j 2 bottles brandy, $4—$8 12 00 

Oct. 10. 2 pounds pulverized sugar, 40c.; (16) 1 gallon 

whisky, $2. 2 40 

Oct. 16. 2 bottles brandy, $4—$8; (20) 3 bottles wine, $12 20 00 

Oct. 20. 1 bottle sherry, 2; 1 bottle whisky, $1.50. 3 50 

Oct. 20. 100 cigars, $2.50; 10 pounds ham, $2. 4 50 

Nov. 7. 25 pounds sugar, $4; lard, $2; buckwheat, 50c_ 6 50 

Nov. 13. 1 peck rice, $2; 10 pounds coffee, 40c., $4. 6 00 

Nov. 13. 4 gallon sherry, $4; 1 pound cocoa, $1. 5 00 

Nov. 24. 3 pounds green tea, $2—$6. 6 00 

Nov. 24. \ bushel grist, $1.50; (28) 1 gallon sherry, $7. 8 50 


$235 90 

Average five months interest. 17 70 


$253 60 

Received payment by pay certificates, 

GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Per W. Roy. 


No. 32. Senator L Wimbush to George Symmers, $181.45. 

No. 33. Senator L. Wimbush to George Symmers, $7.30. 

No. 34. Senator J. M. Allen to George Symmers, $139.08. 

No. 35. J. Woodruff, for Senate, to George Symmers, $423.05, paid 
by certificate on State Treasurer. 

No. 36. F. Arnim to George Symmers, $36. 

No. 37. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier to George Symmers, $90. 

No. 38. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier to George Symmers 
$19.40. 

No. 39. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier to George Symmers, 
$89.85. 

No. 40. Senator F. Arnim to George Symmers, $60. 

No. 41. Senator F. Arnim to George Symmers, $160. 

No. 42. J. Woodruff, for Senate, to George Symmers, $992.56, in¬ 
clusive of accounts against Senators Whittemore, Hollingshead, Arnim, 
Holcombe. 














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[No. 42.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 14, 1872. 

Mr. Josephus Woodruff, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

1872. 

Sept. 13. 2 barrels flour, $13—$26; 1 barrel pearl grist, $10.. $ 36 00 

Sept. 13. 286 pounds sugar, 16c.—$45.76; 12 pounds ham,$3 48 76 

Sept. 13. 30 pounds B strips, 22c.—$6.60; 30 pounds bacon, 

20c.—$6. 12 60 

Sept. 13. 3 pounds green tea, $2.50—$7.50; 8 bottles W. 

sauce, 50c.—$4. 11 50 

Sept. 13. 25 pounds coffee, 35c.—$8.75; 25 pounds butter, 

50c.—$12.50. 21 25 

Sept. 13. 100 pounds lard, 20c.—$20; 1 pound broma, $1... 21 00 

Sept. 19. 54 pounds hams, 25c.—$13.50. 13 50 

Nov. 7. 1 gallon M. C. whisky, $7 ; 1 box cigars, $8. 15 00 

Nov. 14. 1 gallon M. C. whisky, $7; 1 gallon best brandy,$18 25 00 

Nov. 14. 1 case champagne, $45; 1 case Imperial 

brandy, $30. 75 00 

Nov. 14. 3 boxes cigars, $30; 20 pounds Java coffee, $2. 32 00 

Nov. 14. 6 pounds granulated sugar, $1; 2 pounds B 

crackers, 40c. 1 40 

Nov. 14. 1 dozen matches, 40c.; 1 gallon demijohn, 75c. 1 15 

Nov. 15. 5 pounds cheese, 25c.—$1.25; (20) 1 gallon alco¬ 
hol, $6. 7 25 

Nov. 20. 1 box wax candles, 60c.—$3.60; 3 boxes sardines, 

50c.—$1.50. -5 10 

Nov. 21. 1 box cigars, $18; (22) 1 gallon whisky, $7. 25 00 

Nov. 25. 1 gallon M. C. whisky, $7 ; 3 boxes cigars, $30. 37 00 

Nov. 26. 1 gallon M. C. whisky, $7; 1 gallon sherry, $7. 14 00 

Nov. 28. 1 case extra Imperial champagne. 45 00 

Nov. 28. 1 box cigars, $10; 1 gallon best brandy, $18, 

(Senator B. F. Whittemore,). 28 00 

Nov. 28. 1 gallon sherry, $7; 6 bottles ale, $1.75, (Senator 

B. F. Whittemore,). 8 75 

Nov. 28. 1 box cigars. 10 00 

Dec. 2. 1 gallon whisky, $7; 1 case champagne, $45. 52 00 

Dec. 2. 3 boxes cigars, $10—$30; 1 dozen matches, 40c... 30 40 






















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Dec. 5. 1 gallon whisky, $7 ; 1 gallon sherry, $7 ; 3 boxes 

cigars, $30.-. $ 44 00 

Dec. 5. 1 case champange, $45; 1 dozen matches, 40c. 45 40 

Dec. 5. 3 pounds crackers, 75c.; 3 pounds cheese, 75c. 1 50 

Dec. 5. 1 gallon C. whisky, $3; 1 box cigars, $10, (Sena¬ 
tor J. Hollingshead,). 13 00 

Dec. 5. 1 gallon M. C. whisky, (Senator J. Hollingshead,) 7 00 

Dec. 5. 100 pounds crushed sugar, $20 ; 200 pounds bacon, 

15c.—$30, (Senator F. Arnim,). 50 00 

Dec. 5. 1 barrel buckwheat, $16; 40 pounds candles, 

25c.—$10, (Senator F. Arnim). 26 00 

Dec. 5. 100 pounds lard, $20; 78 pounds ham, 25c.— 

$19.50, (Senator F. Arnim,). 39 50 

Dec. 5. 124 pounds smoked salmon, $5; 43 pounds 

crackers, 20c.—$8.60, (Senator F. Arnim,). 13 60 

Dec. 6. 2 gallons M. C. whisky, $14; 1 gallon brandy, $18, 

(Senator W. E. Holcombe,). 32 00 

Dec. 6. 1 box cigars, (Senator W. E. Holcombe,). 10 00 

Dec. 6. 1 quart oysters, 50c.; (7) 1 gallon M. C. whisky, $7 7 50 

Dec. 7. 1 gallon sherry, $7 ; 1 box cigars, $10. 17 00 

Dec. 10. 1 gallon sherry, $7 ; 1 gallon M. C. whisky, $7. 14 00 

Dec. 11. 1 box cigars, $10; 1 gallon whisky, $7 ; 1 gallon 

C. whisky, $3, (Senator J. Hollingshead,). 20 00 

Dec. 11. 1 bottle brandy, $4; (12) 2 gallons whisky, 

$7—$14.18 00 

Dec. 12. 1 gallon sherry, $7 ; 1 box cigars, $10; matches,40c. 17 40 

Dec. 13. 1 gallon sherry, $7 ; 1 gallon whisky, $7. 14 00 

Dec. 13. 1 dozen ale, $3.50; 1 dozen champagne, $22.50... 26 00 


$992 56 

Paid. 

GEORGE SYMMERS. 


No. 43. L. Wimbush to George Syminers, $442.43. 

No. 44. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier to Joe Taylor, $280. 

' [No. 44.] 

Columbia Feb 22th 1872. 
Gov A. J. Ranseere Dr. 

To JOE TAYLOR 

for Licours & Segars and other Articulars.$2.80 00 

Riecuived payment 


JOE TAYLOR. 




















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No. 45. Louis Grant to George Symmers, $91.63. 


[No. 45.] 


Columbia, S. C., December 20, 1871. 

Louis Grant, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

To amount of bill. $91 63 


Received payment by pay certilicates, 

GEORGE SYMMERS, 


Per W. Roy. 


No. 46. Senator H. E. Hayne to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, $182.50. 

[No. 46.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 7, 1872. 
J. Woodruff, Esq., (for Senator H. E. Hayne,) 

Bought of J. H. & M. L. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, &c., 
(First Door South of Columbia Hotel.) 


12 yards rep damask, $4. $48 00 

12 yards lining, 75c. 9 00 

30 yards gimp, 37]c. 31 25 

3 large cords and tassels, $4. 12 00 

1 pair shades . 5 50 

3 spring fixtures, 75c. 2 25 

20 yards carpet, $2. 40 00 

10 yards linen sheeting, $1.75 . 17 50 

6 yards pillow case linen, $1.25. 7 50 

40 yards checked matting, 50c. 20 00 

1 rug. 9 00 

1 box. 50 


$182 50 

















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No. 47. Senator Y. J. P. Owens to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, $88.50. 

[No. 47.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1872. 
Joseph Woodruff, Esq., (for Senator Y. J. P. Owens,) 

Bought of J. II. & M. L. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Dry Goods, Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, &c., 
(First Door South of Columbia Hotel.) 


1 pair blankets.. $13 50 

1 pair blankets..... 8 50 

1 dozen towels, each $6.50 and $7.50. 14 00 

1 pair gloves... 2 50 

1 satchel. 6 50 

1 dozen men’s hose, white. 6 00 

1 dozen men’s hose, brown. 6 00 

1 dozen handkerchiefs, each $9 and $10. 19 00 

1 hair brush, each $1.50 and $3. 4 50 

2 combs, $1.:. 2 00 

1 bottle cologne. 2 50 

1 bottle extract. 2 50 

1 pair scissors.. . 1 00 


$88 50 


No. 48. J. M. Allen, $626.99. 

No. 49 is a report of the Committee on Contingent Accounts, and 
reads as follows: 


Senate Committee Rooms, 
Columbia, S. C., February 1, 1872. 

The Committee on Contingent Accounts and Expenses of the Senate, 
to whom was referred sundry accounts against the Clerk of the Senate, 
have considered the same, and recommend that they be paid. 

(Signed) L. WIMBUSH. 

No. 50. Account of Calendar Inkstand Company for ten Wright’s 
Patent Inkstands, at $25 each. Each Senator was furnished with one 
of these inkstands from this and other purchases. 

















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Nos. 51, 56, 60, 63, 69, 74 are accounts of C. Brookbanks, amount¬ 
ing to $1,080, for cigars and fruits furnished Senate. 

No. 52. Account of South Carolina Railroad for freight for three 
boxes of demijohns containing wines and liquors for use of Senate. 

No. 53. Account of Bryan & McCarter for stationery and Webster’s 
Unabridged Dictionary. A copy of Webster’s Unabridged was fur¬ 
nished each Senator. 

No. 54. Accouut of George Symmers for discounts on drafts on State 
Treasurer. 

No. 55. Account of J. Woodruff with Klinck, Wickenberg & Co. for 
liquors furnished Senate, included in contingent accounts of Senate. 

No. 57. George Symmers’s monthly account, $994.36. 

No. 58. Account of Klinck, Wiekenberg & Co. with J. Woodruff, 
$297, for liquors furnished Senate. 

No. 59. Telegraph account, $186.50. 

The private as well as the public dispatches of Senators were paid 
from the Senate contingent fund. 

Nos. 61 and 62. Accounts of M. H. Berry for furniture furnished Com¬ 
mittee rooms by order of Clerk of Senate. This included furniture for 
Committee rooms outside of the State House ordered by the Clerk at the 
request of Senators; also, chamber sets, parlor sets and other kinds of 
furniture furnished each session. 

No. 63 reads as follows : 


Committee on Contingent Accounts, 
Senate Chamber, December 18, 1871. 

The Committee on Contingent Accounts, to whom was referred the ac- 
countof Messrs. Bryan & McCarter, amounting to thesurn of seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty cents ; also, sundry accounts of the Charleston Daily Cou¬ 
rier; also, account of Daily Union for the sum of $144; also, account 
of Daily News, amounting to the sum of $490.05; also, a bill of M. H. 
Berry for furniture purchased by the Clerk of the Senate; also, sundry 
divers accounts against the Clerk of the Senate, do report that they have 
considered the same, find the accounts correct, and recommend that thev 
be paid. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

(Signed) 


4 


C. P. LESLIE, 
Chairman Committee. 


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No. 64. Account of M. H. Berry, for furniture, $445. 

[No. 64.] 


Columbia, S. C., 187 . 

State of South Carolina, [Senate,) 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

(Next to Wheeler House.) 

To interest on $3,000 at It per cent.. $445 00 


No. 65. Account of M. H. Berry, per J. M. Allen, for furniture, $648. 
No. 67. Account of J. Woodruff with Klinck, Wickenberg & Co. for 
liquors, included in contingent account of Senate. 

[No. 67.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Charleston, S. C., February 12, 1872. 


Mr. J. Woodruff, 

To KLINCK, WICKENBERG & CO., 

1871. Dr. 

Dec. 21. To merchandise.. $53 00 

Dec. 21. 1 case champagne for Senator R. Smalls.26 40 

Jan. 30. 1 case Mumm’s campagne. 28 00 

1872. 

Jan. 10. 1 case merchandise. 274 75 

Jan. 20. 1 case merchandise. 495 50 

Jan. 26. 1 case merchandise. 215 50 

Feb. 10. 1 case merchandise. 264 75 

Feb. 10. 1 case merchandise. t. ... 59 00 


$1,416 90 

Gr. 

Jan. 20. By cash.... 400 00 

Jan. 26. By cash. 448 65 

Feb. 10. By cash. 235 00 


1,083 65 
333 25 

Received payment, 


KLINCK, WICKENBERG & CO., 

Per S. G. Horsey, 


















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We have just received an invoice of green seal champagne, West¬ 
phalia hams and genuine bologua sausages. Will be pleased to receive 
an order. 


Nos. 68, 69 and 70. Accounts of Brookbauks & Co. for fruits, &c., 
furnished. 

[No. 68.] 

Columbia, S. C , February 8, 1872. 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate, 

To C. BROOKBANK3 & CO., 


By sundries.... 


Dr. 

$350 00 


No. 70. Accounts and receipts of Charleston Courier for one year’s 
subscription to paper, to be sent to the postoffice address of Senators. 

No. 71. Accoeint of D. White, for $231, for gold pens furnished Sena¬ 
tors. 


[No. 71.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 11, 1872. 


J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate , 

To D. WHITE, Dr. 

To 23 gold pens, at $4.50.$103 50 

To 35 tipped India rubber pens, at $2.50. 87 50 

To 20 boxes Sansom pens, at $2.r. 40 00 


$231 00 


No. 72. Report of Committee on Contingent Accounts, as follows: 

In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 13, 1872. 
The Committee on Contingent Expenses and Accounts, to whom was 
referred sundry contingent accounts against the Clerk of the Senate, 
have considered the same, and recommend that they be paid. 

C. P. LESLIE, 
Chairman Committee. 









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No. 73. Telegraph account, $155.75. 

No. 75. Account of W. B. Stanley with J. Woodruff, C. S., $64.75. 
No. 76. Account of Isaac Sulzbacher, $684, for 30 gold pens and 
8 dozen knives. 

[No. 76.] 

Columbia, S. C., December, 1871. 

Mr. Josef Woodruff, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, 
Spectacles, Etc., 

Main Street , 

Next to Columbia Hotel. 


To 30 gold pens.$300 00 

To 8 dozen knives, at $48. 384 00 


$684 00 

To furnishing Senate. 


All Repairing 
Promptly Executed. 


No. 77. Account of I. Sulzbacher, $1,500. To furnishing sundries to 
General Assembly and repairing clocks. This account includes jewelry, 
&c. 

[No. 77.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 1, 1872. 
General Assembly of South Carolina, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 


All Repairing 
Promptly Executed. 


Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, 
Spectacles, Etc., 

Main Street, 

Next to Columbia Hotel. 


To furnishing sundries to General Assembly and repair 
of clocks, &c. 


$1,500 00 


No. 78. Account of C. P. Leslie with Klinck, Wickenberg & Co., for 
liquors, and paid from Senate contingent fund. 

No. 79. Account of M. II. Berry, $700, for furniture furnished Com¬ 
mittee rooms. 

No. 80. Postage stamps furnished Senate, $100. 















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[No. 80.] 

Received of Mr. J. Woodruff order on the Treasurer for one hundred 
dollars on account of postage stamps for S. C. Senate. 

JOHN S. LEAPHART, 

Columbia, S. C., March 8th, 1872. Deputy P. M. 


No. 81. Account of Hardy Solomon, to goods furnished rooms, 8561.48. 

No. 81 4. Account of Walterboro News, $80, for yearly subscription to 
that journal for thirty-two Senators, to support a Republican paper and 
obtain the latest intelligence from the County seat of Colleton County. 
The bill was ordered paid out of the Senate contingent fund. 

No. 82. Account of Charleston News, $256, for thirty-two subscriptions 
to that interesting journal from January 1, 1872, to January 1, 1873; 
also 8134 for forty copies Daily News for three months, (sixtv-seven 
days,) at five cents per copy. These papers were ordered by the Clerk 
with the consent of the Committee on Contingent Accounts, and the bills 
always promptly paid. 

No. 82R Account of Union-Herald for forty-one copies of daily from 
December 24th, 1875, to March 20th, 1876, $157.85. The paper was 
ordered by the Clerk, and the account audited, passed and ordered paid 
out of Senate contingent fund. 

No. 83. Account of Daily Evening Herald, $1,099, for one year’s sub¬ 
scription for thirty-three Senators and one hundred and twenty-four 
Representatives, at $7 each. This was a Republican paper and every 
possible support given to it. Its bills were promptly audited, passed and 
pa} r certificates issued in settlement. 

[No. 83.] 

i Columbia, S. C., January 7th, 1873. 

Mr. J. Woodruff, 

To “THE DAILY EVENING HERALD,” Dr. 
Corner of Main and Gervais Street. 

1873. 

Jan. 7. For subscription to January 7th, 1874, for thirty- 

three Senators, at 87.,. 8 231 00 

Jan. 7. For subscription to January 7th, 1874, for one 

hundred and twenty four Representatives, at $7 868 00 


DAILY EVENING 

HERALD. 

PUBLISHED 

Every Evening. 
—O— 

ANDREWS, NORTHROP & CO. 


/ 


$1,099 00 








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No. 84. Account of Charleston Courier for advertisement of tribute to 
Judge George Lee, published by order of the General Assembly, $9.30. 
The bill was ordered paid out of appropriation for legislative expenses. 

No. 85. Account of South Carolinian for advertising inauguration 
exercises, by order of Senator Maxwell, Chairman of the Senate Com¬ 
mittee of Inauguration. The account was included in accounts of the 
Clerk, and I paid it in cash. 

No. 86. Account of Southern (Beaufort) Standard against Clerk of 
Senate for thirty-two subscriptions for the year 1873, 864. The account 
was audited, passed, and certificate issued to Senator Smalls in settlement* 

No. 87. Account of Daily Phoenix, $70, for subscription for three 
months. Audited, passed and paid by pay certificates. • 

No. 88. Account of South Carolinian for subscription to Carolinian, 
thirty-five copies, for use of Senate, from December 2, 1872, to March 
2, 1.873, $70. Audited, passed and paid by pay certificates. 

No. 89. Account of Aiken Tribune, $70, for thirty-five subscriptions 
one year. Ordered by Clerk, and the account audited by the Committee 
and paid. 

Nos. 90 and 91. Accounts of M. H. Berry, $310 and $615, for furni¬ 
ture furnished Senate and Senate Committee rooms, per order Clerk of 
Senate. Some of this was sent to Committee rooms outside the State 
House, aud where it has gone is probably past finding out. The walnut 
tables and chairs are in the Senate rooms in the State House. 

No. 92. Account of James Kennedy, $500, for services as special 
clerk, four months, at 8125 per month. Mr. Kennedy was employed by 
order of Senator Nash, Chairman of Committee on Claims and of Com¬ 
mittee on Contingent Accounts. The account was audited, passed and 
ordered paid in the usual manner. 

No. 93. Receipt of T. C. Dunn for amount paid him as agent in the 
sale of twelve cases of scuppernong champagne, ordered by the Clerk of 
the Senate for use of Senators. The account was referred to the Commit¬ 
tee on Contingent Accounts, audited, passed and ordered paid. Mr. 
Dunn simply acted as agent for a friend who manufactured native wine. 

Nos. 94 and 95. Accounts of W. D. Love & Co. for J. E. Green, Ser- 
geant-at-Arms of Senate, for goods furnished, such as towels, soap, combs, 
brushes, &c., for Senate. The accounts, $82.05 and $117, were ordered 
paid and pay certificates issued in settlement. 


[No. 94.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 18, 1873. 


State of South Carolina, 

To W. D. LOVE & CO., Dr. 

27? yards linen sheeting, $2. $55 00 

19 yards cotton sheeting, 75c. 14 25 

12 yards cotton sheeting, 65c. 7 80 

10 yards damask, 50. 5 00 


$82 05 

Received payment February 1, 1873. 

W. D. LOVE & CO., 

per Y. 


[No. 95.] 


Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 


Per J. E. Green, Sergeant-at-Arms Senate Chamber, 
Bought of W. D. LOVE & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Staple and Fancy Dry t Goods, Silk Goods, 

White Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, Embroideries, 

Laces, Notions, &c., &c., 

Columbia Hotel Block, Main Street. 


Nov. 25. 1 dozen towels. 

3 towels, bath, at $2.. 

4 towels, bath, at $1.25. 

2 towels, bath, at $1. 

4 dozen soap, at $1. 

6 dozen soap, at 50c. 

4 dozfen soap, at $7.50. 

11-12 dozen Windsor, at $4.50 

Dec. 2. 4 pieces crape, at $2. 

Dec. 3. 1 piece crape. 

8 extra heavy combs, at $1.50. 

Dec. 5. 2 dozen towels, at $6. 

Dec. 17. 1 dozen extra brushes. 

4 extra heavy combs, at $1.50. 


$15 00 
6 00 

5 00 
2 00 - 
4 00 

3 00 
1 88 

4 12 
8 00 
2 00 

12 00 
12 00 
36 00 

6 00 


W. D. Love, 

B. B. McCreeryl 
Terms, Net Cash. 


$117 00 


The above is correct. 

J. E. GREEN, Sergeaut-at-Arms. 

Received payment, 

W. D. LOVE & Co., Per Morrison. 





























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No. 96. Account of W. B. Stanley against Senate, $40.90, for glasses, 
salt cellars, decanters, tumblers, drop lights, half dozen knives and forks, 
probably ordered by Clerk of Senate for outside Committee room by 
order of Committee. The account was audited, passed, and paid, I think ^ 
in cash. 

No. 97. Account of R. C. Shiver, $25, for towels, audited by Commit¬ 
tee, passed, and paid, I think, in cash. 

[No. 97.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 12, 1870. 

State of South Carolina, 

Bovglit of R. C. SHIVER, 

Dealers in Dry Goods, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Towels.$25 00 

Nos. 98, 99, 100. Accounts of Joe Taylor, amounting to $770, for sun¬ 
dries. Mr. Taylor is a well known citizen of Columbia, and did furnish 
some goods, coal, liquors and other articles. His accounts passed without 
any very severe scrutiny, and pay certificates were issued in settlement. 

No. 101. Account of Cooper & Taylor, for 17 tons of coal, at $12 per 
ton, $204. I have no personal knowledge of this account, beyond the 
fact that it was presented and passed, but whether paid, I cannot say. 

No. 102. Receipt of Isaac Sulzbacher, for $375.80, for knives, pens, 
&c., &c., which includes jewelry furnished Senate during the months of 
November and December, 1872. I think this amount was paid in cash 
by me, but was included in contingent accounts of the Clerk. 

No. 103. Account of Isaac Sulzbacher, $375.85, is the bill for which 
the above receipt was given, but reads “ December 17, 1872.” To fur¬ 
nishing knives, cutlery, &c. 

Nos. 104 and 105. Accounts of E. H. Smith for cigars and champagne, 
$188 and $266. The goods were ordered by me and paid for in cash. 
The accounts were included in the Clerk’s bill against the Senate and 
paid for out of Senate contingent fund. 

No. 106. Account of Geo. Symmers against Senate of South Carolina. 
“To amount of sundries furnished, $1,957.83.” Audited, passed and pay 
certificates issued in settlement. 

No. 107. Account of George Symmers against Senate. 


Terms Cash. 




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[No. 107.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1873. 

Senate of South Carolina, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

To amount of sundries furnished..SI,957 83 


[B.] 


J. Woodruff, for Seuate, for liquors and cigars, 81,957.50. Ordered 
paid, and, I suppose, settled by pay certificate. 


Nos. 108 and 109. Accounts of George Symmers against Senate of 
South Carolina. To amount for sundries furnished, 82,10-1;'' also 
8786.75. Ordered paid, and settled, I suppose, by pay certificates. 

[No. 108.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 22, 1873. 
Senate of the State of South Carolina, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. 

To amount for sundries furnished.82,104 00 


No. 110. Account of J. IT. & M. L. Kinard, 8277.45, for a r- 

nished Lieutenant Governor Ransier, and included in report of Com¬ 
mittee on Contingent Accounts. Passed and ordered paid. Am unable 
to say whether I paid cash or settled it by pay certificate. 







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[No. 110.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 15th, 1871. 
J. Woodruff, for Lieutenant Governor Ransier, 

Bought of J. H. & M. L. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Dry Goods, Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, &c., 


First Door South of Columbia Hotel. 

1871. 

Feb. 13. 54 yards Brussels carpet, SI.75.$94 50 

44 yards sup. ingrain carpet, $1.50. 66 00 

41 yards sup. ingrain carpet, $1.50. 61 50 

30 yards oil cloth, 75c. 22 50 

3 pieces binding, 75c. 2 25 

12 hanks flax, 10c. 1 20 

2 rugs, $6.50—$13; 1 rug, $5. 18 00 

2 quilts, $4.50—$9; 3 yards flannel, 50c.—$1.50. 10 50 

1 hood. 1 00 


$277 45 


No. 111. Account of J. Woodruff, for postages, posters and labor. 
This account appears large, hut the mailing of Senate reports and other 
documents was unusually'heavy and the demand for postage stamps 
somewhat extravagant. The account was ordered paid and certificate 
issued for the amount. 

No. 112. Account Calendar Inkstand Company, for twelve Wright’s 
patent inkstands. As before stated, each Senator was furnished with 
one of these inkstands, which is a combination of inkstands with clocks, 
thermometer, calendar, letter scale, sponge cup, pen rack, call bell, mu¬ 
cilage, bottle and brush and drawer. The bill was audited, passed, and 
paid for by certificate drawn in favor of the Clerk. I remitted drafts 
for the amount of their bills to the company at Baltimore. 

No. 113. Account of E. R. Stokes against J. Woodruff for Senate, 
$21.75. This account was audited without question, passed, and ordered 
paid. I do not remember how it was settled. 

No. 114. Account of Fagan Brothers, $473.50, for furniture furnished 
Senate; also, for repairing furniture. I believe it to be a perfectly cor¬ 
rect bill and think it passed the Senate without opposition. I do not 
remember wdiether it was settled in cash or by pay certificate. 













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Nos.115 and 116. Accounts of Klinck, Wickenberg&Company, $29, for 
champagne ordered, and acknowledgment of receipt of check for amount 
of Hon. C. P. Leslie’s bill. These accounts, to the best of my recollec¬ 
tion, were all included in the reports of Committee on Contingent Ac¬ 
counts and paid by certificates drawn in favor of the Clerk of the Senate. 

Nos. 117 and 118. Accounts of J. W. Denny against Lieutenant Gov¬ 
ernor Pansier and Senator W. B. Nash. These were ordered paid out 
of the Senate contingent fund. 

Nos. 119 and 120. Accounts of Hardy Solomon, for liquors and cigars. 
Referred to Committee on Contingent Accounts, audited, passed, and 
settled, I think, by pay certificates. 

C 1. Account of W. D. Love & Co., January 29, 1873, $196 55, for 
sheeting, damask, napkins, carpet, &c, was no doubt for articles furnished 
an outside Committee room through the order of the Sergeant-at-Arras 
of the Senate and paid for out of Senate contingent fund. 


• [C 1.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1873. 
State of South Carolina, (for Senate Chamber,) 

Bought of W. D. LOVE & CO, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 


W. D. Love. 

B. B. McCreery. 
Terras, Net Cash. 


Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, 

Silk Goods, White Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, 
Embroideries, Laces, Notions, &c, 
Columbia Hotel Block, Main Street. 


39 yards sheeting, 80c. 
24 yards damask, $2.. 

1 dozen napkins. 

34 yards sheeting, 85c. 
3 yards damask, $3.50 
24 yards damask, $2.. 

1 dozen napkins. 

24 yards carpet, $1.50, 

Making. 

1 rug. 

1 dozeu napkins.. 

3 -yards damask, $3.50 
34 yards linen, 624c... 

1 rug. 

1 mat, each $3-$5. 


$ 31 40 
5 50 

4 00 
28 90 
10 50 

5 50 
4 00 

36 00 

3 00 
12 01 ) 

4 00 
10 50 
21 25 
12 00 

8 00 


February 1, 1873. 

Received payment. 


$196 55 


) 


W. D. LOVE & CO. 






















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C 2. Account of Sergeant-at-Arms of Senate with W. B. Stanley, 
831.90, January 6th, 1873, paid same way. 

C 3. Senate account, October and November, 1873, $125.65, with 
W. B. Stanley, paid same way. 

C 4 is a duplicate of C 3, the original having been mislaid. 

C 5. Account of M. H. Berry, $2,500, December 3, 1873, is for furni¬ 
ture furnished offices and Senate Committee rooms. I do not recollect 
details or specific articles furnished for the arnouut of $2,005, under the 
entry “amount bill rendered.” 

[C 5.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 5, 1873. 
State of South Carolina, (for offices,) 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s 

Carriages, Wagons, &c., 

(Next to “Wheeler House.”) 


To lounge... $ 65 00 

To i dozen W. C. B. chairs. 75 00 

To hat rack. 25 00 

To lounge. 70 00 

To walnut wardrobe. 80 00 

To 2 office desks @ $90. 180 00 

To amount bill rendered.. 2,005 00 


$2,500 00 

C 6. Account of M. H. Berry, ($1,657,) December 18, 1873, for furni¬ 
ture furnished Committee room per order Clerk of Senate. My recol¬ 
lection of this account is that it was for furniture of outside Committee 
rooms, ordered by several Senators, and an itemized account rendered, 
which has been lost or mislaid. 

[C 6.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

107 Main Street, next to Wheeler House. 

To furniture furnished Committee rooms per order of Clerk 

Senate. . $1,657 00 

Received payment, 


M. H. BERRY. 











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♦ 


C 7. Account of Union-Herald, as follows : 

# 

[C 7.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1874. 


The State of South Carolina, 

To THE DAILY UNION HERALD, * 

1873. X)r. 

Jan. 1. To subscription for 33 members of Senate to January 

1, 1874, at $7. $231 00 

To subscription for 130 members House of Represent¬ 
atives to January 1, 1874, at $7. 910 00 

To subscription for Executive Department. 7 00 

To subscription for Treasurer of State. 7 00 

To subscription for Comptroller General. 7 00 

To subscription for Superintendent of Education. 7 00 

To subscription for Speaker of House. 7 00 

To subscription for President of Senate. 7 00 

To subscription for Secretary of State. 7 00 

To subscription for Attorney General. 7 00 

To subscription for Adjutant and Inspector General... 7 00 

To subscription for Clerk and Reading Clerk of 

Senate. 14 00 

To subscription for Clerk and Assistant Clerk House 

Representatives. 14 00 

To subscription for Supreme Court. 7 00 


$1,239 00 

The Union-Herald represented the party in power, and Mr. Andrews, 
proprietor, was a member of the Senate. The Bill was ordered paid 
without question, and a certificate issued for the amount. 

C 8 and 9. Accounts of E. H. Smith for cigars and liquors furnished 
Senate by order of Clerk, $355. The goods were sent from Charleston 
through Mr. E. S. Jennison. Ordered paid by the Committee on Con¬ 
tingent Accounts. 

CIO. Account of E. R. Stokes, $180, January 7, 1874, for binding 
and lettering books. Approved by Clerk of Senate, ordered paid and 
certificate issued. 

C 11. Receipt of Sergeant-at-Arms for money advanced by him for 
postage stamps. The stamps were furnished by the Sergeant-at-Arras at 
the request of the Clerk of the Senate. Senators were always furnished 
with postage stamps, aud the lowest estimate at that time was $10 per 
day for stamps for the Senate. 
















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C 12. Account of William J. Whipper for professional services ren¬ 
dered Committee to Investigate the Affairs of the Bank of the State, at 
$50 per day; 43 days, at $50—$2,150. Ordered paid by S. A. Swails, 
Chairman of Committee on the part of the Senate, and J. Douglas Rob¬ 
ertson, Chairman on the part of the House of Representatives. A cer¬ 
tificate was issued in accordance therewith. 

4 

[C 12.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 12, 1874. 

The State of South Carolina, 

To WILLIAM J. WHIPPER, Dr. 

To 43 days’ professional services on Committee to investigate 

the affairs of the Bank of the State, at $50 per day.$2,150 00 

S. A. SWAILS, 

On part of Senate. 

J. DOUGLAS ROBERTSON, 

On part of House of Representatives. 


C 121. Account of Hardy Solomon, March 7, 1874. Sundries fur¬ 
nished Seuate, $1,250. Ordered paid and pay certificate issued in 
settlement. 


[C 12].] 

HARDY SOLOMON, 
Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in 
Family Groceries. 


also, 

Foreign and Domestic Liquors of the Best Brands Constantly 

on Hand. 


Main Street, 

Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1874. 

The State of South Carolina, 

Bought of HARDY SOLOMON. 


To.sundries supplied to Senate, per order. $689 00 

To amount of account previously rendered. 501 00 


_ . $1,250 00 

Received pay certificates in settlement. 

R. J. DONALDSON. 


March 17, 1874. 







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C 13. Account of Fagan Bros., $644, for furniture furnished Senate 
Committee rooms. I have no recollection who ordered the furniture, 
nor where it was placed. Was ordered paid, and settled for out of Sen¬ 
ate contingent fund. 

C 14. Account of Fagan Bros., $538.50, for furniture for Senate 
ordered by J. Woodruff. Clerk of Senate. The account, I think, is per¬ 
fectly correct, and the furniture sent to the Committee rooms in the 
State House. 

C 15 and 16. Account of M. Kuhn, for $1,686, for liquors furnished. 
Ordered paid, and certificates issued to parties who complain of receiving 
only ten cents on the dollar allowed by the Big Bonanza Commission. 

[C 15.] 

Philadelphia, November 22, 1873. 
The State of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. KUHN & BRO., 

Importers of Wines, Brandies, Gins, &c., &c., 

No. 305 Race Street. 

To amount before rendered. $1,686 00 


C 17. Order of George F. McIntyre and Robert Smalls, Chairman 
and member of Special Committee to investigate proceedings of the 
Sinking Fund Commission, to issue pay certificate to J. E. Green, for 
$900, for services as Sergeant-at-Arms to said Committee. The certifi¬ 
cate was issued in accordance with the order, as was done in all cases 
where an order either verbal or written was given by the Chairman of a 
Committee. 

C 18. Account of Republican Printing Company for stationery, 
$1,521, with accompanying itemized Bill. Ordered paid, and a certifi¬ 
cate drawn for the amount. Remember giving it to Senator W. B. 
Nash. I think he was paid $500 on it, and that he afterwards settled 
the balance in the big bonanza. 

[C 18.] 

Republican Printing Company’s Book and Job Office. 

Senate, 

To REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 
To stationery, as per order. $1,521 00 





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C 19. Account of J. Williman, for copying and certifying to orders 
of Court relative to the Bank of the State, $525. Ordered paid by 
Chairman of Committee and certificate issued accordingly. 

[C 19.] 

The State of South Carolina, 

To JACOB WILLIMAN, Dr. 

To copying and certifying to orders of Court relative to the 

Bank of the State.$525 00 

J. Douglas Robertson, S. A. Swails, 

On part of House. On part of Senate. 


C 20. Account of J. M. Willets ($3,375) for services attending Special 
Joint Committee of Investigation and examining witnesses. Do not 
know the party, but think the certificate issued for it was held by Sen¬ 
ator Owens and afterwards settled in big bonanza. 

[C 20.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 17, 1874. 
Senate and House of Representatives, 

To J. M. WILLETS, Dr. 

To services attending Special Joint Committee of Investigation 

and summoning witnesses.$3,375 00 


C 21. Account of A. Williams ($200) for services in Senate Chamber. 
The work was ordered by the Sergeant-at-Arms and the services no 
doubt rendered. Ordered paid and certificate issued. 

C 22. Order of George F. McIntyre, Chairman, to draw pay certifi¬ 
cates in favor of J. M. McKay, Esq., for expeuses on Sinking Fund 
Committee. 

C 23. Account of Western Union Telegraph Company for months of 
December, 1873, and January, 1874, $153.70. Ordered paid and certifi¬ 
cate issued. The. Telegraph Company occupied a portion of the Senate 
cloak room, and all despatches of Senators, public or private, having 
endorsement of Clerk of Senate were sent and charged to the Clerk of 
the Senate. These accounts were audited by the Committee on Contin¬ 
gent Accounts and certificates issued for payment. I afterwards cashed 
in full some of the certificates for Mr. Cathcart, Manager, as he was 
unable to make collections from the Treasury. 






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A A. Monthly account of George Symmers, 7th March, 1871, $273. 

A B. Monthly account of George Symmers, 4th March, 1871, $593.70. 
A C. Monthly account of George Symmers, 1st March, 1871, $1,039.80. 
A D. Monthly account of George Symmers, 24th February, 1871, 
$555.60. 

A E. Monthly account of George Symmers, 17th February, 1871, 
$539 75. 

A F. Monthly account of George Symmers, 10th December, 1870, 
$360. 7 

A G. Monthly account of George Symmers, 10th February, 1871, 
$829.90. 

A H. Monthly account of George Symmers, 6th March, 1871, 
$1,251.30. 

A I. Monthly account of George Symmers, 13th January, 1871, $345. 
A. J. Monthly account of George Symmers, 2d December, 1871, $310. 
A Iv. Monthly account of George Symmers, 5th January, 1871, $320. 

[A A.] 


[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 7th March, 1871. 


Mr. J. Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount of sundries furnished.$273 00 


[AB.l 


[Monthly Statement.] 


Columbia, S. C., 4th March, 1871. 


Mr. J. Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, 
General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 
Main Street. 

To amount for sundries furnished—.. 

Paid. 


Dr. 

$593 70 


GEORGE SYMMERS. 


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[A C.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 1st March, 1871. 
Mr. Josephus Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount for sundries furnished.$1,039 80 

Paid. 

GEORGE SYMMERS, 

[A D.] 

« 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 24lh February, 1871. 
Mr. J. Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amouut of bill for sundries furnished.$555 60 

Received payment, 

GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Per W. Roy. 

[A E.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 17th February, 1871. 


Mr. J. Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount for sundries furnished. $539 75 


Paid. 

GEORGE SYMMERS. 





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[A F.] 


[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 10th December, 1870. 
Mr. Josephus Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To sundries furnished.$360 00 

Paid. 

GEORGE SYMMERS. 


[A G.] 


[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 10th February, 1871. 
Mr. Josephus Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

1871. Main Street. 

Feb. 10. To amount for sundries furnished.$820 90 

Received payment, 

GEORGE SYMMERS. 

D. McKay. 

[A H.] 


[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 6th March, 187L 

Mr. J. Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

March 6th. To amount for sundries furnished...;. .SI,251 30 

Received payment, 

GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Per W. Roy. 





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[A I.] 


[Monthly Statement.] 


Columbia, S. C., 13th January, 1871. 


Mr. J. Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To sundries furnished.$345 00 

Paid January 13, 1871. 

GEORGE SYMMERS. 

D. McKay. 


[A J.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 2d December, 1870. 


Mr. Josephus Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

r 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount of sundries furnished.$310 00 


[A K.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., 5th January, 1871. 
Mr. Josephus Woodruff, (for Senate,) 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To sundries furnished.$320 00 

Paid. 

GEORGE SYMMERS. 

These vouchers were those presented to the Committee on Contingent 
Accounts for the action of the Senate, and were passed upon in the 
same manner already stated in the evidence, to wit, on report of Com¬ 
mittee on Sundry Accounts. Mr. Symmers’s place of business was a pop¬ 
ular resort of Senators, and from this fact, no doubt, they were induced 





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to give orders for liquors and groceries to be sent elsewhere than to the 
State House. The accounts for these orders were included in the Senate 
hills, and when the latter were paid itemized receipted bills were sent to 
the Senators by whom goods were ordered. In some cases personal bills 
were paid by pay certificates. I have no means of knowing whether 
these accounts were paid more than once, but the mode of business cer¬ 
tainly afforded the opportunity. It was not in my power to stop it. 


[A A.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 11th, 1872. 


Senate of South Carolina, 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount for sundries furnished.$994 36 


[Note.—One of the “A A.” accounts referred to above.] 


A 1. Account of A. H. Hayden, $112, for five call bells. These were 
ordered bv me for the President and Committee rooms and paid for out 
of Senate contingent fund on certificate drawn for sundry accounts 
against the Clerk. 

[A 1.] 

Charleston, S. C m January 21st, 1871. 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of AUGUSTUS H. HAYDEN, 

Importer and Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Military Goods, House Furnishing and 

Fancy Articles, 

272 King Street, Corner of Hasel. 

5 call bells.$112 00 

[Note.—The above has been raised from $12 to $112 by inserting the 
figure 1.] 






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Charleston, S. C., January, 1871. 
State of South Carolina, (Per J. Woodruff,) 

Bought of AUGUSTUS H. HAYDEN, 

Importer and Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Military Goods, House Furnishing and 

Fancy Articles, 

No. 272 King Street, Corner Hasel. 

1871. 

Jan. 21. To 5 call bells..$12 00 

Payment received as per cash sales book, 1868 to 1871, folio 375, 18th 
February, 1871, 812. 

Note. —This is a copy of Mr. Hayden’s account as furnished in 
August, 1877, to Committee. 

A 2. Account of Bryan & McCarter, $17.33, for books furnished 
Senator C. D. Hayne by order of the Clerk. The account was included 
in report of Senate Committee on Contingent Accounts, and paid for out 
of Senate contingent fund. 


[A 2.] 

J. Woodruff, for C. D. H., (Senator C. D. Hayne,) 


To BRYAN & McCARTER, Dr. 

1 Jack Hinton... $ 75 

1 Arthur O’Leary. 75 

1 Charles O’Malley. 75 

1 After Dark. 75 

1 Stolen Mask, 25c.; 1 Queen’s Revenge, 75c. 1 00 

1 Hide and Seek, 75c.; 1 Lights Afoot, 50c. 1 25 

1 Mad Minktor, 50c.; 1 Dead Secret, 50c. 1 00 

1 Man and Wife. 1 00 

1 Vicar of Bullhampton. 1 25 

1 Phineas Phin.. 1 25 

1 Wardens. 75 

1 Dictionary. 0 33 


$17 33 

Received payment, 

BRYAN & McCARTER. 

R. S. Gilliland. 


Columbia, February 27, 1871. 
















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A 3. Account of Win. B. Stanley, January 26, 1871, against J. Wood¬ 
ruff, Clerk of Senate, $19, for 3-lig!it chandelier for Hayne, 813, and 6 
brown cuspidors, $ 6 . Ordered paid, and included in Clerk’s account 
against the Senate. I paid Mr. Stanley cash. 

A 4. Account against State Senate of W. B. Stanley, $13.50, for 1 
dozen champagne glasses, 1 dozen wine glasses, 1 pair decanters, 1 dozen 
tumblers, ordered by Clerk of Senate through Committee, included in 
his accounts and ordered paid. 

A 5, 6 , 7, 8 . Accounts of Hardy Solomon, for liquors and cigars, 
amounting to $2,604.65. I am unable to account for these large bills in 
any other way than to state that the Senate did a large business with 
Mr. Solomon, and sent daily orders to him as well as Mr. Symmers for 
liquors and cigars. Mr. Solomon rendered but one kind of bills, which 
do not show individual orders. These bills were all passed by the Senate 
after audit and report by the Committee on Contingent Accounts, and 
ordered paid. I have no knowledge or means of showing that any of 
these liquors were sent to Senators’ residences or places outside of the 
State House or State. 


[A 5.] 


J. Woodruff, Esq , 


1871. 
March 1. 
March 1. 
March 1. 
March 2. 
March 2. 
March 2. 
March 2. 
March 2. 
March 3. 
March 3. 
March 3. 
March 3. 


Bought of HARDY SOLOMON. 


1 gallon sherry wine, $ 10 ; 1 gallon whisky, $6 .$ 16 00 

1 box cigars, $20; 1 gallon brandy, $18. 38 00 

1 gallon sherry wine, $ 10 ; ( 2 j 1 gallon brandy, $18... 28 00 

1 gallon sherry wine, $ 10 ; 1 gallon whisky, $6 . 16 00 

3 dozen ale, $4.50—$13.50; 1 case champagne, $35... 48 50 

1 gallon whisky, $6 ; 1 gallon sherry wine, $10 . 16 00 

1 gallon brandy, $18; 1 box cigars, $20. 38 00 

1 gallon brandy, $18; (3) 1 gallon whisky, $6. 24 00 

1 gallon sherry wine, $10; 1 dozen matches, 40c. 10 40 

1 case champagne, $35; 1 gallon s. wine, $10. 45 00 

1 gallon whisky, $ 6 ; 3 boxes cigars, $20—$60. 66 00 

1 gallon brandy, $18; 2 boxes cigars, $20—$40. 58 00 


$403 90 


Received payment, 

HARDY SOLOMON, 


Per Macfie. 


March 6 th, 1871. 












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[A 6.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 4th, 1871. 


Mr. Woodruff, 

Bought of HARDY SOLOMON. 

1871. 

March 4. 8 cases Verzenav champagne, $35. 105 00 

March 4* 10 boxes imported cigars, $20. 200 00 

March 6. 2 gallons whisky, $6—$12; demijohn, $1.25. 13 25 

March 6. 4 cases champagne, $35. 140 00 

March 6. 1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

March 6. 10 boxes cigars, $20.:. 200 00 


$676 25 


A 9. Account of M. H. Berry, February 20, 1871, against State, 
amounting to $610, for six book cases and four walnut tables. The 
account, I think, is correct. The book cases and tables now in the office 
of the Clerk of the Senate and in the Committee rooms. 

A 10. Account of J. E. Green, (Sergeaut-at-Arms,) $605.60, for 
carpets, &c., was audited and passed by the Committee. 

A 11. Account of I. Sulzbacher, $75, for sundries furnished J. 
Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. Mr. Sulzbacher furnished a variety of sun¬ 
dries, including jewelry, knives, pocketbooks, cigars, wines and other 
liquors and articles too numerous to mention. I am unable, therefore, 
to specify the particular sundries charged for in this account. 

A 12. Receipt of I. Sulzbacher, December 22d, 1871. Pay certificate 
for seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars on State Treasurer on account 
for furnishing stationery. The same remark applies to this as to the 
preceding voucher. 

A 13. Account of Klinck, Wickenherg & Co. against J. Woodruff, 
$81, for liquors ordered by Senate. Whenever an extra quality of 
liquor was desired for some particular occasion, an order would be sent 
to Messrs. Klinck, Wickenberg A Co. It was supposed that this firm 
kept nothing but the very best, especially as the champagne was pro¬ 
nounced by Mr. Kimpton, (State Financial Agent from New York,) at 
a meeting of the friends, as superior to anything he had tasted in South 
Carolina. 

A 14. Account of Klinck, Wickenberg & Co., $425, against Hon. C. 


P. Leslie, to wit: 

10 gallons Imperial pale sherry, in 56 bottles.$103 50 

6 cases Piper Heidsick champagne. 180 00 

700 Espanola Load res cigars, at $J5. 105 00 

300 Espanola Conchas, at $12. 36 00 

Shipping.... 50 


$425 00 

















Phis was one of the personal accounts included in the report of Com¬ 
mittee on Contingent Accounts and ordered paid. A certificate was 
piobably issued in favor of the Cierk, the amount collected and remitted 
by draft. The firm never dealt in pay certificates, but sold their goods 
for cash. 

A 15. Account of Western Union Telegraph, $176.45, for dispatches 
sent by order of Clerk of Senate for Senators. An extensive telegraphic 
correspondence seems to have been kept up during the session of 1870- 
11 . Ihe account is receipted, though not endorsed, as usual, “ordered 
paid, which was probably an omission in the hurry of business. 


[A 15.] 

Western Union Telegraph Office, 
Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1871. 
Josephus Woodruff, Esq., Clerk of the Senate, 

State of South Carolina, 

To WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Dr. 

To telegrams sent and received to date.$176 45 

Received payment, 

W. R. CATHCART, Manager. 


A 16. Account of T. J. Harper, $25, for drayage of safe from Hon. 
C. P. Leslie’s residence to D. H. Chamberlain’s. I know nothing about 
this account, but suppose it was included in Committee’s report and paid 
from Senate contingent fund. 

A 17. Postage account, $43.70 ; as already stated, postage stamps 
were always supplied to Senators when called for, and paid by orders on 
Senate contingent fund. 

B 1. Account of I. Sulzbacher for knives, jewelry, gold pens and 
pistols to Senators, and interest. This is a duplicate of an account here¬ 
tofore entered up. 

B 2. Account of I. Sulzbacher against Senate, $149, for furnishing 
knives, pens, &c. This is another bill for which Mr. Sulzbacher received 
a pay certificate and afterwards made an assignment to his creditors. 
Some of the Senators made presents of knives to their friends, probably 
purchased from the stock of Mr. Sulzbacher. I have uone on hand at 
present. 




B 3. Account of I. Sulzbacher, $74, for one thousand cigars. Mr. 
Sulzbacher went into the cigar business after closing his jewelry estab¬ 
lishment and was largely patronized by members of the General Assem¬ 
bly. This account was included in my accounts and ordered paid. My 
impression is that I paid him cash. 

B 4. Account of Hardy Solomon, $189, for cigars and liquors. It is 
receipted and was no doubt paid out of Senate contingent fund. Whether 
it was included in the Clerk’s accounts or a separate pay certificate 
issued, I cannot tell. 

B 5. Account of Isaac Sulzbacher, $79, January 31, 1871, as follows: 


Jan. 12. J. H. M. (Senator J. H. Maxwell).$21 00 

Jan. 20. J. H. M. (Senator J. H. Maxwell).;. 15 00 

Jan. 25. J. H. M. (Senator J. H. Maxwell).... 9 00 

Jan. 26. E. S. J. H. (Senator E. S. J. Hayes). 4 00 

Jan. 26. J. C. B. (?). 3 00 

Jan. 30. Bieman (Senator D. Biemau). 3 00 

Feb. 1. Tim Hurley. 14 00 

Feb. 1. Self, pen, $7 ; knife, $3. 10 00 


$79 00 

I think the above articles were furnished on ray order and were in¬ 
cluded in my accounts against the Senate. The bill was no doubt paid 
from Senate contingent fund. 

B 6. Account of Hardy Solomon, March 13, 1871, $75, for cham¬ 
pagne and cigars. 

This was included in my accounts and cash paid Mr. Solomon. 

B 7 and 8. Accounts of Hardy Solomon for liquors and cigars, $595 
and $122.25. The same explanation applies to these as made of B 6. 

B 9. Account of I. Sulzbacher, $250, for repairing clocks. This was 
during the session of 1874-75, and, considering the value of pay certifi¬ 
cates at that time, the charge was regarded as reasonable, as the clocks 
were continually ruled out of order. I cannot say whether the account 
was ever paid, as it is not receipted, and I do not remember of having 
issued a pay certificate for it. 

B 10 and 11. Account of A. Palmer for articles furnished Senate and 
Clerk’s office, by order of the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms. Amounts, 
$28.50 and $60.15. They were duly audited, passed, ordered to be paid 
and certificates issued for payment. 

B 12. Account of W. B. Stanley, $51, against J. Woodruff, Clerk of 
Senate, for articles ordered by Senators. The account was included in 
those of the Clerk. Audited, passed, and paid out of Senate contingent 
fund. I have no doubt I paid cash to Mr. Stanley. 











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B 13, 14. Accounts of Hardy Solomon, $456.67 and $336, are for 
liquors furnished at the session of 1874-75. At this session Mr. Solomon 
declined to take pay certificates for goods furnished, but expressed a 
willingness to credit me personally. The accounts were included in the 
Clerk's accounts against the Senate, passed, and ordered to be paid. I 
settled with Mr. Solomon partly in cash and partly in Comptroller Gen¬ 
eral’s warrants authorized to be issued for State printing. 

B 15, 16. Accounts of J. Woodruff, $2,424.25, for stationery. I think 
this was at the commencement of the session of 1873-74, when I was 
compelled to make arrangements outside of the Republican Planting 
Company, which had been supplying both houses. The accounts, as well 
as I can recollect, are correct, were audited, passed and ordered paid; 
were probably paid by pay certificates. 

B 17. Account of J. Woodruff* A’gt* (against*) Senate for coal, wood, 
&c., session of 1873-74. This was previous to the passage of the Act 
relative to contracts for supplies for the executive and legislative depart¬ 
ments. I ordered this fuel on my own responsibility for the Senate. 
The bill was regularly audited, passed and ordered to be paid. 

B 18. Account of J. Woodruff, $372.50, for candles, labor, &c. The 
gas was cut off during the session of 1873-74 owing to non-payment of 
gas bills, and, no doubt, accounts for the bill for candles. The other 
items are correct, and the account duly audited and passed. 

B 19. Account for .extra clerical services. Whenever pressed, owing 
to accumulation of business, I am frequently compelled to employ assist¬ 
ants for the dispatch of business. The laborers were employed probably 
just previous to and at the opening of the session. This account was 
duly audited, passed and ordered paid. 

B 20. Account of J. E. Green, Sergeant-at-Arms, against the Senate, 
($224,) for cleaning Senate chamber and Committee rooms at com¬ 
mencement of session of 1874-75 ; also for washing towels, and for 35 gal¬ 
lons of blackberry wine. The wine w T as first approved and highly 
relished by the Senators. The account was audited, passed unani¬ 
mously and ordered paid. 

W 1. Account of Senator H. J. Maxwell for publication of State laws, 
$150.75. Mr. Maxwell had a contract with the Clerks for publishing 
the laws in the Marlboro Times. The account was passed and ordered 
paid, and, I think, a certificate ordered to be issued for it. 

W 2 and 3. Accounts of Hardy Solomon, $1,631 and $1,852 75, for 
liquors and cigars furnished, per order of Clerk through Committee on 
Contingent Accounts. They were audited, passed, and ordered to be 
paid and pay certificates issued in settlement. 


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[W 2.] 

Mr. Joseph Woodruff, Dr ., 

To HARDY SOLOMON. 

1872. 

Mar. 7. To 1 box cigars, $20; 1 case champagne, $40. $60 00 

Mar. 7. 1 case champagne, $40; 1 case brandy, $40. 80 00 

Mar. 7. 1 gallon sherry wiue $10; 3 boxes cigars, $60. 70 00 

Mar. 7. 2 gallons whisky, $14; (8) 8 boxes cigars, $160. 174 00 

Mar. 8. 6 cases champagne, $240; 10 boxes cigars, $200. 440 00 

Mar. 8. 6 cases champagne, $240; sundries for General Wil¬ 
liam Gurney, $100. 340 00 

Mar. 9. 3 dozen lager, $13.50; 1 bottle bitters, $2.50; 

crackers, 75c. 16 75 

Mar. 11. 1 box cigars, $20 ; 1 gallon brandy, $18; 2 cases 

brandy, $80.:. 118 00 

Mar. 11. 1 case champagne, $40; 1 case port wine, $40. 80 00 

Mar. 11. 1 cask lager, 12 dozen, $4.50—$54; (12) 1 box 

cigars, $20. 74 00 

Mar. 12. Sundries for General William Gurney, $100; sun¬ 
dries for F. S. Jacobs, $300. 400 00 


$1,852 75 

Received payment, 

HARDY SOLOMON, 

Per Macfie. 

March 14th, 1872. 


[W. 3.] 

Mr. Joseph Woodruff, 

To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

1872. 

March 4. To 6 cases champagne, $240; 6-cases brandy, $240 $ 480 00 

To 5 boxes cigars, $100; 3 gallons sherry wiue, $30 130 00 

5. To 2 gallons whisky, $14 ; 10 boxes cigars, $200.... 214 00 

To 3 cases brandy, $120 ; 4 dozen bottles lager, $18 138 00 

To 4 cases champagne, $160; (6) 3 gallons sherry 

wine, $30. 190 00 

6. To 3 gallons whisky, $21; 4 dozen bottles lager, $18 39 00 

To 6 cases champagne, $240; 10 boxes cigars, $200 440 00 


March 14th. 

Received payment, 

HARDY SOLOMON, 
Per Macfie. 

















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W 4. Account of J. H. & M. L. Kinard against Hon. C. P. Leslie, 
$174.10. This was a personal account included in Committee report. 
Ordered paid, and settled out of Senate contingent fund. 


[W 4.] 

Columbia, S. C.,-, 1870. 

Mr. C. P. Leslie, 

Bought of J. H. & M. L. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Dry Goods, Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, &c., 
(First Door South of Columbia Hotel.) 

November 18. 1 rug. $ 10 00 

23. 11 flannels. 8 25 

11 yards lining, 25c.—38c.; buttons, 40c.; 

hooks and eyes, 5c. 83 

braid 10c.; 11 yards drill, 20c.—30c. 40 

8 yards paper cambric, 15c. 1 20 

Whalebone, 10c.; ribbon, 87c.; 1 comb, 15c... 1 12 

December 2. 56 yards carpet, $1.65.. 92 40 

2 pieces binding, 50c. 1 00 

6 skeins flax. 50 

5. Making 56 yards carpet, 10c. 5 60 

4 yards gingham, 25c. 1 00 

3 handkerchiefs, 25c. 75 

17. 5 yards velvet, 25c. 1 25 

Buttons, 25c.; 9 yards plaid, 50c.—4.50. 4 75 

November 29. Balance due on goods. 3 05 

December 28. 241 yards oil cloth, $1.25. 30 63 

29. 161 pounds manilla paper, 15c. 2 48 


$ 165 21 
Cr. 

Bv 3 handkerchiefs, 25c.—75c.; 1 chignon, 50c. $ 1 25 


$ 163 96 

January 5. 12 yards prints, 121c.—$1.50; cotton, 10c. 1 60 

21 yards oil cloth, $1.121. 2 54 

2 oil cloth rugs, $3.. 6 00 


$174 10 

This is correct. 

T. P. PURSE. 



























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W 5. Account of R. L. Bryan against the Senate, $341.25; J. Wood¬ 
ruff, $439.70. The report was at first for $341.25, but to the best of my 
recollection was afterward changed with consent of Committee, and the 
account of $439.70 included. It was then reported to the Senate, 
passed, and the accounts ordered to be paid. My impression, however, 
is that no certificate was issued for the last named account, to wit., 
$439.70, but that it was settled by offset accounts between Mr. Bryan 
and the Republican Printing Company. I am certain that the amount 
charged for Judge Mackey’s books were paid for by the company in the 
manner stated above. On account of delays and non-payment of cer¬ 
tificates, Mr. Bryau said he did not wish to receive them in payment. 

[W 5.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 9, 1873. 

Mr. J. Woodruff, 

Bought of R. L. BRYAN, (Successor to Bryan & McCarter,) 

Dealer in 

Law, Medical and School Books, Law Blanks. Blank Books, 
Stationery, Writing Desks, Croquet, Paintings, 

Frames, &c. 


March 14. To 1 Tennyson, $5; 1 Tame’s Literature, $7.50. $ 12 50 

To books per Richmond. 10 00 

April 26. To 1 yard drawing paper... 40 

29. To 1 chromo, $20; January 18, 2 books on phono¬ 
graphy, $3. 23 00 

Oct. 1. To 1 Acts, 80c.; November 22, books for Wil¬ 
liams, $60. 60 80 

Nov. 8. To sundry books for McIntyre, (Senator). 33 00 

To sundry books for Judge Mackey.-. 300 00 


$439 70 


D 1. Account of James M. Allen, September 29, 1869, $1,217.57, for 
Senate carpets, with accompanying report of Committee on Contingent 
Accounts. I have no doubt it is a fair and correct bill. It was passed 
at the first regular session of the Republican administration before the 
days of high prices and general percentages all round. I do not re¬ 
member, but suppose a pay certificate was issued for the amount, paya¬ 
ble out of Senate contingent fund. 


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D 2. Account of T. W. Bliss against C. P. Leslie, November 17, 1869, 
for SI 1.75. Mr. Leslie was of the opinion that the State should pay all 
expenses of its statesmen, and included this in the Senate contingent 
account. I thiuk I sent Mr. Bliss the cash. He was a neighbor of mine 
in Charleston, an honest, hard-working man, and I am satisfied he had 
no knowledge of payment of the bill bv the State. 

D 3. Account of James M. Allen, $2,104.08, for curtains, lambre¬ 
quins, gilt eagle, &c., furnished Senate October 22, 1869, with accom¬ 
panying report of Committee on Contingent Accounts. This was the 
early days of reconstruction and before the era of high percentages. 

The goods furnished are in the Senate and in good order despite the 
decay usual to wear and tear of time. The account was no doubt settled 
per pay certificate on Senate contingent fund. 

D 4. Account of J. M. Allen with Frank K. Rhoner & Co., of New 
York, November 1, 1869, $943.20, for library tete-a-tetes, Gothic chairs, 
arm chairs, &c. The statement made as to D 3 applies to this account. 
It may be stated in this connection that Mr. Allen was a Senator and 
had taken the contract to furnish the Senate. I suppose the account was 
settled out of the Senate contingent fund. 

D 5. Account of Isaac Sulzbacher against Lucius Wimbush, $82. 
This was another of those accounts settled by the State in accordance 
with Mr. Leslie’s, parliamentary views as to the expenses of statesmen. 
It was included in the sundry accounts against the Senate and paid for 
out of Senate contingent fund. 

D 6. Account of J. M. Allen with M. H. Berry, $544 50, for 33 wal¬ 
nut desks with velvet coverings and looking glass for coat room. This 
account is for the desks now in the Senate chamber and used by Senators. 
I have no doubt the bill is correct, as it is signed by all the Committee, 
including one Democrat, Mr. Joel Foster, Senator from Spartanburg. It 
was settled, I suppose, by pay certificate on Senate contingent fund. 

D 7. Account of William B. Stanley against Senate, $91.50, for gran¬ 
ite decorated chamber sets, goblets, vases, Ac. The articles were ordered 
for the Committee rooms, I think, by Mr. Leslie himself. He was then 
Chairman of Committee on Contingent Accounts. The prices are very 
reasonable, and, I suppose, unnecessary for me to add, no percentages 
allowed or such a proposal even breathed to Mr. Stanley. The account 
was no doubt paid out of Senate contingent fund. 

D 8. Receipt, December 21,1870, of Fagan Brothers for $871.50, paid 
by J- Woodruff, Clerk of Senate, for furniture furnished Senate. My 
checks, already submitted in evidence, show that I always paid the mer¬ 
chants’ and other accounts in cash whenever a certificate was drawn in 
my favor and I succeeded in making collections. 


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D 9. Account of W. B. Stanley against Hon. C. P. Leslie, 1870, $47.05. 
There is a credit, $10, cash, which may have been paid by Mr. Leslie. 
The balance, $37.05, was no doubt included in the contingent expenses 
of Senate and paid from Senate contingent fund, but without the 
knowledge of Mr. Stanley. 

D 10. Account of J. Woodruff for C. P. Leslie, with Daniel H. Sil- 
cox, for $105. The amount was included in Senate expenses and paid 
amongst other bills against the Clerk of the Senate. I paid Mr. Silcox 
cash. 

D 11. Account of R. C. Shiver with State of South Carolina ($100.10) 
for towels, brushes, soap, combs, cocoa matting, &c., furnished Senate, 
November, 1870. I know nothing personally of this account, but think 
it was fair and correct. It was ordered paid out of Senate contingent 
fund. 

D 12 is a private account of my own and paid by me personally out 
of my private funds. This account is amongst Senate vouchers by mis¬ 
take. 

D 13. Account of R. C. Shiver with State of South Carolina, March, 
1870, $63.31. Articles furnished bv order of J. E. Green, Sergeant-at- 
Arms of the Senate. I have no doubt it is a correct account, and was 
paid out of Senate contingent accounts. 

D 14. Account of George Symmers against J. Woodruff, C. S., $27.60, 
for candles furnished Senate, February, 1870. The account, I think, 
was reasonable and correct, and I paid in cash. 

D 15. Account of J. M. Allen with C. H. Miot, $4.50, December 8, 
1869. I believe this got amongst Senate vouchers by mistake, but do not 
recollect anything positive about it. 

D 16. Account of M. H. Berry against State, December 14, 1871, 
$583.25. These articles were ordered by the Clerk and several Senators 
for Senate and outside Committee rooms. 

[D 16.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 14, 1871. 
State of South Carolina, per Josephus Woodruff, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 
Manufacturer and Dealer in 
All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, 
Children’s Carriages, Wagons, &c., 

Main Street, next door to R. & W. C. Swaffield. 


Nov. 16. To w T alnut office desk.$ 40 00 

To walnut bedstead. 25 00 

To oriental spring.. 10 00 


Established 

1843. 

Terms Cash. 









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Nov. 16. To sponge pillow... $ 3 00 

To sponge bolster. 4 00 

To sponge mattress. 26 00 

Nov. 18. To bedstead. 12 00 

To mattress. 6 00 

To looking glass. 2 25 

To 9 cane seat chairs. 15 00 

Nov. 24. To metallic coffin. 100 00 

To plate, $5; washing and dressing body, $5. 10 00 

Nov. 30. To counting house desk. 35 00 

To lounge. 35 00 

To swing cradle.. 7 00 

To wardrobe. 22 00 

To folding chair. 14 00 

To sponge mattress. 26 00 

Dec. 14. To walnut set. 75 00 

To walhut office chair. 12 00 

To U. S. spring . 15 00 

To i dozen chairs. 12 00 

To cotton mattress. 16 00 

To walnut table. 20 00 

To marble top table. 25 00 

To cane rocker. 9 00 

To sponge bolster. 6 00 

To pair sponge pillows. 10 00 


$583 35 


I do not remember details, but became responsible for some furniture 
sent to Senator Joseph A. Green, of Orangeburg, then very ill in Colum¬ 
bia. He died in this city, and I arranged with Mr. Berry to take charge 
of everything connected with the proper disposition of his remains, and 
include the expenses in his accounts against the Clerk of the Senate. 
The sponge mattress, bolster and pillow first mentioned was for the ante¬ 
room of my office, as I was compelled to be present in the State House 
day and night during the session. The amount of the account was set¬ 
tled by certificate on Senate contingent fund. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


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TESTIMONY OF A. O. JONES. 

A. O. Jones, being recalled, says: 

The estimates for appropriations and the disbursements of the contin¬ 
gent fund of the House were regulated by the Committees on Ways and 
Means and Contingent Accounts and Expenses. I had no control over 
the matter. I kept the records filed, whatever vouchers were left with 
me, and issued pay certificates in payment of accounts passed by the 
House, or upon the order of the Speaker, or upon the orders of the 
Chairmen of Committees when approved by the Speaker. The supplies 
furnished under the head of “Legislative Expenses/’ “Sundries” and 
“Stationery” included refreshments for Committee rooms, groceries, 
clocks, horses and carriages, dry goods, carpets, furniture of every 
description and miscellaneous articles of merchandise for the personal 
use of the members. Four-fifths of the orders were given through the 
Sergeant-at-Arms, the most extravagant of which were, perhaps, for 
renting or furnishing rooms outside of the State House as “Committee 
rooms” and for refreshments furnished the various Committees. I con¬ 
sidered the expenditures wantonly extravagant, but found it useless to 
remonstrate. A great many of the names used in the accounts were 
probably “ myths.” Those which I knew to be otherwise were mostly 
merchants of the city of Columbia, who, perhaps, furnished supplies of 
some kind, for which they rendered accounts, but made enormous addi¬ 
tions to their prices to cover loss by reason of the uncertainty of having 
the pay certificates which they received from the House paid at the 
Treasury. Had I ventured to place any impediment in the way of the 
issue of these certificates, I would have been compelled to resign. At 
the session of 1873-74 I incurred the enmity of many members because 
of my refusal to allow my name to be used or to commit myself person¬ 
ally to favor the passage of a Bill which was introduced for the pay¬ 
ment of a large number of these questionable accounts. I published a 
card in the Daily Phoenix of Columbia about the time, stating that I 
had no interest whatever in the claims, and that the use of my name in 
connection therewith was unauthorized. 

The following is a specimen copy of a report of the Committee on 
Contingent Accounts and Expenses, in which it will be observed the 
amount of each account is not specified: 

u O.” 

Committee Rooms of Committee on Contingent Accounts, 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1872. 

The Committee on Contingent Accounts, to whom was referred the 
accounts of the Columbia Gas Company, Joseph Crews, John Williams, 


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Bryan & McCarter, P. F. Frazee*, M. H. Berry, Charles Wilkinson, 
Thomas Harlingford, Hardy Solomon, James M. Allen, A. Palmer, 
Isaac Sulzbacher, J. F. Norton, James Stebbius, Fagan Bros., George 
Symmers and others, beg leave to report that they have had the same 
under consideration, and recommend that they be paid. 

JOHN B. DENNIS, 
Chairman Committee. 


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The following are contingent account vouchers: No. 1 is an account 
of B. \\ r . Jones, for sundries furnished, $1,125, receipted for by W. H. 
Jones, who was then a member of the Senate. The account appears to 
be in his handwriting. I know of no consideration for the claim : 

[No. 1.] 


House of Representatives, 

To B. W. JONES, 


Columbia, March 1, 1872. 


Dr. 


To sundries furnished .. 

Received payment, 


. $1,125 

W. H. JONES. 


No. 2 is an account of W. K. Greenfield, $1,060, for rent of Committee 
rooms in the building corner of Lady aod Main streets, for 265 days, 
at $4 per day. The account is sworn to by Mr. Greenfield. Committee 
rooms were rented from Mr. Greenfield by the Sergeant-at-Arms and 
Speaker, also by the Chairmen of Committees. 

No. 21 is an account of W. K. Greenfield, $1,212, for rent of Com¬ 
mittee rooms for 303 days at $4 per day. 

No. 21 is an account of W. K. Greenfield, $822, for rent of Commit¬ 
tee rooms in the cottage on Lady street, near Main, 274 days, at $3 per 
day. 

' No. 2} is an account of W. K. Greenfield, $856, £or rent of Commit¬ 
tee rooms, 214 days, at $4 per day. 

The same remarks made after No. 2 apply alike to all of these ac¬ 
counts. 


[No. 21.] 


Columbia, S. C., February 18, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

To W. K. GREENFIELD, Dr. 

For rent for three Committee rooms in the cottage on Lady street, 
near Main, from March 1, 1873, to December 1, 274 days, at 
$1 a day each, as per contract.$822 





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[No. 24.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 18, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

To W. K. GREENFIELD, Dr. 

For rent for four Committee rooms in the building corner Lady 
and Main streets, from February 1, 1873, to December 1, 303 
days, at $1 a day each, as per contract.SI,212 


\ 

No. 2| is an account of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, 
$1,800, for rent of the third story of the bank building for Committee 
rooms from January, 1871, to March 1, 1873. These rooms were rented 
by the Sergeant-at-Arms and occupied by members of the Committees. 

[No. 2f.] 

State of South Carolina, 

To SOUTH CAROLINA BANK AND TRUST CO., Dr. 
For rent of third story of bank building for Committee rooms 

from January, 1871, to March 1st, 1873.$1,800 00 


No. 24 is an account of W. Iv. Greenfield, $248, for rent of Committee 
rooms, sixty-two days, at $4 per day. This account is marked across the 
face with the words “Approved, John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms.” 

Nos. 3, 34, 34, 3f are accounts of the South Carolina Bank and Trust 
Company for rent of Committee rooms, respectively, as follows: 


From March 1, to December 31, 1871.$ 750 00 

From March 4, to May 4, 1871 . 187 50 

February 22, 1872. For rent as per agreement. 1,275 00 

January 24, 1872. For rent of Committee rooms. 500 00 


These accounts have all been recommended to be paid by the Com¬ 
mittee on Contingent Accounts and signed by the Chairman. 

[No. 3.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 12th, 1871. 
The State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

To S. C. BANK AND TRUST CO., Dr. 

For rent of Committee rooms from March 1st to December 

31st, 1871, ten months, at $75....$750 00 

Received payment. 











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[No. 31.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 22d, 1872. 
House of Representatives, State of South Carolina, 

To SOUTH CAROLINA BANK AND TRUST CO., Dr. 
For rent of Committee rooms as per agreement.$1,275 00 


Nos. 4, 41 and 41 are accounts of M. J. Calnan for rent of Committee 
rooms during the session of 1871-72. The accounts are for the re¬ 
spective amounts of $800, $700 and $500—total $2,000. These rooms 
were rented by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The accounts have been reported 
upon by the Committee and signed by the Chairman. 


[No. 41.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

(By Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 

To M. J. CALNAN, Dr. 

For rent of eight rooms used as Committee rooms for House of 

Representatives to April 1st, 1872.$700 00 

[No. 41.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 1, 1872. 
The State of South Carolina, 

By Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives, 

To M. J. CALNAN, Dr. 

For rent of 8 rooms used as Committee Rooms for House of 

Representatives to date.$500 00 


[No. 4.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 1, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

To M. J. CALNAN, Dr. 

For rent of four Committee rooms to November 1st, 1872.$800 00 


No. 5 is an account of the Daily Union for $725 for furnishing papers 
from March 7, 1871, to December 1, 1871. Papers were furnished by 
Mr. L. Cass Carpenter to the members, officers and attachees of the 
House. 








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[No. 5.] 


The 

DAILY UNION. 
(A Morning Paper.) 

OFFICE ON 
Richardson Street. 
terms: 

By mail,] year.$7 00 
Job Printing Office. 


Columbia, S. C., December 3, 1871. 


House of Representatives, S. C., 


To THE DAILY UNION, Dr. 


To 134 copies Daily Union to members, &e., from March 7 to 

December 1, 1871 .$725 00 


Nos. 51, 54, 5f are accounts of the Daily Union, L. Cass Carpenter, 
sole proprietor, dated respectively January, 16, 1873, January 16, L873, 
and February , 1873, for the respective amounts of $1,183, $1,550 and 
S933—total, $3,666—for stationery, &c., furnished House. 

These accounts have been reported upon by the Committee on Con¬ 
tingent Accounts and recommended to be paid. It is asserted that these 
accounts were for books and fine stationery furnished members of the 
House. 


[No. 51.] 


The 

WEEKLY UNION, 
Issued Thursdays, 

L. Cass Carpenter, 
Proprietor, 

Office on 

Richardson Street. 


terms : 

By mail, 1 year..$2 00 
Job Printing Office. 


State 


Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 


of South Carolina, 

(House of Representatives,) 


To THE UNION, Dr. 


/ 


To stationery as per bill 


$1,183 00 

















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[No. 5i] 


The 

DAILY UNION, 
(A Morning Paper,) 
Office on 

Richardson Street. 


terms: 

I By mail, 1 year..$7 00 
Job Printing Office. 


Columbia, S. C., February 


House of Representatives, 


To THE DAILY UNION, 


1873. 


Dr. 


To stationery, &c., furnished House 


$1,550 00 


[No. 5f.] 


# 

» 

Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

\ 

State of South Carolina, 

To THE COLUMBIA UNION, Dr. 

To stationery as per bill.$933 00 


The 

WEEKLY UNION, 
Issued Thursdays, 

L. Cass Carpenter, 
Proprietor, 

Office on 

Richardson Street. 


terms: 

By mail, 1 year..$2 00 
Job Printing Office. 


No. 6 is an account of Mr. Parkhurst, $680, to amount of bill rendered. 
This is the only paper on file. The handwriting appears to be that of Mr. 
John B. Dennis. The account was reported upon favorably and ordered 
paid. 

[No. 6.] 

State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives), 

To WILLIAM PARKHURST, Dr. 

To amount of bill rendered.$680 00 


No. 7 is an account of P. F. Frazee, $450, for amount of account ren¬ 
dered. There is no further explanation given. It was reported upon . 
favorably and payment ordered. 

















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Nos. 8 and 84 are accounts of Wm. B. Stanley, amounting respect¬ 
ively to $27.10 and $48.70—$75.80 ; for crockery, glassware, brooms, 
&c. These goods appear to have been ordered by the Sergeant-at-Arms. 
The account was reported upon favorably. 

[No. 8.] 


China Hall. 

' WM. B. STANLEY, 

Importer and Dealer in 

China. Glass and Earthenware, 
Silver, Plated, Britannia, 
Japanned Ware, 

Table Cutlery, Mirrors, Gas Fix¬ 
tures, House Furnishing- 
Goods generally. 


Columbia, S. C., 1872. 

House of Representatives, State of S. C., 
Bought of W. B. STANLEY, 

Nearly opposite the Ruins of the Court House. 


Feb. 19. 3 dozen cups and saucers, $1.50..$ 4 50 

5 dozen C. C. dinner plates, $1.50. . 7 50 

3 dozen tumblers, $1. 3 00 

- 3 decanters, $2. 6 00 

2 flat dishes, $1.. 2 00 

Mar. 1. 1 cash box... 2 50 

1 lantern. 1 50 

Lamp wicks. 10 


$27 10 


[No. 84.] 


Columbia, S. C., , 186 . 

House Representatives, S. O., 

Bought of WM. B. STANLEY. 


Nov. 18. 2 waste paper baskets. 

1 lantern. 

2 pairs glass decanters. 

4 dozen, each, goblets, champagnes and wines. 

2 punch mu gs, 75. 

4 dozen plated spoons. 

1 glass, sugar. . 

1 three-cup French coffee-tin. 

1 cup and saucer. 


$ 2 40 
1 50 ' 

4 50 
6 00 

1 50 

2 50 
75 

6 00 
1 00 


China Hall. 

WM. B. STANLEY, 

Importer and Dealer in 

China, Glass and Earthenware, 
Silver, Plated, Britannia, 
Japanned Ware, 

Table Cutlery, Mirrors, Gas Fix¬ 
tures, House Furnishing- 
Goods generally. 




























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Nov. 18. 3 straw brooms, 75... $2 25 

2 feather dusters, $3 and $3.25. 6 25 

1 dust pan and brush. 1 25 

2 cedar tubs, $2.50. 5 00 

3 straw brooms, 75. 2 25 

2 dust pans and brushes..... 2 05 

1 coal shovel... 25 

1 feather duster. 3 25 


$48 70 

Received payment. 

AY. B. STANLEY. 


No. 9 is an account of A. Washburn, $700, to work done, &c. The 
kind of work done is not stated. It is doubtless one of those “queer” 
accounts “shoved through” with a great number or covered by the 
words “ and others.” 

[No. 9.] 

Columbia, March 7, 1872. 

House Representatives S. C., 

To A. WASHBURN, Dr. 

To work done, &c.. $700 00 


No. 10 is an account of B. Brown, $1,500, for sundries as per bill 
rendered. The paper upon which this account is written was probably 
the only “sundries” furnished. 

[No. 10.] 


Columbia, S. C., March 1, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 


To B. BROWN, Dr. 

For sundries as per bill rendered. $1,500 00 
















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Nos. 101, 101,11, Hi, 111, 111, 13 and 14 are accounts of the Carolina 
Printing Company for stationery furnished the House of Representatives 
during the session of 1871-72, and amounting respectively to $2,070.50, 
$1,830.60, $1,244.56, $30, $1,300, $1,301.45, $981.58, $2,225.28— 
$10,983.97. This company did furnish stationery, but these bills must 
have been made up with a view to prevent loss by discount. I have no 
doubt that some of the bills are correct. That of $1,300 is, as far as I 
know, correct. All of the accounts were reported favorably by the Com¬ 
mittee. 

[No. 10T] 


Columbia, S. C., January 3, 1872. 


House of Representatives S. C., 


To CAROLINA PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To stationery as per order. $1,875 00 

195 50 


$2,070 50 

No. 101. 

Columbia, S. C., January 20th, 1872. 

House of Representatives, 

To CAROLINA PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To stationery...$1,830 60 

[No. 11.] 

Columbia, S. C., January, 22d, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To CAROLINA PRINTING.COMPANY, Dr. 

To stationery.$1,244 56 

[No. lli.] 




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General Manager. 



Columbia, S. C., January 24th, 1872. 

House of Representatives, 

To CAROLINA PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To stationery.$1,537 5g 












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[No. 111.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 17th, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To CAROLINA PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To stationery. ...$1,301 45 


[No. 111.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 3d, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To CAROLINA PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To stationery.$1,300 00 


Nos. 12, 121, 121, 121 are accounts of George Symmers, dated respect¬ 
ively January 17th, 1872, February 21st, 1872, March 11th, 1872, and 
February 25th, 1873, for sundries furnished the House of Representa¬ 
tives, and for the respective amounts of $548.76, $767.20, $275.60, 
$1,235 ; total, $2,826.56. 

These accounts were for liquors, cigars and other articles furnished 
members and Committees. The accounts were all reported favorably 
and payment ordered. 

[No. 12.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., January, 17th, 1872. 

House of Representatives, 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount for sundries.$548 76 

[No. 121.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., February, 21st, 1872. 


House of Representatives of S. C., 

To GEORGE SYMMERS, Dr. 

General Grocer and Liquor Dealer, 

Main Street. 

To amount of sundries furnished..$767 20 







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[No. 12*.] 

Columbia, S. 0., March 11, 1871. 

House of Representatives, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 

Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, &c. 
March 11. Sundries for Committee rooms.$275 60 

[No. 12f.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 25th, 1873. 
House of Representatives of South Carolina, 

Bought of GEORGE SYMMERS, 

Commission Merchant, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 

Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Ac. 

To amount for sundries furnished.$1,235 00 

[No. 13.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 11th, 1872. 

House of Representatives, 

To CAROLINA PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 
Feb. 21. To stationery, Runkle, $10.90; (21) 500 cards, I. O. 

U. B. $2.50; (22) 300 “Rules,” 56 pages, $70.$ 83 40 

22. To 4 reams extra letter, $6; foolscap, $6.50; 1 dozen 
steel erasers, $12; 41 gross extra large rubber 
bands, $15.75; 1 8-P2 dozen diaries, $60; 1 9T2 
dozen diaries, $73 50; 1 10-12 dozen flexible rulers, 

$34.50; i dozen carmine, $4.50; 2,000 No. 5 


envelopes, $8. 258 25 

24. To stationery, per Lee. 22 30 

26. To 2,000 No. 6 envelopes. 10 00 

29. To stationery, per Hoge. 23 88 

To 400 cards for members and employees. 12 00 

March 1. To 50 reports of Committees. 1 75 

To stationery as per order. 570 00 


$981 58 













Nos. 15 and 151 are accounts of William M. Fine for the respective 
amounts of $387, $802.65, for sundries furnished April 3d, 1872, and 
January 30, 1874,—$1,189.65. 

I do not know what the sundries consisted of. The accounts were 
reported favorably by the Committee. 


[No. 15.] 


Columbia, S. C., April 3d, 1872. 
House of Representatives, Dr. 

To Wm. M. Fine for sundries to the amount of Three hundred & 87 dol¬ 
lars. 

WM. M. FINE. 

[$387.] Per 

H. W. Purvis. 


[No. 15|.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 30th, 1874. 
The House of Representatives, 

To WM. M. FINE, Dr. 

1874. 

To sundries furnished.$802 65 


No. 16 is an account of John Williams ($189.91) for sundries bought 
of D. Epstein for use of House of Representatives. As Mr. Epstein 
keeps a clothing store, the sundries must have been something in 
that line for some of the members. The account was reported upon 
favorably. 


[No. 16.] 


State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 
To sundries bought of D. Epstein for use of House of Represent¬ 
atives...$189 91 





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/ 


Nos. 17 and 171 are accounts of Asher Palmer for stoves, &c., dated 
March 8 , 1872, and February 9, 1872, for the amounts respectively of 
$1,565.70 and $1,154.75—$2,720.45. I know nothing further of the ac¬ 
counts than that they were reported favorably and payment ordered. 

[No. 17.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 8, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

Bought of ASHER PALMER, 

(Main Street, two doors below the Court House,) 

Dealer in 

Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, Wood and Willow Ware, 
General House Furnishing Goods, Etc. 

Plumbing, Tin Roofing and Repairing Done at Short Notice. 

For amount of account rendered. $1,565 70 

[No. 17L] 

Columbia, S. C., February 9th, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 


To ASHER PALMER, Dr. 

For stoves, stovepipe, stove brick, &c. $1,154 75 


Nos. 18, 184, 181, 18 4 , 18i, 19, 191, 191, 19f, 191, are accounts of 
M. H. Berry, for furniture for House and Committee rooms and sun¬ 
dries furnished, as follows: January 13, 1872, $17,465; February 25, 
1872, $2,771.50; February 22 , 187-, $1,555; January 30, 1874, $441; 
January 24, 1873, $440; March 2, 1874, $1,519.25; January 16, 1873, 
$1,315 ; hebruary 2 , 18/4, $400; December 16, 1872, $450; January 
29, 1874, $1,876; January 29, 1874, $1,717—$29,949.75. 

These accounts appear to embrace almost all kinds of furniture. The 
orders were given by the Sergeant-at-Arms. I do not know what dispo¬ 
sition was made of the furniture bought for Committee rooms, &c. The 
accounts were all reported favorably and ordered paid. 





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[No. 18.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 
Manufacturer and Dealer in 
All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, 
Children’s Carriages, Wagons, &c., 
Main Street, next door to R. & W. C. Swaffield. 


1870. 

Dec. 21. 1 dozen best crimson plush sofas.$ 1,200 

1-12 dozen best crimson plush sofas, larges. 200 

1- 12 dozen large Gothic chairs, plush. 100 

2- 12 dozen small Gothic chairs, plush. 160 

12 dozen best leather seat walnut chairs. 2,500 

8 dozen best cane seat walnut chairs. 1,440 

1-12 dozen extra silk rep lounge. 125 

1-12 dozen extra silk rep chair. 75 

4 dozen extra silk rep high back arm. 500 

1-12 dozen shelf-back washstands, large. 75 

1-12 dozen shelf commode to match. 50 

1 dozen marble washstands. 600 

1 dozen marble commodes to match. 500 

1 dozen hat rack and umbrella stands. 360 

5# dozen best walnut desks, extra locks. 3,560 

1 dozen library book cases. 1,075 

1-12 dozen large library book cases, extra. 175 

4 dozen oval library tables, carved legs. 1.250 

4 dozen office desks. 250 

i dozen wardrobes. 300 

li dozen cane seat swivel office chairs. 200 

1 dozen French lounges, green reps. 720 

i dozen striped best silk reps. 250 

4 dozen folding chairs. 100 

Upholstering Speaker’s desk. 100 

Jan. 20. Fitting up Committee rooms. 1,500 


Established 

1843. 

Terms Cash. 


$17,465 






























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[No. 18*.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 5, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. PI. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, 

Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

Main Street, Next Door to R. & W. C. Swaffield. 

To sundries, as per bill rendered.$2,771 50 

[No. 18*.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 22, 187 . 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. PI. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

Next to “ Wheeler House.” 

To amount of bill rendered..$1,555 00 


Established 1843. 


Terms Cash. 


[No. 181.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1874. 
John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 


All Ivinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages; Wagons, &c., 

Next to “ Wheeler House.” 


Oct. 18. To 11 dozen walnut office chairs. 

Oct. 18. To 1 walnut desk... 

Oct. 18. To 2 looking glasses, Committee room. 

Oct. 20. To 1 dozen oak office chairs. 

Oct. 23. To 1 dozen walnut office chairs.. 

Oct. 23. To I dozen oak office chairs. 

Oct. 25. To 1 walnut table, large, for Committee room 

Oct. 27. To rep chairs. 

Oct. 27. To rep on desks. 

Oct. 27. To rep on tables. 

Oct. 29. To 1 dozen oak office chairs. 


$54 00 
50 00 
36 00 
45 00 
50 00 
60 00 
35 00 
30 00 
21 00 
15 00 
45 00 


$441 00 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 

















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[No. 18*.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 
Mr. John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

Main Street, Next Door to R. & W. C. Swaffield. 


To chamber suit . $50 00 

To office desk and chair. 35 00 

To large walnut table. 10 00 

To walnut bedstead. . 25 00 

To walnut bedstead. 18 00 

To one rocker and washstand. 14 00 

To 4 dozen cane seat chairs. 10 00 

To 1 dozen best wood chairs. 18 00 

To 3 easy chairs. 75 00 

To 1 wardrobe. 50 00 


$305 00 

To walnut chamber set and packing. 135 00 


$440 00 


[No. 19.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chair3, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

Main Street, Next Door to R. & W. C. Swaffield. 

Furniture, as per Bill rendered, for furnishing Committee 

rooms. $1,519 25 


[No. 194.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 
House of Representatives, S. C. 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

(Main Street, next door to R. & W. C. Swaffield.) 


Jan. 8. To amount bill rendered.$ 400 00 

Jan. 15. To amount bill rendered. 375 00 

Jan. 15. To amount bill rendered. 540 00 


7 


$1,315 00 




















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[No. 191.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 2, 1874. 

House of Representatives, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

(Next to Wheeler House.) 

To amount bill rendered.$400 00 

[No. 191.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 16, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (for H. R. Sergeant-at-Arms,) 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

(Main Street, next door to R. & W. C. Swaffield.) 

To amount bill rendered Committee room.$450 00 

[No. 194.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1874. 
House of Representatives of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

(Next to Wheeler House.) 

To amount of bill rendered.$1,876 00 


[No. 19!.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1874. 
House of Representatives of South Carolina, 

Bought of M. H. BERRY, 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

All Kinds of Furniture, Chairs, Mattresses, Children’s Car¬ 
riages, Wagons, &c., 

(Next to Wheeler House.) 

To amount of bill rendered...$1,717 00 






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No. 20 is an account of James M. Allen for repairs in Speaker’s 
Room, $375. I know nothing further of the account other than it 
was reported favorably. 

No. 21 is an account of Jos. Taylor & Co., $750, February 22, 
1872, against Hon. F. J. Moses, Jr., for House of Representatives. 
There is no further explanation given of the nature of the account. It 
was reported upon favorably. 

[No. 21.] 

f 

Columbia, February 22, 1872. 
Hon. F. J. Moses, Jr., (for House of Representatives,) 


To JOS. TAYLOR & CO, Dr. 

To balance on account.$750 00 

Received payment, 


JOE TAYLOR. 


No. 211 is an account of William Gurney, $1,575, for merchandise 
furnished Committee rooms and State House at various times. I do not 
know what the merchandise charged consisted of. It was reported 
favorably. 


[No. 21L] 

Charleston, S. C, February 1, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

To WILLIAM GURNEY, Dr. 

For merchandise furnished to Committee rooms and for State 

House at various times.$1,575 00 


No. 21 f is an account of William B. Stanley, $91.65, for waste baskets, 
crockery and glassware. The account is reported favorably. 


[No. 21|.] 

Columbia, S. C,-, 187 . 

House of Representatives S. C, 

Bought of WM. B. STANLEY, 

(Nearly opposite the ruins of the Court House.) 

11 waste paper baskets, $1.50.$16 50 

1 wire flower stand. 5 50 

I dozen each knives and forks. 7 50 

1 castor and 2 salts. 2 00 











100 


1 col. granite chamber set, 11 pieces.$11 00 

1 Japp’d tin set, 3 .. 5 00 

1 kerosene lamp . 2 90 

1 straw hearth broom. . 25 

1 granite chamber set.*.. 12 50 

1 tin chamber set. 6 00 

1 tin slop bucket. 1 25 

4 China spittoons, $2.-. 8 00 

1 kerosene lantern. 2 50 

1 dozen tumblers. 3 00 

1 W. G. water pitcher. 1 50 

2 W. G. ewer and basins, $1.50. 3 00 

6 floor brooms, 50c. 3 00 

1 cake Savon soap. 25 


$91 65 


No. 22 is an account of John C. Dial, $109.25, for locks, screws and 
other hardware for the use of the House of Representatives. The 
account has been reported upon favorably. 

[No. 22.] 

JOHN C. DIAL, 

Direct Importer, 

and Retail Dealer in English and American 
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, 

Iron, Steel, Nails, Carriage Building and Trimming 

Materials, 


Agricultural Implements, 

Circular Saws, Paints, Oils, French and American Window 

Glass. 

Columbia, S. C.--—, 187 . 

State of South Carolina, (per John Williams,) 

Bought of JOHN C. DIAL. 

1871. 

Dec. 2. 48 and-drawn locks, $56; 1 S. C. drum, 25c. $56 25 

Dec. 2. 2 dozen screws, 20c.; (8) 11 pounds rope, 35c.; 1 knife, $3 3 55 

Dec. 8. 2 brushes, $1.50 ; 2 pair andirons, $3. 4 50 

Dec. 8. 1 pair brass andirons, $6; 1 dozen stove polish, 60c. 6 60 


Wholesale 


Terms Cash. 























101 


Dec. 8. 1 brush, 85c.; 1 drawn lock, 40c. $ 1 25 

Dec. 8. 2 wood saws, $2.50; 2 hand saws, $5; 2 files, 30. 7 80 

Dec. 11.1 set shovel and tongs, $10; 2 fenders, $10.50. 20 50 

Dec. 11. 1 shovel and tongs stand. 4 50 

Dec. 14. 3 axes and helves, $4.50 ; 2 dozen brass rings, 50c. 5 00 


$114 20 

Less. $4 25 


$109 95 


No. 23 is an account of John B. Dennis, $200, for sundries furnished 
Committee rooms. I know nothing particularly regarding the account. 
It has been reported upon favorably by the Committee. 

Nos. 24 and 24! are accounts of J. H. & M. L. Kinard, dated Novem¬ 
ber 26, 1870, and February 8, 1872, for the respective amounts of 
$5,127.28 and $217.63,—$5,345.91. These accounts, as stated on their 
face, are for brushes, towels, homespuns, combs, eau de cologne, cocoa 
matting, linen collars, suspenders, pocketbooks, handkerchiefs, stereo¬ 
scopic views and other dry goods. Have no personal knowledge of any¬ 
thing connected with the account other than that the articles seem to 
have been ordered by the Sergeant-at-Arms and reported favorably upon 
by the Committee on Contingent Accounts. 

[No. 24.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 8th, 1872. 
Mr. John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, 

Bought of J. H. & M. L. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Dry Goods, Carpeting, Oil Cloths, Window Shades and Fancy 

Goods, 

First Door South of Columbia Hotel. 

Columbia, S. C., February 13th, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives.) 

To account rendered..$5,127 28 












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[No. 24*.] 

Columbia, S. C., 18 

John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, 

Bought, of J. H. & M. L. KINARD, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Dry Goods, Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Window Shades and Fancy 


Goods, 

First Door South of Columbia Hotel. 

1870. 

Nov. 26. 1 comb and brush..$ 2 75 

29. 4 dozen towels, $6... 3 00 

3 L. C. handkerchiefs, 25c.—75c., and 3 at 371c.— 

$1.13. 1 88 

5 yards brown homespun, 10c. 50 

Dec. 1. i dozen towels, $6. 3 00 

4 hair brushes, $1. 4 00 

4 dressing combs, 75c. 3 00 

2. 1 bottle extract. 1 25 

i 

1 bottle cologne. 2 50 

1 valise. 9 00 

5. 50 yards cocoa matting, $1.25.. 62 50 

12. 100 yards cocoa matting, $1.25. 125 00 

13. 3 wood boxes, $1. 3 00 

14. 1 dozen linen collars. . 3 00 

3. 1 pair suspenders. 75 

1 stereoscope. 1 50 

1 portemonnaie. 2 00 

Matting, tacks and hammer. 1 25 

1 skirt, $5.50; 1 shawl, $7; 1 set, $6. 18 50 

1 set. 12 00 

16. 1 pair gloves, $2.50; 2 hair brushes, $1—$2. 4 50 

2 combs, 75c.—$1.50. . 1 50 

19. 1 job lot soap, $1.75; 1 boulevard, $4.50. 6 25 

21. 1 pair blankets. 12 00 

Jan. 5. 1 pair corsets. 3 00 


$287 63 





























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Nos. 25, 25}, 26, 26}, 26}, 27, 27}, 27}, 27} are accounts of Isaac Sulz- 
bacher, presented during the sessions of 1871-72, and 1872-73, and 
1873-74, as follows: March 7th, 1872, repairing clocks, &c., $275.30 ; 

-, 1874, repairing clocks in Speaker’s room and lobby, $75 ; 

December 13th, 1871, gold pens and penknives, $290 ; December-, 

1872, 7 dozen penknives, $252; December-, 1872, 20 gold rubber 

pens, $200 ; December-, 1872, repairing clocks in House and Com¬ 

mittee rooms, $175 ; December 21st, 1871, repairing clocks during ses¬ 
sion, $25 ; November 14th, 1873, sundries furnished House, $675; No¬ 
vember 13th, 1873, sundries furnished Committee rooms, $725 ; Decem¬ 
ber 19th, 1872, sundries furnished blouse, $925; total, $3,617.30. The 
orders for gold pens and pencils and penknives were given by me and 
the articles furnished the members of the House. The orders for sun¬ 
dries and repairs were given by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The accounts 
have all been reported upon favorably and payment recommended. 

[No. 25.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1872. 

House of Representatives, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 


For repairing clocks, &c., and for sundries for Committee rooms..$275 30 


Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, 
Spectacles, &c., 

Main Street, 

Nest to Columbia Hotel. 


All Repairing 
Promptly Executed. 


[No. 25}.] 

House of Representatives, 

To M. SULZBACHER, Dr. 

To fixing and repairing clocks in House, in lobby and in Speak¬ 
er’s room.$75 00 

Amended by House by striking out “$75” and inserting “ $25.” 

I certify that the above account is true and correct and that no part 
thereof has been paid. 

GEO. C. CLYDE. 











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|"No. 26.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 13th, 1871. 
Mr. A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Etc., 

Main Street, (next to Columbia Hotel.) 


To 19 gold pens and holders @ $10. .$190 00 

To 25 fine penknives @ $4. 100 00 


$290 00 

[No. 26L] 

Columbia, S. C., December , 1872. 
Mr. A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Ac., 

Main Street, (next to Columbia Hotel.) 

To 7 dozen knives @ $36.$252 00 


[No. 261.] 


Columbia, S. C., December , 1872. 


Mr. A. O. Jones, Clerk House Representatives, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Ac., 
Main Street, next to Columbia Hotel. 

To 20 gold rubber pens, $10. 


$200 00 


[No. 261.] 

Columbia, S. C., December , 1872. 
Mr. A. O. Jones, Clerk House Representatives, 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Ac., 

Main Street, next to Columbia Hotel. 

To repairs of clocks in House of Representatives Hall and Com¬ 
mittee rooms.$175 00 








105 


[No. 271.] 

House of Representatives 8. C., 

To ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

1873. 

Nov. 14. To sundries furnished House Representatives.$675 00 

[No. 271.] 

The House of Representatives of South Carolina, 


1873. 


To ISAAC SULZBACHER, 


Nov. 13. To sundries furnished Committee rooms...$725 00 

[No. .271.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 19th, 1872. 
Mr. John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) 

Bought of ISAAC SULZBACHER, 

Dealer in 

Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, &c., 

Main Street, next to Columbia Hotel. 

To sundries furnished for repairs and fitting State House.$925 00 

Received payment, 

ISAAC SULZBACHER. 

Approved: 

John Williams. 


Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 are accounts of Hardy Solomon for sundries 
furnished House of Representatives and Committee rooms, as follows: 
January 11, 1872, $1,052.15; January 20, 1872, $921; January 30, 
1872, $850; March 5, 1872, $1,596; March 13,1872, $1,478—$5,897.15. 
These accounts embraced liquors, cigars and many other items in a 
grocer’s line furnished the members and Committees. The orders were 
given generally by the Chairmen of the Committees, the Speaker or the 
Sergeant-at-Arms. I gave some small orders at the request of members 
of Committees, but my name was used frequently in orders that I knew 
nothing whatever of. I settled my personal accounts, which were never 
very large, by check or currency. These accounts of Mr. Solomon 
appear to have been reported favorably upon and payment recommended. 






106 




[No. 28.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 11, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

To bill of sundry merchandise.SI,052 15 

[No. 29.] 


Columbia, January 24th, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

To amount of sundries.$921 00 


The Committee on Contingent Accounts, to whom was referred the 
within account, beg leave to report that they have had the same under 
consideration, and recommend that it be paid. 

JOHN B. DENNIS, Chairman Committee. 

% 

[No. 30.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 30th, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

To amount of sundries.$850 00 

[No. 31.] 

House of Representatives, 

1872. To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

March 5. To amount of sundries.$1,596 00 

[No. 32.] 

House of Representatives, 

1872. To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

March 13. To amount of sundries...$1,478 00 


Nos. 33 and 34 are accounts of Stewart, Sutphen & Co. for protest 
charges on certificates issued to them February 22, 1871, and damages 
allowed by law in South Carolina on protested bills of exchange at 10 
per cent, and interest, seventeen months, at 18 per cent.,—the rates 
charged by bankers in South Carolina,—amounting respectively to 
$7,562.22 and $7,562.22,—$15,124.44. The accounts were reported 
favorably by the Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Accounts, 
included probably under the head of “and others.” 








107 


[No. 33.] 

Columbia, S. 0., March 1st, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

To STEWART, SUTPTIEN & CO., Dr. 


For certificate issued February 22d, 1871.$21,294 69 

For protest charges on same.$ 2 60 

For damages as per law of South Carolina on pro¬ 
tested bills of exchange, at 10 per cent. 2,129 47 

For interest from date of sale of goods, 17 months, 
at 18 per cent., the rate as charged by banks 
in South Carolina. 5,430 15 


Total expenses.$7,562 22 


[No. 34.] 

State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

To STEWART, SUTPHEN & CO., Dr. 

For protest charges on legislative certificate.$ 2 60 

Damages, as per law of S. C., on protested bills of exchange... 2,129 47 
Interest 17 months, at rate charged by banks in S. C., 18 per 

cent... 5,430 15 

$7,562 22 

Received payment. 


Nos. 35 and 36 are accounts of Nicol & Davidson of the same nature 
as those of Stewart, Sutphen & Co., aud amounting respectively to 

$8,461.63 and $8,461.63. ..$16,923 26 

These appear to have been reported and passed in the same way as 
those of Stewart, Sutphen & Co. 

[No. 35.] 

State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

To NICOL & DAVIDSON, Dr. 

For protest charges on leg. certificate.$ 2 60 

Damages as per law in S. C. on protested bills of exchange @ 

10 per cent. . 2,382 83 

Interest 17 months, from Oct. 1st, 1870, to March 1st, 1872, at 

rate charged by banks in S. C. @ 18 per cent.6,076 20 


$8,461 63 


















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[No. 36.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 1, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

To NICOL & DAVIDSON, Dr. 

For certificate issued Feb. 22, 1871, $23,828.32. 

For protest charges on same.$ 2 60 

For damages as per law of S. C. on protested bills of exchange 

@ 10 per cent. 2,382 83 

For interest from date of sale of goods, 17 months, @ 18 per 

cent, the rate as charged by banks in S. C. 6,076 20 

Total expenses.$8,461 63 


No. 37 is an account of W. M. LyBrand & Son, $123.87, as per bill 
rendered. I know nothing further of the account, other than that it 
was reported favorably. It was no doubt passed under cover of the 
words “ and others.” LyBrand & Son kept a music store in Columbia. 

[No. 37.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 1, 1872. 

M. W. LyBRAND & SON, 

Sold House of Representatives of S. C. 

As per bill rendered.$123 87 


Nos. 38, 384, 38|, 39, 41 and 42 are accounts of Joseph Crews for 
furnishing wood and coal for the House of Representatives during the 
session of 1871 and 1872, amounting respectively to 

[No. 38.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 9, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 


To JOSEPH CREWS, Dr. 

For 27 cords of wood @ $5.50.$148 50 


[No. 38R] 

Columbia, S. C., March 1st, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 


To JOSEPH CREWS, Dr. 

For 49 tons coal @ $16.$ 784 00 

For 63 cords wood @ $5.50. 346 50 


$1,130 50 














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[No. 38!.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 9th, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 


To J. CREWS, Dr. 

For 47 cords wood @ $5.50 per cord.$258 50 

For 25 tons coal @ $16 per ton..... 400 00 


$658 50 


[No. 39.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 23, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 


To JOSEPH CREWS, Dr. 

For eighty-seven cords of wood @ $5.50 per cord.$ 478 50 

For fifty tons hard coal @ $16 per ton. 800 00 


$1,278 50 


Received payment. 


Mr. Crews rendered a number of accounts for fuel. I believe the 
orders were given by the Sergeaut-at-Arms. The accounts were reported 
favorably and ordered paid. 

No. 40 is an account of John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, $483.75, 
for articles purchased from M. H. Berry and J. H. & M. L. Kinard for 
the use of the House of Representatives. The account was reported 
favorably and ordered paid. Neither the account of Berry nor that of 
the Kinards is attached. 


[No. 40.] 

The State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, Dr. 

1871. 

% f 9 / 

Dec. To articles purchased from M. H. Berry for use of 

House of Representatives.$295 00 

To articles purchased from el. IT. & M. L. Kinard for 

use of House of Representatives. 188 75 


$483 75 












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no 

No. 43 is an account of Wilson Foote, $175, for amount of account 
rendered. Have no further knowledge of the nature of the account. 
The handwriting appears to be that of Mr. John B. Dennis. 

No. 44 is an account of Thomas Harlingford, $575.35, for sundries 
furnished House and Committee rooms. 

[No. 43.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1872. 


House of Representatives S. C., 

To WILSON FOOTE, Dr. 

For amount of account rendered.....$175 00 


J. B. DENNIS, 
Chairman Committee. 


[No. 44.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 5, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To THOMAS HARLINGFORD, Dr. 

For sundries furnished House and Committee rooms, as per ac¬ 
count rendered. $575 35- 


No. 45 is an account of J. F. Morton for sundries furnished Committee 
rooms. I do not know what the sundries embraced, nor the person named 
in the account. It appears to have been reported upon favorably. I do 
not know such a person, nor of any supplies having been furnished. 

[No. 45.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1872. 

House of Representatives, ' 

To J. F. MORTON, Dr. 

For sundries furnished Committee rooms, as per bills heretofore 

rendered.$1,125 27 


No. 46 is an account of C. S. Brown, for sundries furnished. The only 
thing I ever knew Mr. Brown furnished was cigars. This account was 
probably rendered for cigars furnished members of Committees. The 
account was reported favorably and payment ordered. 







Ill 

[No. 46.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 21, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To C. S. BROWN, Dr. 

For sundries. $230 00 

Received payment, 


0. S. BROWN. 


No. 47 is an account of A. Brinn, $600, for sundries furnished. There 
is no further explanation of the nature of this account. I know nothing 
more of it. 

[No. 47.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1872. 


House of Representatives, 

To A. BRINN, Dr. 

To sundries furnished. $600 00 


No. 48 is an account of James Stebbins, $895.55, for sundries furnished 
Committee rooms. I do not know such a person, nor of any goods having 
been furnished. The account was reported favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 48.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

To JAMES STEBBINS, Dr. 

For sundries furnished Committee rooms, as per bills rendered...$895 55 


No. 49 is an account of Charles Wilkinson, $180.90, for sundries fur¬ 
nished Committee rooms. It was reported favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 49.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 5th, 1872. 
The State of South Carolina (House of Representatives), 

To CHARLES WILKINSON, Dr. 

To sundries furnished Committee rooms, as per bill rendered.$180 90 


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112 


No. 50 is an account of Thos. J. Gibson, $650.25, for supplies furnished 
March, 1874. Mr. Gibson was a grocer in the «city of Columbia, and 
rendered several accounts for goods bought of him upon the orders of 
the Speaker and Sergeant-at-Arms. The account was reported favorably 
and ordered paid. 

[No. 50.] 

Mr. John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms) House of Representatives, 


To THOS. J. GIBSON, Dr. 

1874. 

March 4. For supplies furnished to date.$650 25 


No. 51 is an account of P. F. Frazee, $915.60, dated March, 1872, for 
suppressing riots at railway stations. A very queer account against the 
House of Representatives. It was reported favorably and ordered paid. 

Nos. 52 and 53 are accounts of John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, for 
fuel, furniture, &c., at the session of 1873-74, amounting respectively to 
$960 and $1,980.50—$2,940.50. They appear to have been reported 
upon favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 52.] 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, Dr. 

Feb. 26, 1874. To 40 tons coal, $14.$560 00 

“ 30 cords wood, $7. 210 00 

“ 6 tables for Committee room. 80 00 

“ 45 locks for desks, $1. 45 00 

“ putting on 45 locks, 50c. 27 50 

“ repairs on Speaker’s stand. 37 50 


$960 00 


[No. 53.] 

House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., February 12, 1872. 

House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, Sergeant at-Arms, Dr. 

For supplies for Committee rooms...$1,980 50 


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113 


Nos. 54 and 55 are accounts of Win. Kennedy for sundries furnished 
at the session of 1872-73 by order of the Speaker and Sergeant at-Arms. 
I do not know what the “sundries furnished” embraced. Mr. Kennedy 
kept a restaurant in the city of Columbia. The accounts were reported 
favorably. They amount respectively to 8300 and'$400—$700. 


[No. 54.] 


Columbia, S. C., February 22. 
Hon. S. J. Lee, Speaker House of Representatives, 


To WM. KENNEDY, Dr. 

For sundries...$400 00 

Received payment. 


[No. 55.] 


Columbia, S. C., February 25th, 1873: 
Mr. John Williams, fSergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 

To WM. KENNEDY. 

1873. 

Feb. 25. To sundries furnished Committee rooms to date.$300 00 

Received payment. 


No. 56 appears to be an account of the Sergeant at-Arms, (Williams,) 
and embraces accounts of D. C. Peixotto & Co., $51.55; Wm. Kennedy, 
$151; C. Brookbanks & Co., $150, for sundries furnished the Sergeant- 
at-Arms—$352.55. 

Messrs. Peixotto & Co. were auctioneers and general commission mer¬ 
chants; Wm. Kennedy was a restaurateur; Messrs. Brookbanks & Co. 
were fruiterers and confectioners. The sundries furnished evidently 
embraced something in their particular lines. The account was reported 
favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 56.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 19th, 1872. 

Berg. Williams, 

To C. BROOKBANKS & CO. 

By sundries.. 

8 


$150 00 






I 


114 


Columbia, S. C., December 17th, 1872. 
Mr. John Williams, (Sergeaut-at-Arms of House of Representatives,) 

To WM. KENNEDY, Dr. 


To fund borrowed to November 24 
To fund borrowed to December 16. 


Received payment. 


$122 00 
29 00 


$151 00 


[No. 57.] 


4 blue buckets, 35c.. 

3 c. c. pitchers, 60c. 

6 Rk’gm spittoons, 50c. 

2 ewers and basins, $1. 

1 dozen cups and saucers. 

1 teapot. 

3 sets jjlates, 90c. 

3 deep dishes, 60c. 

1 carver and fork. 

4 sets knives and forks. 

2 large yellow bowls, $1.75. 

1 sugar dish. 

1 cream pitcher. 

1 set castors.. 

2 salt cellars.'. 

II dozen tumblers, $1.50. 

14 dozen bar room glasses, $2.25 
1 tin dipper. 

3 sets plates, 70c. 

Dishes, each, 60c., $1.00, $1.25.. 

1 coffee mill. 

1 iron spoon. 

1 waiter.. 

1 basket. 

1 pitcher. . 


1 1 

40 

1 

80 

3 

00 

2 

00 

1 

80 


50 

2 

70 

1 

80 

3 

50 

10 

00 

3 

50 


40 


25 

2 

50 


60 

2 

50 

O 

O 

00 


50 

2 

10 

2 

85 


60 


30 

2 

00 

1 

25 


50 


$51 35 

November 25, 1872. 

Paid by Mr. G. W. Waterman, December 16, 1872. 

D. C. PEIXOTTO & SONS. 
































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No. 5b is an account of A. L. M. Stiguer, ($3,564.19,) for supplies 
furnished. This account was issued upon the order of the Speaker. It 
has the words “ Approved : Samuel J. Lee, Speaker,'’ written on its face. 
This account was brought or sent to me by Mr. J. L. Neagle, and the 
certificate for the same issued upon the order of the Speaker and 
delivered to Mr. Neagle. 


[No. 58.] 

# 


February 3d, 1873. 

House of Representatives, 

To A. L. M. STIGNER, Dr. 

To supplies furnished on contingent account for regular session 

1872 and 1873.$3,564 19 

Approved: 

S. J. LEE, Speaker. 

Received payment by pay certificate. 

A. L. M. STIGNER. 


Nos. 59, 591 and 64 are accounts of W. D. Love & Co. for sundry 
merchandise furnished Committee rooms at the session of 1873-74, 
and amounting respectively to $423.16, $1,135.47 and $1,606.16— 
$3,164.79. The goods were furnished upon the order of the Sergeant-at- 
Arms. The accounts were reported favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 59.] 

% 

Grand Central Dry' Goods Establishment. 

Columbia, S. C., January 21st, 1874. 
The State of South Carolina, 

Bought of W. D. LOVE & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Staple and Fancy' Dry Goods, &c., 

Under Wheeler House, Main Street. 

To merchandise as per bill rendered 


$423 16 





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[No. 64.] 

Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment. 

Columbia, S. C., January 17th, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

(Per John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms,) 
Bought of W. D. LOVE & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, &c., 

Under Wheeler House, Main Street. 

To sundries furnished Committee rooms.$1,606 16 

[No. 591.] 

Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment. 


Columbia, S. C., February 4th, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

(Per John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms,) 
Bought of W. D. LOVE & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, &c., 

Under Wheeler House, Main Street. 

To sundries furnished Committee rooms.81,135 47 


No 60 is an account of Thomas J. Gibson ($1,483.63) for supplies fur¬ 
nished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The account was re¬ 
ported favorably and ordered paid. 


[No. 60.] 


Columbia, S. C., December 3, 1873. 

Mr. John Williams, 

Sergeant at-Arms House of Representatives, 

To THOMAS J. GIBSON. 

For supplies furnished to date.$1,483 63 






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Nos. 61, 62 and 63 are accounts of Mr. Glaze at the session of 1873— 
74 for sundries furnished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms and 
amounting respectively to $674.34, $845.30 and $655.20—$2,174.84. 

Mr. Glaze keeps a jewelry store in the city of Columbia. I know 
nothing further about the accounts other than that they were reported 
favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 61.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 26th, 1874. 

Mr. John Williams, 

Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives, 


To WILLIAM GLAZE, 

1873. Dr. 

Jan. 1. To sundries as per amount bill rendered.$674 34 


[No. 62.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1874. 

Mr. John Williams, 

Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives, 


To WILLIAM GLAZE, 

1873. Dr. 

Dec. 31. To sundries as per amount of bill rendered.$845 30 


[No. 63.] 

[Monthly Statement.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 6, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To WILLIAM GLAZE, Dr. 

To sundries as per bill rendered.$655 20 


No. 641 is an account of Cooper & Taylor ($307) for sundries fur¬ 
nished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms at the session of 1872— 
73. Messrs. Cooper & Taylor were grocers in the city of Columbia. 
The account was reported favorably and ordered paid. 






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[No. 641.] 

Columbia, February 18, 1873. 


Mr. John Williams, 

To COOPER & TAYLOR, Dr. 

To merchandise furnished as per order.$307 00 


No. 65 is an account of R. K. Scott ($3,249.60) for rent of furnished 
rooms at session of 1872-73 upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms. 
This account has the words “approved, John Williams, Sergeant-at- 
Arms,” written across its face. I issued the certificates to Governor 
Scott. The account was reported favorably and ordered puid. 


[No. 65.] 

Columbia, January 16th, 1873. 


Mr. John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, Dr. 

To rent of nine rooms, at $4 per day.$1,710 00 

To furniture. 485 00 

To fuel. 56 00 

To sundries furnished... 844 60 

To paid orders. 154 00 


The above claim is justly due. 


Respectfully, 


Approved: 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


$3,249 60 

« 

R. Iv. SCOTT. 


Nos. 66, 67 and 68 are accounts of S. Strauss & Rro. for sundries fur¬ 
nished per order of Sergeant-at-Arms at the session of 1872-73 for the 
respective amounts of $385.45, $485.65 and $416.45,—$1,287.55. The 
Messrs. Strauss & Bro. kept a clothing store in the city of Columbia. I 
do not know what articles they furnished the Sergeant-at-Arms. The 
accounts were reported favorably. 


[No. 66.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 23d, 1873. 
Mr. John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives, 

E. steauss.' } Bou 'J ht of S - STRAUSS & BRO., 

Wholesale Dealers in Clothing, Hats, Caps, &c., 
Main Street, under Columbia Hotel. 
.$385 45 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


To sundries 












119 


[No. 67.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 18th, 1873. 
Mr. John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives, ' 


S. STRAUSS, ) 
E. STRAUSS, j 


Bought of S. STRAUSS & ERG., 

Wholesale Dealers in Clothing, Hats, Caps, &c., 

Main Street, under Columbia Hotel. 

To sundries. . .$485 65 


[No. 68.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 
Mr. John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives, 


S. STRAUSS, \ 
E. STRAUSS, j 


Bought of S. STRAUSS & BRO., 


Wholesale Dealers in Clothing, Hats, Caps, &c., 

Main Street, under Columbia Hotel. 

To sundries.:.,$416 45 


No. 69 is an account of Jacob Rosenthal, $485.35, for sundries fur¬ 
nished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms, at the session of 1872-73. 
This account was no doubt covered by the words “and others” when 
reported upon. 

No. 70 is an account of John Williams, Janitor, $12, for washing 
towels, furnishing ice, &c., at the session of 1868. The account was 
reported favorably and ordered paid. 

No. 71 is an account of the Charleston Daily News, $105, for papers 
furnished, 1868-69. The account was reported favorably and ordered 
paid. 

No. 72 is an account of the Charleston Daily Courier, $70, for papers- 
furnished, 1868-69. The account was reported favorably and ordered 
paid. 

[No. 69.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1873. 
Mr. John Williams, (Sergeant at-Arms House of Representatives,) 


To JACOB ROSENTHAL, Dr. 

To sundries.$485 30 


JOHN WILLIAMS. 






120 


[No. 70.] 


House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

/ 

(Sergeant-at-Arms,) 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, Janitor, Dr. 

1868. To washing towels for last session.. $2 50 

To furnishing ice for last session . 9 50 

4 -- 

$12 00 

Received payment, 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 

Examined aud audited for payment. 

J. H. JENKS. 

[No. 71.] 

Charleston, S. C., March 2, 1869. 

Mr. A. O. Jones, 

To CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, Dr. 

To papers from November 26, 1868, to March 2, 1869, 2,100 

copies, five cents per copy.$105 00 

Received payment, 

J. WOODRUFF, 


Agent News. 


[No. 72.] 


Charleston, March 1, 1869. 

Mr. A. O. Jones, (Clerk of the House of Representatives,) 

To CHARLESTON COURIER, Dr. 

To papers from December 1, 1868, to March 2,1869, 1,400 copies, 

five cents per copy.$70 00 

Received payment, 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Agent Courier. 


No. 73 is the report of the Special Committee to whom was referred 
the accounts for fitting up the hall of the House and Committee rooms 
at the session of 1870-71, recommending that the sum of $90,556.31 be 
paid. The report is signed by Mr. B. Byas, Chairman of the Committee. 
This report embraces the accounts of Mr. H. Berry, $12,319.50; Stewart 
A Co., $27,927.27 ; Nicol, Davidson A Co., $28,486 03. There should be 
other accounts to the amount of $11,703.84 appended to these to make the 
aggregate reported by the Committee and recommended to be paid. 
There were other accounts. They have probably been mislaid. 








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\ 


[No. 73, Exhibit “A.”] 

* 

The Special Committee, to whom was referred the accounts for fitting 
up the House of Representatives and Committee rooms, beg leave to 
report that they have carefully considered the same, and recommend 
that the sum of ninety thousand five hundred and fifty-six dollars and 
thirty-one cents be paid, ($90,556.31) and report further that the board 
bill as contracted at Rose’s Hotel unfavorably. 

B. BYAS, Chairman. 

Columbia, S. C., December 21, 1870. 
State of South Carolina, (By J. B. Dennis,) 

Boiujht of M. H. BERRY. 

Dec. 21. 4 dozen best crimson plush sofas. $900 00 

1-12 dozen best crimson plush sofa, large. 175 00 

1- 12 dozen large Gothic chairs. 90 00 

2- 12 dozen small Gothic chairs. 140 00 

, 12 dozen best leather seat extra walnut chairs. 2,100 00 

8 dozen best cane seat extra walnut chairs. 1,080 00 

1-12 dozen extra lounge, best stripe, rep. 90 00 

1-12 dozen stuffed back chairs.. 50 00 

i dozen high back arm chairs. 500 00 

1-12 dozen shellback washstands, large. 55 00 

1-12 dozen commodes to match. 30 00 

1 dozen marble top washstands. 420 00 

1 dozen commodes to match. 300 00 

1 dozen hat rack and umbrella stands. 264 00 

51 dozen best walnut desks, extra locks. 3,060 00 

1 dozen library book cases. 960 00 

1-12 dozen library book cases, large. 100 00 

H dozen oval library tables, carved legs. 1,050 00 

4 dozen office desks. 150 00 

e dozen wardrobes. 180 00 

2 dozen cane seat office chairs. 112 50 

1 dozen French lounges, green reps. 540 00 

£ dozen striped lounges. 80 00 

Covering Speaker’s stand. 45 00 

i dozen folding chairs. 48 00 


$12,319 50 


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122 

Brooklyn Carpet Store, December 1, 1870. 

Mr. John B. Dennis, 

Bought of STEWART & CO., 

For the State House, Columbia, S. C. 

Importers and Dealers, 

Nos. 162 Fulton and 49 Henry Streets. 

For State House, Columbia, S. C. 


Oct. 19. 1,413 yards Brussels carpet. $4,592 25 

Oct. 19. making carpet. 282 60 

Nov. 4. 1,100 yards carpet. 3,025 00 

Nov. 4. making carpet. 220 00 

Nov. 15. 1,027 yards carpet. 2,824 25 

Nov. 15. making carpet. 205 40 

Nov. 17. 254 yards oil cloth. 64 25 

Nov. 17. 20 bales lining. 800 00 

Nov. 17. 4 dozen cocoa mats, large. 120 00 

Nov. 17. 3 dozen cocoa mats, small. 396 00 

Nov. 17. brocatel curtains and trimmings. 625 00 

Nov. 17. draperies, fringes, &c., &c. 825 00 

Nov. 17. 12 pairs curtains, large Terry. 2,700 00 

Nov. 17. 26 lambrequins and trimmings. 4,771 00 

Nov. 17. 4 brocatel curtain lambrequins. 2,301 52 

Nov. 17. 30 cornices, black walnut and gilt. 2,400 00 

Nov. 17. 1 cornice, black walnut, large, gilt. 175 00 

Nov. 17. irons for putting up curtains. 110 00 

Nov. 17. boxing cornices, &c. 97 00 

Nov. 17. boxing other goods. 63 00 

Nov. 17. 4 dozen gold-bordered shades, spring rollers. 600 00 

Nov. 17. expenses of men putting up goods. 470 00 

No\\ 17. baling carpets. 27 00 

Nov. 17. cartage, expressage, &c. 235 00 


$27,929 27 


S. B. Stewart. 

L. V. D. IIardenbergh. 

A. SUYDAM STOTHOFF. 
F. Eugene Flandreau. 

Terms Net Cash. 































123 


Brooklyn Carpet Store, December 27, 1870. 


S. B. Stewart. 

L. V. D. Hardenbergh. 
A. SuYDAM STOTHOFF. 
F. Eugene Flandreau. 


State of South Carolina, 

(House of Representatives,) 

Bought of STEWART & CO., 
Importers and Dealers, 

Nos. 162 Fulton and 49 Henry Streets. 


Terms Net Cash. 

1870. 

363 yards B. B. carpet, Persian.$1,089 00 

Making. 45 37 

Flax, binding, &c. 3 50 

Lining for same....'. 72 60 


325 yards B. B. carpet, 5 frame. $975 00 

Making... 40 62 

Flax, binding, &c. 3 00 

Lining. 65 00 


22 pairs long Terry curtains.$3,300 00 

Trimmings, &c., to match. 550 00 

430 yards B. 5 frame Brussels. 1,290 00 

Making. 53 75 

Flax, binding, <fec. 6 30 


Lining for carpets . $72 00 

26 cocoa mats, at $7. 192 00 

Lambrequins, extra quality, with trimming.. 1,170 00 


Freights, cartage, wharfage, &c.. $423 20 

Insurance. 225 60 

Expenses of men, labor, fares and putting down. 540 70 


$1,210 47 


1,083 62 


5,200 05 


1,434 00 


1,189 50 


$10,117 64 

































124 


New York, December 6, 1871. 
State of South Carolina, (For State House,) 

Bought of NICOL & DAVIDSON, 

New York, } 0 __ ^ ( Paris, 


686 


v \ » A v I I\ j V 

Broadway. f 

•/ ■* 


Successors to 


( Rue D’Hauteville, 35. 
E. V. Haughwout & Co., 

China, Glass, Plated Ware, Bronzes, Mirrors, Clocks, Chandeliers. 


1 large carved walnut time piece for Hall of Rep’s.$ 600 00 

Box No. 1. 3 75 

1 large carved walnut time-piece, for rotunda. 600 00 

Box No. 2. 3 75 

8 10-12 dozen globes, 7-inch,. 238 50 

Hogshead No. 3. 7 50 

7 5-12 dozen globes, 8-inch, No. 581. 267 00 

Hogshead No. 4. 7 50 

31 dozen globes, 9-inch, No. 581. 157 50 

11-12 dozen globes, 8-inch, No. 58V.... 33 00 

Hogshead No. 5. 7 50 

1 dozen globes, 9 inch, No. 581. 22 50 

F8-12 dozen globes, 8-iuch, No. 58V. 60 00 

3 2-12 dozen globes, 7-inch, No. 58 h . 85 50 

Hogshead No. 6. 7 50 

5 six-light chandeliers, large, bronze and gilt, for Committee 

rooms. 900 00 

2 five-light columns, bronzed and gilt, with clusters, for 

Speaker’s stand. 525 00 

3 boxes, Nos. 7, 8 and 9. 11 25 

1 bundle rods, marked No. 10. 11 25 

52 cuspadores, richly decorated and marked House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 468 00 

3 tulip toilet sets, 11 pieces, green, and marked House of 

Representatives. 236 25 

1 tulip toilet set, Speaker’s room. 78 75 

5 oval pitchers, 1st, No. 388 Maroon, and marked House of 

Representatives. 56 25 

1 oval pitcher, Speaker’s room. 11 25 

4 2 12 dozen rich cut goblets with monogram. 103 12 

1 fine black Belgian marble clock with best French move¬ 
ment, No. 6629. 112 50 

1 fine black Belgian marble clock with best French move¬ 
ment, No. 6624.*. 105 00 


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1 fiue black Belgian marble clock with best French move¬ 
ment, No. 6626... 

1 fine black Belgian marble clock with best French move¬ 
ment, No. 6630... 

1 fine black Belgian marble clock with best French move¬ 
ment and figure, No. 6956. 

1 fine black Belgian marble clock with best French move¬ 

ment, Speaker’s room, No. 7295. 

2 hogsheads and 1 tierce, Nos. 14, 15 and 16. 

4 dozen globes, 7 inch. No. 581, ground and cut crystal. 

2 dozen globes, 8 inch, No. 581, ground and cut crystal. 

1 dozen globes, 9 inch, No. 581, ground and cut crystal. 

Hogshead No. 17. 

4 27-light chandeliers in bronze and gilt with three tiers of 

lights. 

15 3 light brackets made to march large chandeliers. 

1 large box, No. 18..... 

1 cask, No. 19. 

99 cuspadores richly decorated and marked House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

3 pitchers, maroon, No. 388, marked House of Representa¬ 

tives. 

6 cuspadores, maroon, Speaker’s room, china.. 

3 toilet sets, eleven pieces, and jars, green, and marked House 

of Representatives. 

1 silver-plated urn, large. 

1 tilting ice pitcher with tray, slop bowl and goblet com¬ 
bined. . 

1 silver-plated tray, Speaker’s stand. 

3 casks, Nos. 20, 21 and 22.. . 

22 cuspadores, richly decorated, and marked House of Rep¬ 
resentatives .. 

Tierce No. 23. 

1 64 light chandelier, in bronze gilt and ormolu, with clusters 
on upper and lower tiers, made to order for House of 

Representatives, Columbia, S. C. 

1 6-light chandelier. 

3 3-light brackets. 

6 lengths of slip tube, sixty feet... 

1 large hogshead, No. 24, 1 large box, No. 25. 

1 large box, No. 26..... 

4 6-light chandeliers, in French bronze and gilt. 

4 4-light chandeliers, in French bronze and gilt. 


$ 135 

00 

135 

00 

210 

00 

187 

50 

17 

25 

108 

00 

72 

00 

45 

00 

7 

50 

3,750 

00 

1,237 

50 

12 

00 

4 

50 

891 

00 

33 

75 

54 

00 

236 

25 

225 

00 

97 

50 

36 

00 

13 

50 

198 

00 

2 

25 


2,900 

00 

292 

50 

247 

50 

45 

00 

19 

50 

3 

75 

540 

00 

420 

00 


































« 

126 

2 large boxes, Nos. 27 and 28. $ 18 00 

1 iron rod for 64-light chandelier, No. 29... 18 00 

1 64-light chandelier, same as one for House of Representa¬ 
tives. 2,900 00 

10 lengths slip tube and 10 lengths of f inch pipe, 100 feet.. 75 00 

1 rod for 64-light chandelier. 75 00 

1 gross cast globe holders for 64-light chandelier. 75 00 

21 cuspadores, richly decorated, marked House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 189 00 

1 hogshead, No. 30; 1 cask, No. 31 ; 1 box, No. 32; 1 tierce, 

No. 34. 18 00 

2 four-light chandeliers, French bronze and gilt. 210 00 

Box No. 35. 6 00 

1 torch and key. 9 00 

Extra lengthening pipes. 9 00 

10 dozen 7-inch globes, No. 584. 270 00 

6 four-light chandeliers. 630 00 

1 hogshead, No. 36; 1 case, No. 37. 12 00 

2 boxes, Nos. 38 and 39. 21 00 

5 walnut and gilt mantel mirrors for Committee rooms. 2,137 50 

6 mantle boards, carved, with reps and fringes. 144 00 

1 large cornice with carved eagle and shield, with coat of 

arms of State of South Carolina. 1,020 00 

1 walnut and gilt mantle mirror for Speaker’s room, carved, 

with palmetto, shield and eagle. 960 00 

Irons for holding up mirrors and coat of arms. 18 00 

Boxing for mirrors, &c. 60 00 

68 days’ time putting up chandeliers, brackets, &c. 510 00 

Traveling expenses of workmen to Columbia. 180 00 

Time of man to put up large cornice, shield, &c., 10 days. 75 00 

Fittings, alcohol, cement, &c., used in putting up chandeliers 

and extending pipe. 75 55 

Fares of men from Columbia. 78 00 

Meals, &c., on road, and sleeping car fare. 27 00 

Additional time of men, 16 days. 120 00 

Fare and expenses of man returning, putting up large cor¬ 
nice, &c. 48 00 

4 14-inch nipples..,... 2 00 

8 14-inch nipples, long. 3 50 

7 14-inch ties. 4 25 

3 14-inch lock uuts. 1 25 

5 14-inch caps. 2 25 

6 14-inch hooks. 1 00 





































127 


6 11-inch bushings. $ 2 25 

6 1-inch bushings. 1 75 

G lengthening pieces. 1 00 

1 1-inch nipple. 35 

1 f inch tee. 75 

6 1-inch stiff joints. 2 00 

G gilt ceiling plates. 4 00 

1 1-inch nipple.. 35 

2 f-inch nipples. 50 

2 f-inch bushings. G3 

2 f-inch bushings. 50 

6 f-inch hooks. 75 

1 f-inch tee. 30 

4 f-inch elbows. 50 

3 1-inch nipples. 1 GO 

3 1-inch ells. 1 70 

3 f inch tees. 1 40 

Brocatel drapery for coat of of arms, with fringe and tassels 

and labor putting up. 3 45 

Freights, cartages, insurances and incidentals. 7 15 


827,701 25 

21 per cent, guarantee against breakage in transportation. G94 78 

$28,486 03 


No. 74 is an account of J. H. & M. L. Kinard ($38.50) for towels, 
&c., furnished at the session of 1870-71. The account was reported 
favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 74.] 

Columbia, S. C., 1870. 

The State of South Carolina, 

Bought of J. H. & M. L. KINARD, 

Whol esale and Retail Dealers in 
Dry Goods, Carpeting, Oil Cloths, &c., 

First Door South of Columbia Hotel. 

Nov. 18. 6 towels, $1—$6; soap, $1; 2 brushes, 75c.—$1.50; 


1 do., $1.25.$ 9 75 

2 hair brushes, $2. 4 00 

21. 1 pair blankets, $10.50; 1 quilt, $10 . 20 .50 

3 bottles Florida water, 75c. 2 25 

Dec. 2. 2 bath towels, $1. 2 00 


Paid. $38 50 


J. H. & M. L. KINARD. 

D. 
































Nos. 75 and 76 are accounts of James M. Allen for the respective 
amounts of $800, $800 and $700—$2,300—for erecting Speaker’s stand 
and repairs in Clerk’s room. The account for the Speaker’s stand seems 
to have been twice rendered and twice paid. The charges for the work 
claimed to have been done is out of all reason. The accounts do not 
appear to have been passed upon by a Committee, but were ordered paid 
by the Speaker (Mr. Moses). 


[No. 75.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 12, 1870. 
State of South Carolina, House of Representatives, 


To JAMES M. ALLEN, Dr. 

To Speaker’s stand for same. .$800 00 


[No. 76.] 

Columbia, December 5, 1870. 

State of South Carolina, House of Representatives, 


To JAMES M. ALLEN, Dr. 

To Speaker’s stand...$ 800 00 

Painting and repair on Clerk’s room. 700 00 


$1,500 00 


No. 77 is an account of Benjamin Byas, Sergeant-at-Arras, for wash¬ 
ing and making curtains, &c., for Committee rooms at session 1S69-70, 
$3.25. The account was reported favorably and ordered paid. 

No. 78 is an account of J. A. Selby, $1,000, for subscriptions to the 
Daily Phoenix for one year, 125 copies. The account was reported 
favorably and ordered paid. 

No. 79 is an account of Wm. M. Fine, $1,000, for rent of four Com¬ 
mittee rooms at the session of 1873-74. The account was reported 
favorably and ordered paid. 

No. 80 is an account of the Charleston Chronicle, $1,200, for sub¬ 
scriptions for members, &c., of House. The report was favorable and 
the account ordered paid. 








129 

[No. 77.] 

$3.75 for washing and making ten curtains, which are in the Commit¬ 
tee rooms, up stairs, 371 cents each. 

BENJAMIN BYAS, 
Sergeant-at-Arms. 

January 3, 18G9. 


[No. 79.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1874. 
The House of Representatives, 

To WM. M. FINE, Dr. 

To rent of four rooms, with gas aud fuel, for one year, com¬ 
mencing October 21, 1873..$1,000 00 

[No. 80.] 

Charleston, S. C., January 1, 1874. 


The House of Representatives, 

To CHARLESTON CHRONICLE, Dr. 

To one year’s subscription. $1,200 00 

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No. 81 is an account of William Hall, $1,000, for lunches furnished 
at the session of 1873-74. It must have been covered by the words 
“and others” when reported upon. I know nothing further of the 
account. The number of such queer-looking accounts was so great that 
it would have been foolishness in me to have made inquiries regarding 
them. 

[No. 81.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 29, 1874. 

House of Representatives, 

To WM. HALL. 

For lunches furnished, one thousand dollars.$1,000 00 


No. 82 is an account of Philip F. Simmons, $500, for sundries fur¬ 
nished, 1873-74. The report was favorable. It was probably one of the 
“and others” of which the Committee knew all about. 

No. 83 is the account of M. Kuhn & Bro., $2,088, for sundries fur¬ 
nished. The certificate for this account was delivered to Mr. W. H. 
Jackson, agent. The “sundries furnished” appear to have been liquors 
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and cigars for the members of the House. The account was reported 
favorably. 


[No. 83.] 


Philadelphia, December 4, 1873. 
House of Representatives of South Carolina, 


Bought, of M. KUHN & BRO., 
Importers of Wines, Brandies, &c., &c., 
No. 305 Race Street. 


$2,088 00 


To sundries as per bill rendered 


No. 84 is an account of Robert Johnson, $475.80, for sundries fur¬ 
nished House and Committee rooms, 1873-74. Belongs to the “and 
others.” 

No. 85 is an account of P. F. Simmons, $200, for sundries furnished, 
1873-74. This account has a close connection with No. 82 apparently. 
The report was favorable. 

No. 86 is an account of the Western Union Telegraph Company, 
W. R. Cathcart, Manager, $68.90, for telegrams sent and received during 
the session. The account was reported favorably and ordered paid. 

No. 87 is an account of Simeon P. Simples, $500, for sundries fur¬ 
nished, 1873-74. One of the “and others.” Simply that “and nothing 
more.” I never knew the Committee to explain these mysteries. 


[No. 84.] 


Columbia, S.> C., January 12, 1873. 


House of Representatives, 

To ROBERT JOHNSON, 

To sundries furnished House and Committee rooms 
Received payment, 


Dr. 

$475 80 


ROBERT JOHNSON. 


[No. 85.] 



Feb. 20. To sundries furnished, two hundred dollars 


$200 00 






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[No. 86.] 


Columbia, S. C., December 5. 


A. O. Jones, Esq., (Clerk of House, S. C.,) , 

To W. U. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Dr. 

Nov., 1873. To telegrams seut and received to date.-.$68 90 

Received payment, 


W. R. CATIJCART, 

Manager. 


[No. 87.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To SIMEON P. SIMPLES, Dr. 

To sundries furnished House.$500 50 

Received payment. 


No. 88 is an account of M. S. Jenkins, $654, for wood and coal fur¬ 
nished at the session of 1873-74. This account is marked across the 
face “Approved, S. J. Lee, Speaker.” 

[No. 88.] 

January 23, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To M. S. JENKINS, Dr. 

1873-74. To wood and coal furnished.$654 00 


Approved : 

S. J. LEE, Speaker. 


No. 89 is an account of J. S. G. Gillman, $4,165.87, for supplies fur¬ 
nished. This account has written upon it the words “Approved, Samuel 
J. Lee, Speaker.” The account was brought or sent to me by Mr. J. L. 
Neagle, and the certificate issued to him upon the order of the Speaker. 

No. 90 is an account of E. M. Brayton, $375, for services rendered as 
clerk to the Sergeant-at-Arms at the session of 1872-73. The report 
was favorable. 







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No. 91 is an account of John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, $3,452.52, 
for fuel and sundries furnished, 1873-74. The account is marked across 
the face “Approved, S. J. Lee, Speaker.” 

[No. 89.] 


House of Representatives, 

To J. S. G. GILLMAN, Dr. 

To contingent supplies for regular session 1872-73.$4,165 87 

Approved: 

S. J. LEE, Speaker. 


Received certificate in payment. 

J. S. G. GILLMAN. 


[No. 90.] 

John Williams, (Sergeant-at- Arms House of Representatives,) 

To E. M. BRAYTON, Dr. 

1873. 

Feb. 19. For services rendered as clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms.$375 00 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 91.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, Dr. 

For fuel, coal and sundries.$3,452 52 


JOHN WILLIAMS, 

Sergeant-at-Arms H. R. 

Approved : 

S. J. LEE, Speaker. 


Nos. 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 
109, 110 and 111 are accounts of John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, all 
for “legislative expenses” and “ sundries furnished for House and Com¬ 
mittee rooms,” and amounting respectively to $589.25, $335, $234.50, 
$495.70, $1,296.80, $950, $646.73, $935.50, $521.85, $3,000, $1,325.80, 
$516.18, $3,500, $210.50, $453.27, $205, $414—$15,630.03. I know 
nothing concerning these accounts other than that they all appear to 
have been favorably reported on. They were rendered at the sessions of 
1872-73 and 1873-74. 






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No. 93 is an account of Brookbanks & Co., $150, for sundries fur¬ 
nished January 5, 1873. The report was favorable. 

No. 105 is an account of James B. Edwards, $450.89, for wood and 
coal for House, 1873-74. Evidently one of the “and others.” 

No. 112 is an account of D. Epstin, $250, for sundries furnished Feb¬ 
ruary 28, 1874. This account is marked “Approved, John Williams, 
Sergeaut-at-Arms.” The account was for something, I do not know 
what, furnished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Epstin 
keeps a clothing store in the city of Columbia. 

[No. 92.] 

House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr, 

1873. 

Jan. 10. To sundries furnished House and Committee rooms.$589 25 

Received payment, 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 93.] 

John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 


To BROOKBANKS & CO., Dr. 

1873. 

Jan. 5. For sundries.$150 00 


JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 94.] 

Memorandum of amounts paid out by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the 
House of Representatives, State of South Carolina : 


For wood.$150 00 

For draying. 75 00 

For stove. 35 00 

For coal and coke. 75 00 


$335 00 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 95.] 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

For sundries..$145 50 










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[No. 96.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 
To sundries furnished... $234 50 


JOHN WILLIAMS. - 

[No. 97.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 5, 1873. 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 
For supplies, sundries to Committee rooms, four hundred and 

ninety-five dollars and seventy cents.$495 70 


[No. 98.] 

Columbia, S. C., Nov. 12, 1873. 

House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arras,) Dr. 
For sundries furnished, twelve hundred and ninety-six dollars 

and eighty cents.$1,296 80 

JOHN WILLIAMS, Sergeant-at-Arms. 

[No. 99.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, Dr. 

For legislative expenses. $950 00 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 100.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 14, 1873. 

House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

For sundries furnished, contingent legislative expenses. $646 73 

Received payment, 


JOHN WILLIAMS. 







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[No. 101.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1873. 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

For sundries. $625 00 

For supplies... 310 50 


[No. 102.] 


$935 50 


Columbia, S. C., December 5, 1873. 

House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 
For sundries furnished, five hundred and twenty-one dollars 

and eighty-five cents.. $521 85 


[No. 103.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

To sundries for Committee rooms. $3,000 00 

Received payment, 


JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 104.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 


The State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, Dr. 

To sundries furnished, legislative expenses. $1,325 00 

Received payment. 

[No. 105.] 


Columbia, S. C., March 8, 1874. 

State of South Carolina, 

To JAMES B. EDWARDS, Dr. 
For coal and wood furnished House of Representatives and 

Committee rooms connected therewith. $450 89 

Received payment, 


JAMES B. EDWARDS. 









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[No. 106.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 


House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

To sundries furnished, contingent legislative expenses. $516 18 

Received payment, 


JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 107.] , 

Columbia, S. C., February 18th, 1873. 
House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 
To sundries furnished House of Representatives, as per bill 

rendered...$3,500 00 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 

[No. 108.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 11, 1873. 


House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

For 1 United States flag. $100 00 

For dray age.. 110 50 


[No. 109.] 


Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. » 

House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

For sundries furnished, contingent legislative expenses. $453 27 

Received payment, 


JOHN WILLIAMS. 


[No. 110.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1874. 

House of Representatives, 

To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant-at-Arms,) Dr. 

To sundries furnished. $205 00 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 








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[No. 111.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 14, 1873. 
House of Representatives, State of South Carolina, 


To JOHN WILLIAMS, (Sergeant at-Arms,) Dr t 

For sundries furnished, contingent legislative expenses.$414 00 

[No. 112.] 


Columbia, February 20, 1874. 
Capt. John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 


To D. EPSTIN, Dr. 

To sundries furnished the House of Representatives.$250 00 


No. 113 is an account of Win. Robinson, $378.95, for sundries fur¬ 
nished February 7, 1874. The account is marked “Approved, John 
Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms.” Mr. Robinson is a linen draper and 
clothier in the city of Columbia. The account evidently was for some¬ 
thing in his line furnished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms. 
From the number and kind of accounts contracted by the Sergeant-at- 
Arms, it seems that he was appealed to by “ those who were naked” aud 
he clothed them, and by “those who were hungry” and he fed them. 

Columbia, S. C., February 7, 1874. 
John Williams, Sergeant at-Arms House of Representatives, 


To W. ROBINSON, Dr. 

For sundries. $378 95 


No. 114 is an account of Henry Daniels, $210, for thirty-five cords of 
wood, November, 1873. The account was reported favorably. 

[No. 114.] 

Columbia, S. C., November 24, 1873. 
John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 

To HENRY DANIELS, Dr. 

To furnishing thirty-five cords of wood, at $6 per cord, for use 

of House of Representatives. $210 00 

Received payment. 








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No. 1141 is an account of the Carolina Printing Company for station* 
ery, 1872, $1,537.58. This is one of several similar accounts rendered 
by this company. The report was favorable. 

No. 115 is an account of Thomas J. Gibson, $3,999.10, for supplies 
furnished January 26, 1874. I know nothing further of the account. 
It was reported favorably and ord3red paid. 

[No. 115.] 

Mr. John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 

To THOMAS J. GIBSON, Dr. 

1874. 

January 26. For supplies furnished to date. $3,999 10 


No. 116 is an account of A. P. Turner, $604, for drayage, 1873-74. 
This account is marked “ Approved, John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms.” 
Reported favorably. 

No. 117 is an account of Lewis P. Baxter, $784.90, for wood and coal 
furnished House and Committee rooms, March 1874, covered by the 
words “and others,” one of the mysteries of the Committee. The report 
was favoiable. 


[No. 116.] 

Columbia, S. C., November 24, 1873. 
John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 

State of South Carolina, 

To A. P. TURNER, Dr. 

For services as drayman for various Committees of and for the 
House of Representatives, special session 1873, thirty- 

six days, at $4. . $144 00 

This bill is correct, and the services were rendered as charged for. 

JOHN WILLIAMS, 
Sergeant-at-Arms H. R., State of S. C. 

Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1874. 

John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives S. C. 


To A. P. TURNER, Dr. 

For services as drayman for various Committees of and for 
House of Representatives, regular session 1873-74, one 

hundred and fifteen days, to March 20, 1874, at $4. $460 00 

This bill is correct, and the services essential as charged for. 


JOHN WILLIAMS, 
Sergeant-at-Arms H. R., State of S. C. 






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[No. 117.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 12, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To LEWIS P. BAXTER, Dr. 

To wood and coal furnished House of Representatives and Com¬ 
mittee rooms.$784 90 

Received payment, 


LEWIS P. BAXTER. 


\ 

No. 118 is an account of S. Goodman Bennette, $1,978.40, for contin¬ 
gent expeuses. This account is marked on its face “Approved, Samuel 
J. Lee, Speaker.” This account was brought or sent to me by Mr. J. L. 
Neagle, and the certificate for the same delivered to him upon the order 
of the Speaker. 

[No. 118.] 

February 19, 1873. 

House of Representatives, 

To S. GOODMAN BENNETTE, Dr. 

To contingent expenses for regular session 1872-73'.$1,978 40 

Approved: 

S. J. Lee, Speaker. 

Received payment by pay certificate. 

S. GOODMAN BENNETTE. 


No. 119 is an account of J. C. Holmes, $2,051, for sundries furnished 
House and Committee rooms, 1872-73. This account must have been 
one of those passed under cover of “and others.” 

[No. 119.] 

($2,051.) State of South Carolina, 

House of Representatives, 

February 6, 1873. 

To J. C. HOLMES, Dr. 

January 20, 1873. 

To sundries furnished House Representatives and Committee rooms, 
two thousand and fifty-one dollars. 

Received payment, 


J. C. HOLMES. 






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No. 120 is an account of R. W. Johnson, $3,021.15, for sundries fur 
nished, 1872-73. This account is marked ou the back “Approved, S. J. 
Lee, Speaker/’ and the certificate issued upon his order. I do not 
recollect any particular circumstance connected with it. 

[No. 120.] 


House of Representatives, 

To R. W. JOHNSTON, Dr. 

1872-3. To sundries furnished House and Committee room of 

House.$3,021 15 


No. 121 is an account of S. J. Brown, $3,752.25, for contingent sup¬ 
plies. This account is marked on the face “Approved, Samuel J. Lee, 
Speaker.” This account was brought or sent to me by Mr. J. L. Neagle, 
and the certificate for the same delivered to him upon the order of the 
Speaker. 


[No. 121.] 

December 21, 187-. 

House of Representatives, 

To S. J. BROWN, Dr. 

To contingent supplies for regular session 1872-73..$3,752 25 

Approved: 

S. J. Lee, Speaker. 

Received certificate in payment, 

S. J. BROWN. 


No. 122 is an account of J. Crosswell, $985.75, for sundries as per bill 
rendered, 1872-73. This is doubtless one of the “and others.” 

[No. 122.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

House of Representatives, 

To J. CROSSWELL, Dr. 

Jan. 21. To sundries as per vouchers rendered Committee.$985 75 

Received payment, 


J. CROSSWELL. 







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No. 123 is an account of R. A. Burkett, $500, for sundries furnished, 
1873-74. Another one of those queer-looking accounts covered by “and 
others.” 


[No. 123.] 

Columbia, S. C., February 10, 1874. 


House of Representatives, 

To R. A. BURKETT, Dr. 

To sundries furnished House.$500 00 

Received payment. 


No. 124 is an account of Win. Kennedy, $315, for sundries furnished 
Committee rooms, 1873-74. The report was favorable, and the account 
ordered paid. Mr. Kennedy kept a bar room and restaurant. 

[No. 124.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 
Hon. John Williams, (Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives,) 


To WM. KENNEDY, Dr. 

To sundries furnished to Committee rooms.$315 00 

Received payment. 

Correct account: 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


Nos. 125, 126, 127 and 128 are accounts of E. R. Stokes; Nos. 125 
and 126 cover one account of $351; the others are for $109 and 
$132, respectively,—$592. The accounts are for stationery and binding 
at the session of 1873-74, and for stationery at the session of 1874-75. 
The accounts were reported favorably and ordered paid. 

[No. 125.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 28, 1874. 
Mr. A. O. Jones, (Clerk of House of Representatives,) 

Bought of E. R. STOKES, 

Stationer, Blank Book Manufacturer and Bookbinder, 

Main Street. 


5 four-quire records...$10 00 

1 calendar. 0 00 

1 dozen tuck memorandums. 6 00 










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1 dozen fine memorandums 
1 dozen pocketbooks. 

1 dozen key rings. 

dozen stereoscopic views.. 

4 gold pens. 

2 diaries. 


[No. 126.] 


$12 00 
25 00 
1 00 
1 50 
18 00 
6 00 


$85 50 


Columbia, S. C., 187—. 

Mr. A. O. Jones, (Clerk of’ House of Representatives, S. C.,) 

Bought of E. R. STOKES, 

Stationer, Blank Book Manufacturer and Bookbinder, 

Main Street. 


1873. 

Nov. 21. To 2 writing desks. $ 30 00 

1 perpetual calendar. 15 00 

1 box initial paper... 1 00 

1 ream com. note. 4 00 

1 ream Juniata letter. 7 00 

2 scrap books. 4 50 

2 boxes envelopes. 2 50 

2 bottles ink. 2 00 


1 postoffice box 
1 quart mu 

1 cone mucilage. 

1 Morgan’s mucilage. 

1 stereoscope and stand. 

9 dozen views. 

2 pounds sealing wax. 

2 sponge cups. 

1 water cup. 

1 dozen lead pencils. 

1 dozen lead pencils, colored 

3 ruling pens. 

4 dozen pocketbooks. 

i dozen paper weights. 

4 dozen letter clips. 

4 dozen bill files. .... 

7 gross rubber bands. 

i dozen paper cutters. 

i dozen tape measures. 

4 dozen envelope openers. 

1-12 dozen pocket inkstands. 



1 50 
1 50 
75 
50 

6 00 
45 00 
4 00 
1 00 
1 00 
1 00 

1 50 

4 50 

5 25 

6 00 
3 00 
3 00 
5 25 
3 00 

2 00 
3 00 

75 






































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Nov. 21. To J dozen ink vents. 

1-12 dozen papier macheink. 

i dozen paper weights. 

4 dozen patent pen wipers. 

1 box slate pencils. 

1 brass edge ruler. 

2 telescopic gold pens. 

1 magic ivory pencil. 

1 magic leather pencil. 

1 magic black pencil. 

i dozen penknives. 

1 gold pvn and pencil. 

1 work box. 

4 dozen penknives. 

Nov. 22. To binding 1 volume Rural Carolinian. 

binding 2 volumes novels. 

binding 1 volume Statutes South Carolina 


[No. 127.] 


$ 1 50 
7 00 
7 50 

3 50 
75 
75 

7 00 

4 50 
4 50 
3 50 

15 00 
12 00 
18 00 
7 00 
2 00 
3 00 
2 50 


$265 50 


Columbia, S. C., December 21, 1874. 

House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of E. R. STOKES, 

Stationer, Blank Book Manufacturer and Bookbinder, 

Main Street. 


1874. 

Dec. 21. To binding Statutes South Carolina. 2 50 

2 five qr. records. 10 00 

1 doz. tuck memorandums. 6 00 

1 doz. fine memorandums. 12 00 

2 doz. diaries. 25 00 

1 doz. key rings. 1 00 

3 reams letter paper. 12 00 

2 reams fine note paper. 6 00 

Dec. 29. To binding 3 volumes Statutes South Carolina. 7 50 

binding McFarland. 2 00 

binding 3 volumes Statutes South Carolina. 5 00 

binding and interleaving book, Revised Statutes... 5 00 


1.875. 

Feb. 4. To binding 1 manuscript journal 


$94 00 
15 00 


$109 00 

The above articles were furnished for the use of House of Representa¬ 
tives. 


A. O. JONES. 


































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[No. 128.] 

Columbia, S. C., December 1, 1875. 

House of Representatives, 

State of South Carolina, 

Bought of E. R. STOKES, 

Stationer, Blank Book Manufacturer and Bookbinder, 


Maiu Street. 

1875. 

March 9. To 5 reams note paper, $4. . $ 20 00 

3 reams letter paper, $7. 21 00 

3 reams legal cap, $7.50. 22 50 

2 boxes envelopes, $1.25. 2 50 

March 11. To 1 ream letter paper. 6 00 

12. 1 quart ink, $1; 1 mucilage, $1.50..... 2 50 

2 reams letter paper, $6. 12 00 

1 ream legal cap paper. 7 50 

17. 1 ream foolscap paper. 7 00 

2 reams legal paper, $7. 14 00 

2 reams letter paper, $6. 12 00 

24. 1 ream note paper. 3 00 

2 doz. lead pencils. 2 00 


$132 00 


The above claim is for stationery furnished at the last session of the 
General Assembly for the House of Representatives, and which the 
smallness of the contingent fund prevented being paid. I certify that it 
is true and correct and should be paid. 

GEORGE C. CLYDE, 
Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives. 

[No. 129.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 8, 1876. 
House of Representatives, 

Bought of Jones, Davis & Bouknights, 

(Successors to R. C. Shiver and Co.,) 

Dealers in 

Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Boots, Shoes, &c. 


100 yards carpet, made and laid, at $2.75.$275 00 

1 rug. 10 00 

1 mat. 3 00 

100 yards carpet lining, 121c..... 12 50 

3 shades, $12.50. 37 50 

Hanging shades. 2 50 


$340 50 

No. 129 is an account of Jones, Davis & Bouknights, $340.50, for 
carpets, shades, Ac., for Committee rooms, session of 1875-76. The 
goods were furnished upon the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The re¬ 
port was favorable and the account ordered paid. 


D. JONES. 

J. II. DAVIS. 

C. BOUKNIGIIT. 
E. S. BOUKNIGHT. 


A. O. JONES. 
























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TESTIMONY OF HARDY SOLOMON. 

* Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., July 20, 1877. 

Hardy Solomon, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

I reside in Columbia, S. C., and am by occupation a merchant. I 
have not furnished supplies to the Legislature. I furnished Josephus 
Woodruff and A. O. Jones merchandise from my store. I did not fur¬ 
nish them as Clerks of the respective houses of the General Assembly. 
I believe that they furnished some of the supplies obtained from me to 
members of the General Assembly and other parties—among others State 
officers. As far as my recollection goes, I was paid as follows: Mr. 
Woodruff' would send me a note to have his account made out and sent 
to him; I would do so, and send the same by my book-keeper or clerk, 
and in a day or two he would send me or bring me a legislative cer¬ 
tificate for the amount. I would carry the certificate to the State 
Treasurer, and he would give me a check for it, which I would hand to 
my book-keeper and direct him to credit Mr. Woodruff with amount of 
check. Had no difficulty with the collection while they did business 
with me. After doing business with me they went afterwards to Mr. 
Symmers, and ceased to do a large business with me. With Mr. Jones^ 
the transactions were carried on by him in the same manner except that 
I remember that Mr. Jones several times gave me his own check in pay¬ 
ment of his accounts. Mr. Woodruff’s account with me commenced in 
January, 1871, and shows transactions from 27th January, 1871, to 25th 
April, 1871, to the amount of three thousand six hundred and eighty-one 
98-100 dollars, ($3,681.98j; and from October 7, 1871, to December 8, 
1871, amounting to one thousand and fifty dollars, ($1,050,) in which 
last amount is a charge of two hundred and eighty 85-100 dollars 
($280.85) on account of F. S. Jacobs. The items were mostly liquors 
and cigars of fine quality. Up to this time I have no means of knowing 
who received the articles furnished except that the most of them were 
sent to the State House. About this time Mr. Woodruff complained of 
the size of the bills, and I then instructed Mr. McFie, my book-keeper, 
not to fill orders by verbal messages aud to enter names of parties to 
whom goods were delivered. This was about March, 1872. The trans¬ 
actions from February 12, 1872, to March 28, 1872, amounted to nine 
thousand five hundred and sixty 50-100 dollars, ($9,560.50,) of which I 
will furnish an itemized account, giving names of parties to whom the 
goods were furnished, so far as shown by my books. There was $51.50 
besides from 17th December, 1872, to 7th January, 1873. To the best 


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of my recollection and belief, these accounts were paid in legislative cer 
tificates as stated above. 

HARDY SOLOMON. 

Julv 20, 1877. 

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[.Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

Columbia, S. C., January 27, 1871. 

Hon. J. Woodruff, 

To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

1871. 

Jan. 27. 1 case (quarts) champagne. $ 35 00 

1 box cigars./.. 15 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 box cigars, (50). 7 50 

1 box cigars, (100). 10 00 

2 gallons whisky, $6. 12 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

30. 1 box cigars. 15 00 

31. 3 boxes cigars, 815. 45 00 

1 case (quarts) champagne. 35 00 

Feb. 2. 1 gallon B. whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon c. whisky. 3 00 

1 box L. B. cigars. 10 00 

1 bottle sherry wine. 2 00 

1 bottle port wine. 1 25 

3 boxes L. B. cigars. 30 00 

1 gallon c. whisky. 3 00 

6. 1 case champagne. 35 00 

7. 3 boxes L. B. cigars. 30 00 

10. 1 gallon c. whisky.*. 3 00 

3 boxes cigars, 810. 30 00 

1 case champagne. 35 00 

8378 75 

11. Credit by check. 343 75 


835 00 

14. 1 gallon r. whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon* sherry wine. 30 00 

3 boxes cigars, 810. 30 00 

1 gallon F. brandy. 18 00 

1 case champagne. 35 00 

































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Feb. 15. 2 boxes L. cigars, $15. $ 30 00 

1 box B. C. cigars. 12 00 

16. 1 gallon c. whisky. 4 00 

1 gallon r. whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

3 boxes cigars, $12. 36 00 

17. 1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

2 gallons B. whisky, $6. 12 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

* 1 box cigars. 12 00 

6 boxes matches. 25 


$294 25 

Credit by check. 260 00 


$34 25 

20. 1 gallon B. whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

2 boxes B. C. cigars, $12. 24 00 

1 box C. cigars. 10 00 

21. 1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 box champagne. 35 00 

2 boxes G. M. cigars. 30 00 

1 box V. C. cigars... 12 00 

1 dozen boxes matches. 40 

22. 1 gallon sherry wine... 10 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

3 boxes L. cigars, $15. 45 00 

23. 1 gallon B. whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 

2 boxes cigars, $20. 40 00 

24. 3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 


$456 65 

Credit by check...... 189 65 


$267 00 








































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.] 

Feb. 24. 1 gallon B. whisky. $ 6 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

25. 3 boxes H. cigars, $20. 60 00 

6 boxes cigars, $20 ... 120 00 

1 gallon B. whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine.. 10 00 

1 gallon French brandy. .. 18 00 

1 gallon corn whisky. 4 00 

3 dozen bottles ale, $4.50. 13 50 


$522 50 

Credit by cash. 522 50 


27. 1 gallon brandy..,...,. 18 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

28. 4 boxes champagne, $35. 140 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 

March 1. 1 case champagne. 35 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 

1 gallon whisky.. 6 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

9 boxes cigars, $20. 180 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 


$659 00 

Credit by check. 595 00 


$64 00 

2. 1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

3 dozen ale, $4.50... 13 50 










































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 


March 2. 1 case champagne. $ 35 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

3. 1 gallon whisky . 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 dozen boxes matches... 40 

1 case champagne. 35 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

2 boxes cigars, $20. 40 00 


$403 90 

4. Credit bv cash. 403 90 

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3 cases champagne, $35. $105 00 

10 boxes cigars, $20...,.. 200 00 

6. 2 gallons whisky, $6. 12 00 

1 demijohn. 1 25 

3 cases champagne, $35. 105 00 

1 case champagne. 35 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

10 boxes cigars. 200 00 


$676 25 

8. Credit by check. 676 25 


Jan. 26. By this amount. $ 7 45 

Feb. .11. By this amount. 68 75 

17. By discount, $260. 52 00 

24. By discount, $189.65. 37 93 

25. By discount, $522.50. 104 50 

March 1. By discount, $595. 119 00 


$389 63 

4. To check. 389 63 


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\_Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

March 6. by discount on $403.90. $ 80 78 

8. by discouut. . 136 02 

• - 

$216 80 

8. To check... 216 80 


13. 1 case champagne. $ 35 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

1 doz. bottles ale. 4 50 

20. 1 case champagne... 35 00 


$ 94 50 

April 25. Cr. by discount.. .$18 90 

Cr. bv check. 75 60— $ 94 50 

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Oct. 7. 2 doz. ale, $4. $ 8 00 

1 gallon M. whisky. 7 00 

1 doz. ale. 4 00 

17. 1 box G. M. cigars. 10 00 

1 bottle brandy. 3 50 

18. 1 gallon M. whisky. 7 00 

1 box G. M. cigars. 10 00 

19. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

1 box cigars (for F. S. J.*). 20 00 

1 case champagne, pints. 38 00 

20. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 box cigars. 10 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

2 gallons whisky, $7. 14 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 8 00 

2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

1 case Heidsick, pints. 40 00 

2 jugs. 75 

1 gallon brandy. 15 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

ijug... 25 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

21. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

24. 1 gallon whisky. 7 qo 


*E. S. J. represents E. S. Jacobs. 














































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Oct. 24. 1 box cigars. $ 20 00 

25. 1 box cigars. 10 00 

80. 1 doz. bottles lager. 4 50 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

8 lbs. powdered sugar. 1 00 

Nov. 2. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 doz. lager beer.... 4 50 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 lb. crackers. 25 

1 box canned milk. 40 

1 lb. cheese. 25 

13. 1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 doz. Bremen lager. 4 50 

3 lbs. Java coffee. 1 20 

1G. 1 gallon whisky.,. 7 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 doz. Bremen lager. 4 50 

23. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

25. 3 boxes cigars, $15. 45 00 

1 gallon whisky. 4 50 

1 doz. matches. 50 

1 can condensed milk. 40 

1 doz. lager. 4 50 

27. 1 case champagne. 40 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

2 boxes cigars. 30 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

2 lbs. crackers. 75 

7 lbs. cheese. 175 

1 doz. Bremeu lager beer. 4 50 

4 jugs. 1 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

1 gallon port wine. 10 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

3 jugs. 75 

28. 1 gallon whisky. 7 CO 












































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Nov. 29. 1 box cigars. $ 15 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

30. 1 box cigars. ./.. 15 00 

Dec. 1. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 dozen lager.. 4 50 

Nov. 30. h gallon whisky. 3 50 

i gallon sherry. 5 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 


$769 25 

Amount for F. S. Jacobs. 280 85 


81,050. 10 

Dec. 8. Cr. by check. 1,050 10 


1872. 

Feb. 10. 1 box cigars (\V. E. H.).$ 20 00 

13. 1 case brandy. 40 00 

1 bottle brandy. 3 50 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

2 bottles whisky. 3 00 

6 bottles champagne. 20 00 

15. 2 cases champagne, $40. 80 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 

2 gallons whisky, $7. 14 00 

2 gallons sherry wine, $10. 20 00 

3 dozen bottles lager. 13 50 

16. 3 boxes cigars, $20. 60 00 

2 gallons sherry wine, $10. 20 00 

1 case brandy. 40 00 

3 bottles bitters, $2.50. 7 50 

17. 3 cases champagne. 120 00 

6 boxes cigars, $20. 120 00 

6 gallons whisky, $7. 42 00 

19. 2 boxes cigars. 40 00 

2 cases brandy, $40. 80 00 

3 cases champagne, $40. 120 00 

3 dozen bottles lager, $4 50. 13 50 

2 gallons sherry wine, $10. 20 00 

6 gallons whisky, $7. 42 00 

2 cases brandy, $40. 80 00 











































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[Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 


Feb. 20. 3 cases champagne, $40. . $ 120 00 

5 boxes cigars, $20 . 100 00 

3 gallons sherry wine, $10. 30 00 

2 gallons whisky, $7. 14 00 

3 dozen lager, $3 50. 13 50 

21. 4 boxes cigars. 80 00 

3 gallons sherry wine, $10. 30 00 

2 cases brandy. 80 00 

3 gallons whisky. 21 00 

2 cases champagne, $40. 80 00 


$1,067 50 

March 6. Cr. bv check. 1,667 50 


Feb. 22. 3 cases champagne, $40. $ 120 00 

2 cases brandy. 80 00 

3 gallons whisky. 21 00 

2 gallons sherry wine. 20 00 

6 boxes cigars, $20-. 120 00 

23. 3 dozen lager, $4.50. 13 50 

3 gallons c. whisky, $4.50. 13 50 

5 boxes cigars. 100 00 

2 gallons sherry wine, $10. 20 00 

3 bottles bitters, $2.50. 7 50 

1 gallon brandy. 18 00 

24. 1 case champagne. 40 00 

24. 2 cases brandy, $40. 80 00 

24. 3 boxes cigars. 60 00 

24. 3 gallons sherry wine, $10. 30 00 

24. 3 dozen bottles lager, $4.50. 13 50 

22. 3 gallons corn whisky, $4.50. 13 50 

26. 2 cases champagne, $40. 80 00 

3 boxes cigars.. 60 00 

2 gallons c. whisky, $4.50. 9 00 

3 dozen bottles lager, $4.50. 13 50 

28. 2 cases brandy, $40. 80 00 

2 gallons sherry wine, $10. 20 00 

Jugs. 10 00 

March 1. 1 box cigars, W. E. H. (Senator Holcombe). 20 00 

1 case brandy, Senator Montgomery. 40 00 

8 cases champagne, J. Woodruff.. 320 00 











































154 


[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

March 1. 1 case brandy.. $ 40 00 

6 gallons whisky,$7. 42 00 

3 dozen lager (self), $4.50. 13 50 

3 gallons c. whisky, $4.50. 13 50 

6 boxes cigars, $20. 120 00 

3 gallons sherry wine, $10. 30 00 

1 case brandy, W. E. H., (Senator Holcombe,)... 40 00 

1 case brandy, J. Wilson. 40 00 

10 boxes cigars, $20... 200 00 


$1,962 00 

6. Cr. by check. 1.962 00 


March 4. 6 cases champagne, $40. 240 00 

6 cases brandy, $40. 240 00 

5 boxes cigars. 100 00 

3 gallons sherry wine. 30 00 

5. 2 gallons whisky, 87. 14 00 

10 boxes cigars, $20. 200 00 

3 cases brandy, $40. 120 00 

4 dozen bottles lager, $4.50. 18 00 

4 cases brandy, $40. 160 00 

3 gallons sherry wine, $10. 30 00 

3 gallons whisky, $7. 21 00 

4 dozen bottles lager, $4.50. 18 00 

6 cases champagne, $40. 240 00 

10 boxes cigars, $20. 200 00 


$1,631 00 

12. Cr. by check. 1,631 00 


7. 1 box cigars, for G. 20 00 

1 case champagne, for G. 40 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

1 case brandy, order. 40 00 

1 gallon sherry wine, order. 10 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20...... 60 00 

2 gallons whisky, Wilson. 14 00 

8. 8 boxes cigars, $20. 160 00 

6 cases champagne, R. K. Scott. 240 00 

10 boxes cigars. 200 00 

6 cases champagne, J. L. Neagle. 240 00 











































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[Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

March 9. Sundries for C. $ 16 75 

Sundries for G. (Gurney). 100 00 

11. 1 box cigars, D. order. 20 00 

1 gallon brandy, D. 18 00 

2 cases brandy, B. 80 00 

1 case champagne... 40 00 

1 cask lager, 12 dozen, $4 50. 54 00 

1 case port wine. 40 00 

1 box cigars.. 20 00 

12. Sundries, for William G. (Gurney). 100 00 

Sundries, for F. S. J. (Jacobs). 300 00 


$1,852 75 

13. Cr. by check. 1,852 75 


March 13. Sundries, for W. G. (Gurney). 25 25 

14. 1 cask porter, for R. (Lieutenant Governor A. J. 

Ransier). 36 00 

1 cask ale, for R. (Lieutenant Governor A. J. 

Ransier). 36 00 

500 cigars, for R. (Lieutenant Governor A. J. 

Ransier). 100 00 

6 cases champagne, for R. (Lieutenant Governor 

A. J. Ransier). 240 00 

1,000 cigars, for R. (Lieutenant Governor A. J. 

Ransier). 200 00 

16. 1 case champagne, for R. (Lieutenant Governor 

A. J. Ransier). 40 00 

. 1 case brandy. 40 00 

18. 1 case brandy. 40 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

28. 1 gallon r. whiskey (A. J. Ransier). 7 00 

1 box cigars (A. J. Ransier). 20 00 

13. 1 bottle b. cherries. 2 00 


$806 25 

Credit by settlement.•. 806 25 


March 13. Sundries for W. Gurney. . $100 00 

3 cases champagne (R. K. Scott). 120 00 

14. 1 cask porter (A. J. Ransier). 36 00 

1 doz. ale (A. J. Ransier).. ... 36 00 







































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

March 14. 500 cigars (A. J. Ransier). $ 100 00 

6 cases champagne (A. J. Ransier). 240 00 

1,000 cigars (P.). 200 00 

2 cases champagne (P.). 80 00 

500 cigars (R. Iv. Scott). 100 00 

2 cases brandy (R. K. Scott). 80 00 

16. 1 case champagne (R. K. Scott). 40 00 

2 cases brandy. 80 00 

2 gallons sherry (J, L. Neagle). 20 00 

18. 1 case brandy (J. L. Neagle). 40 00 

4 cases champagne (J. L. Neagle). 160 00 

2 boxes cigars.‘. 40 00 

500 cigars (A. J. Ransier). 100 00 

1 case brandy (A. J. Ransier). 40 00 

28. 1 gal r. whisky (A. J. Ransier).'. 7 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

1 bottle b. cherries. 2 00 


$1,641 00 

Aug. 15. Cr. by this amouut. 200 00 


• 

$1,441 00 

Dec. 17. 2 boxes cigars. 40 00 

1873. 

Jan. 7. 1 gallon Madeira wine. 10 00 

1 demijohn . 1 50 


$1,492 50 

Feb. 15. Credit by settlement. 1,492 50 

j t 


1874. 

Dec. 16. Order to J. A. Barr. 11 63 

23. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

3 boxes cigars, $8. 24 00 

1875. 

Feb. 20. 1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 7 00 

1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

2 demijohns. 1 50 

24. 1 gallon whisky. 5 00 








































157 


[Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Feb. 24. 1 gallon brandy. $ 12 00 

26. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky... 5 00 

27. 1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

March 2. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

3. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon sherry. 7 00 

2 demijohns. 1 50 

4. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

2 gallons whisky. 8 00 

1 gallon brandy. 10 00 

6. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

1 gallon sherry. 7 00 

1 doz. matches... 40 

9. 1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

11. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

1 gallon sherry. 7 00 

12. 101 pounds ham, 16c. 1 64 

16. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallou whisky. 5 00 

18. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon sherry. 7 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

19. 1 gallon wine. 7 00 

1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky..’. 5 00 

22. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

24. 1 gallon brandy,. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

25. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

2. 1 gallon brandy. 12 00 

1 gallon whisky.'..*. 5 00 

2 demijohns. 1 50 












































158 


[Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

Dec. 9. 1 gallon sherry wine. $ 6 00 

1 gallon whisky. ,.1. 4 00 

11. 1 gallon r. whisky. 5 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 4 00 

12. 1 gallon r. whisky. . 4 00 

1 gallon whisky. . 5 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 5 00 

15. 1 gallon sherry wine. 4 00 

1 gallon whisky. 5 00 

16. 1 gallon wine. 6 00 

1 gallon whisky... 7 00 

1 box cigars. 7^00 

17. 1 gallon wine. 6 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

18. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon wine... 6 00 

20. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon wine. 6 00 

21. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon wine.. 6 00 

22. 1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon wine.. 6 00 

23. Order to White. 25 00 

Order to White. 10 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

2 gallons wine, $6. 12 00 

Order to bearer. 10 00 

2d. Order to Senator C. Smith. 25 00 

1876. 

Jan. 18. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon sherry wine. 5 00 

19. 1 gallon whisky. 3 00 

1 gallon whisky. 4 00 

20. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky.. 6 00 

21. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

24. 2 gallons wine, $5. 10 00 

2 gallons whisky, $6. 12 00 

26. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 











































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon .] 


Jan. 26. 1 gallon whisky.. $ 6 00 

27. Order to W. H. White. 20 00 

28. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine..... 5 00 

1 dozen ale. 4 00 

1 gallon wine.,. . 5 00 

Feb. 1. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

4 gallon whisky. 3 00 

1 box cigars... 10 00 

2. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky...t. 6 00 

2 gallons whisky, $6. 12 00 

5. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

7. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

9. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 box cigars. 7 00 

10. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

11. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

12. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

14. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

15. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

16. 1 dozen porter. 3 00 

2 gallons whisky. 12 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

17. 2 gallons whisky. 12 00 

2 gallon wine. 2 50 

$ gallon gin. 2 50 

2 jugs.. 30 

18. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 











































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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Feb. 18. 1 box cigars. . $ 7 00 

1 bottle brandy. 3 00 

2 dozen beer. 8 00 

10. 1 gallon wine.:. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 4 00 

23. 1 gallon whisky. 4 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

24. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

25. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 box cigars. 8 00 

1 jug. 25 

26. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

28. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

March 1. 1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 box cigars. 7 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

1 dozen beer. 4 00 

6. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

7. 1 gallon whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 

8. 1 gallou whisky. 6 00 

1 gallon wine. 5 00 


81,148 72 

April 10. Cr. by cash—two warrants. 1,000 00 


$148 72 

Dec. 12. 17 pounds candles, 25c.:. 4 25 


$152 97 

1877. 

Jan. 25. Cr. by settlement. $152 97 








































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[Copy.] 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j 
City of Columbia. ^ 

Personally appeared before me, R. A. Young, a Notary Public in and 
for city and State aforesaid, Mr. Hardy Solomon, who, being duly sworn, 
testifies that the above is a correct copy of the same account as shown 
by his books. 

HARDY SOLOMON. 

Subscribed and sworn before me this 25th day of July, 1877. 

[l. s.] R. A. YOUNG, 

Notary Public. 

[Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

A. O. Jones, 

To HARDY SOLOMON, Dr. 

1871. 

Nov. 29. 1 gallon sherry wine... $ 10 00 

1 gallon whisky. 4 50 

\ gallou brandy. 9 00 

2 dozen bottles ale. 9 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

3 bottles bitters. 6 00 

3 jugs. 75 

Dec. 9. 1 case champagne. 40 00 

2 gallons c. whisky, $4.50. 9 00 

2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

1 jug. 50 

12. 2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

1 gallon brandy, for Etter, (W. J.). 18 00 

1 jug. 25 

1 gallon sherry wine. 10 00 

1 gallon corn whisky.'. 4 50 

4 boxes cigars, $15. 60 00 

1 pineapple cheese. 2 25 

1 bottle brandy. 1 25 

1 bottle brandy. 1 00 

14. 1 case champagne. 40 00 

2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

16. 3 boxes cigars, -$15. 45 00 

1 case champagne. . 40 00 


$441 00 

22. Cr. by check . . 441 00 

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[Account of Hardy Solomon.] 

Dec. 19. 1 case champagne (R. K. Scott). $ 40 00 

1 box cigars (R. K. Scott). 20 00 

1 gallon brandy (R. K. Scott). 9 00 

2 gallons brandy, $18. 36 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

2 jugs. 50 

21. 1 basket champagne. 40 00 

22. 1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 gallon whisky. 4 50 

2 bottles brandy. 7 00 

1 jug. 25 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

1 box cigars... .... 15 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

23. 1 basket champagne. 40 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

1872. 

Jan. 6. 1 box cigars. 15 00 

10. 3 bottles bitters, $1.50. 4 50 

3 bottles bitters, $1.25. 3 75 

1 gallon brandy. 9 00 

j»g. 15 

2 boxes cigars, $15. 30 00 

11. Amount to John B. Dennis. 145 00 

Sundries as per bill. 352 50 


$1,052 15 

11. Cr by check. . 1,052 15 


Jan. 20. 1 box cigars (C. C. Bowen). 15 00 

1 case champagne (C. C. Bowen). 40 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20 (C. C. Bowen). 60 00 

3 boxes cigars, $20 (J. B. Dennis). 60 00 

\ gross M. T. tobacco (J. B. Dennis'). 10 00 

16. 2 boxes cigars (from 541). 30 00 

24. 10 boxes cigars (Dennis and Moses). 200 00 

1 box cigars (Dennis and Moses). 20 00 











































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[Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

Jan. 24. 1 box cigars (Byas) . $ 15 00 

1 box cigars, (John B. Dennis). 15 00 

2 gallons whisky, $7 (John B. Dennis). 14 00 

2 gallons whisky, $4.50 (John B. Dennis). 9 00 

Jug (John B. Dennis). 50 

1 box cigars, (John B. Dennis). 15 00 

1 box cigars, “ “ 20 00 

25. 1 gallon whisky, “ “ 15 00 

2 gallons whisky, $7, “ “ 14 00 

1 jug “ “ . 50 

sundries as per bill. 4 86 


$1,039 00 

25. Cr. by check. 921 00 


$ 118 00 

Feb. 1. 1 box cigars. 15 00 

2 gallons whisky. 14 00 

9. 2 gallons whisky, $7. 14 00 

1 box cigars. 15 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 

1 box cigars. 20 00 

2 boxes cigars, (F. S. Jacobs,) $20. 40 00 

sundries as per bill. 525 50 

sundries, (John B. Dennis). 274 50 


$1,076 00 

14. Cr. by check. 1,076 00 


Feb. 13. 1 case champagne, (W. J. McKinlay,). 40 00 

\ gallon brandy, “ “ . 9 00 

1 jug, “ “ . 75 

2 gallons whisky, (J. B. Dennis,) . 14 00 

1 box cigars, “ “ . 15 00 

6 cases champagne, $40, (F. J. Moses,)... 240 00 

6 cases Catawba, $40, “ “ 240 00 

1 case brandy, “ “ 40 00 

1 cask ale, “ “ 36 00 

24. amount for J. B. Dennis. 210 86 

amount as per bill. 449 89 

27. 1 case brandy. 40 00 

1 case champagne. 40 00 


$1,375 50 

24. Cr. by check. 1,375 50 














































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[Account af Hardy Solomon .] 

March 1. 2 boxes cigars. . $ 40 00 

2 gallons whisky.. 14 00 

2. 1 case champague, (J. S.). 40 00 

1 box cigars, “ . 20 00 

1 case brandy. 40 00 

2 cases champagne.. 80 00 

1 case sherry wine. 40 00 

4. 1 box cigars, (J. B. Dennis,). 20 00 

3 boxes cigars, $15, (J. H. W.). 45 00 

5 gallons whisky, $7. 35 00 

1 keg. 2 00 

3 boxes cigars, (H. McB.). 45 00 

5 gallons whisky, $7. 35 00 

1 keg. 2 00 

3 boxes cigars, B. 11. 45 00 

5 gallons whisky. 35 00 

1 keg. 2 00 

3 boxes cigars, (C. D. Hayne). 45 00 

5 gallons whisky. 35 00 

1 keg. 2 00 

3 boxes cigars, (J. L. J.). 45 00 

5 gallons whisky, “ 35 00 

1 keg... 2 00 

3 boxes cigars, (W. D.). 45 00 

5 gallons whisky... 35 00 

1 keg... 2 00 

5. 4 boxes cigars, $20, (F. J. Moses). 80 00 

1 case champagne, “ . 40 00 

2 boxes cigars, (to bearer). 40 00 

sundries for J. B. Dennis. 250 00 

sundries for F. J. Moses. 400 00 


$1,596 00 

5. Cr. by check... 1,596 00 

7. 1 gallon alcohol. $ 5 00 

2 boxes condensed milk. 1 00 

2 doz. boxes matches. 1 00 

Mar. 7. 1 case champagne... $ 40 00 

1 gallon whisky. 7 00 

2 boxes cigars. 40 00 

8. 1 case champagne, (John B. Dennis). 40 00 










































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[Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Mar. 3. 1 case brandy, (John B. Dennis) . $ 40 00 

2 boxes cigars, “ “ . 40 00 

12. 1 dozen bottles pickles, (F. J. Moses). 20 00 

12 cases C. water, “ “ . 180 00 

5,000 cigars, “ “ . 1,000 00 

2 boxes cigars, $20. 40 00 

13. 2 gallons whisky. 14 00 

1 gallon sherry wine... 10 00 


$1,478 00 

13. Cr. by check. 1,478 00 


Apr. 29. 1 case champagne, (C. C. Bowen). 40 00 

2 boxes cigars, $20, “ “ 40 00 

June 7. 1 dozen bottles Madeira wine.. 22 00 

6 bottles port wine. 12 00 


$114 00 

Jan. 3. Cr. by check. 114 00 


Dec. 21. 2 cases champagne... $ 80 00 

2 gallons brandy. 30 00 

Jugs.;— 50 

1873. 

Jan. 3. 1 case pts. champagne, (R. M. Smith). 40 00 

1 gallon brandy, “ “ . 20 00 

Jug, “ “ . 50 

23. 1 case champagne.-... 40 00 

3 gallons sherry, $10. 30 00 

3 gallons whisky, $7. 21 00 

2 boxes cigars, $20. 40 00 

Jugs... 1 50 


, $303 50 

Cr. by settlement. 303 50 


Feb. 28. 1 case champagne, for Dr. Bosemon. $ 40 00 

Mar. 20. 1 box cigars. 25 00 

£ box H. C. cigars, for F. J. Moses. 9 50 

June 12. 1 box Pantillo cigars. 20 00 

\ box Ceresa cigars, $50. 12 50 

Dec. 24. Amount to Colonel Kennedy. 8 00 


$114 50 

Feb. —. By settlement..H 4 50 


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[.Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

1872. 

Feb. 29. To check. $ 75 00 

Mar. 1. Order to W. B. Stanley. 53 25 

2. Draft to W. D. Love & Co. 139 00 

Draft to Isaac Sulzbacher. 200 00 

Check previous. 100 00 

5. Order to A. O. Jones. 278 85 

15. Draft order to self. 294 80 

26. Draft to W. D. Love & Co. 320 00 


$1,460 90 

Feb. 29. Cr. by discount.$660 00 

Cr. by discount. 186 10 

Mar. 15. Cr. by discount. 319 20 

Cr. by discount. 295 60—$1,460 90 


1874. 

Jan. 1. To amount paid order... $ 25 00 

2. To goods to S. F. Duncan. 100 00 

23. Order to J. Felder Myers. 100 00 

1 case brandy. 40 00 

1 case Madeira wine. 30 00 

24. Goods to John Dicks. 5 00 

28. 1 bottle brandy. 3 50 

1 box cigars. 10 00 

Feb. 4. 1 package government coffee, 51 pounds, 50c. 25 50 

1 barrel gr. sugar, 219 pounds, 14c. 30 66 

2 dozen olive oil, $9. 18 00 

1 box Colgate soap, 80 pounds, 10c. 8 00 

1 case Sea Foam, 2 dozen, $4.20. 8 40 

1 gross matches. 5 00 

1874. 

Feb. 4. 6 P. A. hams, 70 pounds, 17c... $ 11 90 

48 cans milk, 35c. 16 80 

8 dozen ale, $3. 24 00 

36 pounds P. candles, 45c. 16 20 

6. Paid freight on goods to Charleston. 5 00 

7. 1 case sherry wine. 27 00 

1 case sparkling Catawba. 25 00 

9. 2 pounds pepper, 40c...... 80 

2 bars soap. .20 

2 bottles S. D, bitters, $1.25. 2 50 










































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[Account of Hardy Solomon .] 

Pel). 9. 1 box blacking. $ 15 

11. 1 case claret. 16 00 

17. Paid drafts and memorandums to South Carolina 

Bank and Trust Company. 653 67 


$1,208 28 

17. Cr. by sundries... 1,145 00 


$63 28 

Feb. 4. 1 dozen assorted extracts.r. 3 50 

1 dozen Worcestershire sauce. 12 00 

2 bottles Queen olives. 2 00 

1 box English crackers. 3 00 

2 bottles brandy peaches, $1. 2 00 

6 cans mushrooms, 60c. 3 60 

2 pounds smoking tobacco, 75c. 1 50 

6 bottles wine bitters, $1.50. 9 00 

12 half boxes sardines, 45c. 5 40 

1 dozen guava jelly. 4 50 

1 dozen boxes lye... 3 00 

1 P. A. cheese... 4 11 

2 Edam cheese. 2 00 

7 pounds smoked beef, 3Qc. 2 10 

1 bottle M. wine to fill up case. 2 30 


$123 29 

To amount from old L., 21..— 114 50 


$237 79 

Cr. by Duncan order. $ 25 00 

Cr. by Duncan order. 100 00 

By balance settlement. 112 79— $237 79 


1874. 

March 10. 3 box Russ bitters. 3 75 

1 dozen matches. 40 

11. 1 box C. cigars. 17 00 

1 box F. cigars. 17 00 

3 bottles Russ bitters. 3 75 

2 bottles Boker’s bitters. 3 50 

1 box sarsaparilla.. —.... 75 

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[Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

June 20. 2 boxes cigars, $20...... 

Nov. 23. 1 box cigars. 

Dec. 12. Order to Grant. 

24. Order to Robert Curin. 

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March 11. Cr. by credit on settlement.. 


1875. 
Jan. 16. 
Feb. 25. 
March 20. 


Aug. 

14. 

Sept. 

1 . 

Nov. 

27. 

Dec. 

4, 

11. 


18. 


20. 


1876. 
Jan. 26. 
29. 

Feb. 1. 


Order to A. Watson 
Order to A. Watson 
Order to bearer. 


By cash. 

•j 

2 box cigars. 

Order to bearer. 

Order to bearer. 

Order to bearer... 

Order to bearer. 

2 pounds Java coffee. 

1 can milk. 

3 pounds Java coffee, 40c. 

Order to bearer. 

1 pound tea.<. 

3 cans milk. 


15. Cr. by cash. 

19. Order to Humbert 
26. Order to Humbert 
29. 1 pound tea. 

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Mar. 20. i pound tea. 

1 can milk. 

22. Order to Westberry. 
25. Order to Humbert.., 


$ 40 

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8 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

$109 

15 

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$9 

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80 


30 

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20 

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$27 

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30 

$15 

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20 

00 

1 

50 

$36 

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35 

20 

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25 

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[.Account of Hardy Solomon.'] 

Apr. 14. Order to Bridges. $ 15 00 

22. 615 pounds bacon, 14c., (Nelson Davies, Yorkville). 85 82 
100 pounds Rio coffee, (Nelson Davies, Yorkville).. 25 00 
2 bbls. brown sugar, 256 and 265 pounds each—521 


pounds, 10c., (Nelson Davies, Yorkville). 52 10 

$260 17 

May 6. GY. by cash. .. . % 260 17 

May 9. Order to Miller. $21 00 

June 23. Order to McLaughlan. 40 00 

$61 00 

Sept. 21. By cash..•. 61 00 


[Copy.] 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
City of Columbia. 


Personally appeared before me, R. A. Young, a Notary Public in and 
for State aforesaid, Mr. Hardy Solomon, who, being duly sworn, testifies 
that the above is a correct copy of the same account as shown by his 
books. 

HARDY SOLOMON. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of July, 1877. 

[l. 8.] R. A. YOUNG, 

Notary Public. 


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TESTIMONY OF LEWIS GRANT. 

Columbia, S. C., January 10, 1878. 

Lewis Grant, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Charleston, S. C.; occupation, porter to the Clerk of 
the Senate. Occupied this position for the last six years. A part of my 
duty was to attend to the refreshment room adjoining the room occupied 
by the Clerk of the Senate. I generally opened the room at 8 o’clock 
in the morning and kept it open from 2 to 4 next morning. During 
that time some one was constantly in the room, eating, drinking or 
smoking. Senators, members of the House and State officers and Judges 
and editors of influential newspapers were constant visitors ; not an hour 
in the day, and but few at night, but what some one of them were there 
drinking and smoking. Many of the Senators and members would come 
to the room before breakfast, hunting a drink or “eye-opener.” I can¬ 
not estimate the amount drank on an average every day, but several 
gallons, with a considerable amount of wine, porter, ale, &c., included. 
We kept the best article all the time; the Senators and members would 
complain if any but the best of cigars and wines and liquors were fur¬ 
nished them. I remember many times to have had on hand what I 
considered very good cigars and liquors, but they would complain. I 
found it hard to keep a sufficient amount of cigars on hand to supply 
their demands, from the fact that the Senators and members on leaving 
would generally fill one or two of their pockets. I have seen men assem¬ 
bled in bar rooms drinking and carousing, but I never saw anything to 
equal the refreshment room of the Senate for drinking, smoking and 
talking. Sunday was no exception to the rule. Often, after they would 
drink heavy, many of them would lie down on the sofas and sleep until 
next morning. I remember often when the call of the Senate was made 
that the members would be in the refreshment room drinking. I thought 
it impossible for men to drink so much whisky and attend to any busi¬ 
ness. I remember that a large majority of the men who assembled at 
the room were Republicans, though some Democratic Senators and some 
few from the House were there. Senators Holcombe and Bieman and 
Representative Smith were on hand every day, and often two or three 
times; Senator Wilson also. They also brought their friends to drink 
with them. The Senate refreshment room was where the members met 
to talk over the various jobs that were under consideration and make 
arrangements as to how they would vote on them. When some of them 
would leave they would put a bottle of champagne in their pockets. 
The room was kept open and refreshments received from the time I was 
appointed porter. I occupy the same position now, but siuce Governor 






Hampton took charge of the State House no refreshments has been served; 
that business has been stopped ! ! 

LEWIS GRANT. 

Attest: 


L. T. 


Levin. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN WILLIAMS, (EX-SERGEANT AT-ARMS.) 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, July 23, 1877. 

John Williams, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is John Williams; residence, Aiken County, at Hamburg; 
occupation, a farmer. I acted as Sergeant-at-Arms of the blouse of 
Representatives while F. J. Moses, Jr., and S. J. Lee, Esqs., were 
respectively Speakers of the House. It was a part of my duty, under a 
resolution of the House, to purchase supplies for the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives by order of the Speaker. I purchased supplies while F. J. 
Moses, Jr., was Speaker. I purchased in that way a lot of furniture 
from M. H. Berry, Committee room furniture, consisting of chairs, 
tables, washstands. While Moses was Speaker I purchased some bed¬ 
room sets and delivered them at the buildings of Mr. Greenfield, at the 
corner over Mr. Muller’s store. I furnished eight rooms. Two of them 
were occupied by Gen. W. J. Whipper; two others by W. H. Jones, 
from Georgetown; two others by Benjamin Byas; two others by S. J. 
Lee. There were eight rooms or more; they had the whole building 
occupied. James A. Bowley had a room there. I delivered those bed¬ 
room sets to the parties named while Moses was Speaker, and furnished 
their rooms with carpets also and all conveniences generally. I do not 
know what became of the furniture; I did not remove any of it. After 
the session I endeavored, as Sergeant-at-Arms, to collect it up, and I had 
a great deal of difficulty about it. I was informed by Mr. J. B. Dennis, 
James A. Bowley, Benjamin Byas, Charles Minort, that I had nothing 
to do with it, also by Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.; and consequently it was left 
in their hands; I had no more to do with it. 

The Railroad Committee and Finance Committee occupied rooms over 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, and I furnished those 
rooms during the Speakership of Moses, when Joe Crews was Chairman 
of the Railroad Committee. I furnished those rooms with carpeting, 
bureaus, sideboards and everything that was necessary. Didn’t put any 
bedsteads there. Mr. Owens and Tim Hurley were there and W. H. 
Gardner. They had rooms there. J. B. Dennis had rooms there. I was 
unable to get possession of it. J. B. Dennis told me I had no more to 



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do with it; also Charles Minort. Don't know what became of it. At 
the beginning of my term as kSergeant-at-Arms I fitted up two rooms 
for the Speaker at Mrs. Randall’s; furnished them with stoves and 
furniture, carpets, &c. This all went with the balance. There was 
some furniture said to have been carried to Minort’s and James Davis’s, 
but I know nothing about it. This was during Moses’s term as Speaker. 
During Moses’s administration as Speaker, I purchased carpets, towels, 
soap and such articles from J. H. & M. L. Kinard’s; got from Hardy 
Solomon’s whisky, cigars, champagne and so on. As to Fagan & Bro., 
I had some broken furniture mended by them. I did not buy any 
furniture for any member of the General Assembly, nor ship any to any 
member. During Lee’s administration I furnished two sets of bedroom 
furniture in Greenfield’s wooden building for the Speaker by order of 
the House of Representatives. During Lee’s administration I was 
ordered to furnish rooms over Fine’s—four rooms ; I didn’t do it. The 
accounts were presented to the Committee on Contingent Accounts. I 
would not approve them as Sergeant-at-Arms and refused to sign my 
name to them. The rooms over the South Carolina Bank and Trust 
Company were in like manner refurnished, but I did not approve the 
accounts. The Committee on Contingent Accounts also furnished rooms 
at Charles S. Minort’s and other places in like manner, and at Davis’s. 
The furniture furnished at Speaker Lee’s rooms was removed during my 
term as Sergeant-at-Arms, but I do not now know what became of it. 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 

July 23, 1877. 


Columbia, S. C., July 24, 1877. 

Continuation of the examination of John Williams, who, after being 
duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I desire to correct my statement of yesterday that in fitting up the 
rooms over Greenfield’s I placed bedsteads in them. I did put in the 
rooms all necessary articles except bedsteads. This was during Moses’s 
term as Speaker. I bought nothing else from Hardy Solomon except 
wines, licpiors and cigars. I traded also with Mr. T. J. Gibson during 
Lee’s term, and bought wines, champagnes and cigars, sometimes 
crackers and cheese; also orders were given for the same purposes. 
Witness admits sending an order to T. J. Gibson for sugar, butter, 
raisins, currants, lemons, one ham, etc., on March 25, 1873. Don’t 
remember for whom these orders were given. Never shipped any goods 
by express to any member, but I did sometimes give members orders for 
goods. I gave James A. Bowley, William Thomas, Tim Hurley, J. D. 
Boston and others orders for goods. I gave orders also to P. R. Rivers 
and Paris Simkins, and probably others. I suppose that all these goods 


were paid for by the State, at least pay certificates were issued for them. 
I gave J. D. Boston an order for one box of champagne, but I did not 
put in the words “Ship to Newberry C. H.” I recollect that J. A. 
Bow ley got one box champagne, one box port wine, one box whisky, one 
box brandy, one box sherry wine and three boxes cigars. Goods were 
furnished in many instances to the houses where members boarded. 
Don’t know anything of B. M. Patterson, and don’t know that he ever 
furnished any supplies or rendered any service. I would have known it 
if he had furnished any supplies. 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., January 4, 1878. 

John Will iams, being recalled, says: 

That while he acted as Sergeant at-Arms vouchers or accounts were 
made out in the name of fictitious persons for large amounts and passed 
upon by the Committee on Contingent Accounts, and certificates drawn 
for them and delivered to different members of the House. I recognize 
paper No. 1, referred to in Mr. A. O. Jones’s evidence, as one of that class 
This was given, I think, to W. PI. Jones, member from Georgetown* 
County; there was no consideration for it; amount, 81,125. I have 
examined paper No. 9 in Mr. Jones’s evidence. I recognize it as one of 
the fraudulent amounts. I know of no such man as A. Washburn,—he 
never did any work for the House. I am certain this was one of the 
made-up accounts. I don’t know anything of the amount of No. 1G 
from evidence of A. O. Jones. Mr. Epstiu kept a clothing store and 
must have furnished some of the members and received a certificate for 
it. Amounts No. 17 and 171, presented by Mr. Asher Palmer, was, I 
suppose, for stoves; I know that he furnished a great many stoves to the 
Committee rooms and to individual members, who claimed that they 
used their rooms for Committee purposes. I don’t know what became 
of the stoves; when I would call on the members for them they would 
tell me it was none of my business, and when we would meet again the 
same rooms would be refurnished with stoves, carpets and furniture. I 
cannot undertake to explain the accounts of Mr. M. H. Berry, a dealer 
in furniture. I know that large quantities of furniture were furnished by 
Mr. Berry each session ; that as soon as the General Assembly adjourned 
the furniture disappeared, and that I was compelled, under the order of 
the Speaker or some Committee Chairman, to refurnish all the rooms as 
soon as the Legislature met. These rooms were outside of the Capitol 
building. I know that Sperry, a member from Georgetown County, 
obtained an order for furniture. I was told that it was my business to 
furnish the rooms; that after that I had nothing more to do with them 


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or the furniture in them; consequently it was, in my opinion, stolen by 
parties who had charge of it. I don’t know anything of No. 21 referred 
to in Mr. Jones’s evidence. Mr. Taylor kept a grocery store, and I sup¬ 
pose furnished some of the members. 

I don’t know anything of No. 214 in evidence of A. O. Jones. Wil¬ 
liam Gurney resided in Charleston and was County Treasurer. It he 
ever furnished any supplies to the House it was without my knowledge. 

I can’t explain Mr. Stanley’s accounts. I purchased some bowls and 
pitchers, brooms and dusters for the use of the Committee rooms. Don’t 
know who received the other articles referred to in his accounts; some 
member of the House, as no other person could have obtained them.- I 
can only explain No. 24, referred to in evidence of A. O. Jones, in a gen¬ 
eral way. Mr. Kinard kept a dry goods store here, and furnished car¬ 
pets and other goods to the members of the House on the order of the 
Speaker or Chairman of a Committee. I know that very little of the 
supplies came to the State House. I never could ascertain what became 
of them; supposed and believed the members carried them home when 
the House adjourned. This account is made out for $5,127.28, but don’t 
give any items. I think it was a rule for the merchant to furnish the 
member an itemized account, and to make his account out in full against 
the State. I know that many members had their private rooms car¬ 
peted and furnished in this way. I don’t know who received the goods 
from Mr. Kinard charged up in account No. 244, referred to in evidence 
of A. O. Jones. I know it must have been for some member of the 
House, from the fact of its having soap, hair brushes and towels in the 
account. Large quantities of such articles were furnished to the mem¬ 
bers. I could not imagine how they managed to use so much soap, so 
many towels, hair brushes and combs. On examination of Nos. 25, 
254, 26, 264, 264, 26|, 274, 274, 271, accounts of I. Sulzbacher, referred 
to in evidence of A. O. Jones, I find that I am unable to explain them. 
Mr. Sulzbacher furnished eight clocks at one time—four went to the 
State blouse; the other four I never received. I am not certain that he 
furnished them ; he put them up and seemed to have charge of them. 
Mr. Sulzbacher kept a jewelry store, and no doubt furnished some mem¬ 
bers of the House with such articles as he kept and was worn by our 
leading members. 

I don’t know anything of Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, made out in favor 
of Hardy Solomon, and referred to in evidence given by A. O. Jones j 
except that I was ordered to buy some wine, &c., there for the members. 
I remember seeing the members in Mr. Solomon’s grocery store buying 
goods, and have no doubt they were paid for in certificates. The House 
did not keep an open room where they could meet and eat and drink. 
The Clerk of the Senate kept such a room for the Senators. I have 


examined the different accounts for coal and wood; not one-third or 
one-fourth of the amount purchased was used in the State House. Mr. 
Crews used to furnish it to any member who asked for it and send it 
anywhere in the city. I have examined accounts Nos. 43 and 44. I 
don’t know Wilson Foote nor T. Harlingford. They are “myths” and 
the amount a fraud upon the State. Account of J. F. Norton, No. 45, for 
$1,225.27, account No. 47, payable to A. Brian, $600, and No. 48, to 
James Stebbins, $895.55, are all frauds. The State never received any 
consideration for the certificates issued to pay them. Account No. 53, 
for $1,980.50, made out in my name, is a fraudulent one. I never pur¬ 
chased any such amount of supplies. I was compelled to allow my 
name to be .used by the leading members, in order that they might make 
money and that I might thereby hold my position. I don’t know any¬ 
thing of accounts Nos. 54 and 55, payable to William Kennedy. He 
kept a bar room and restaurant, and some members boarded with him. 
I suppose it was for board or liquors. All the above accounts referred 
to in evidence of A. O. Jones. 

I have examined No. 56. I don’t know anything of them. Mr. 
Brookbanks kept a fruit store here, and no doubt supplied certain lead¬ 
ing members of the House with whatever fruit they needed at the State’s 
expense. 

I have carefully examined the account of A. L. Stingner, designated 
as No. 58 in the evidence of A. O. Jones. I pronounce it a bald steal; 
never heard of Mr. Stingner before; no such man ever existed, in my 
opinion. Iiis representative or agent had an eye to proper names, as he 
was certainly stinging the State. 

I know nothing of Nos. 59 or 64, payable to W. D. Love & Co. 
Suppose they furnished dry goods or carpeting to the members; remem¬ 
ber they carpeted several rooms outside of the State House claimed to 
have been Committee rooms. 

I have examined Nos. 66 and 67 and 68, payable to Messrs. Strauss 
& Bro. They kept a large clothing store here, and no doubt furnished 
members of the House with it. I don’t know William Hall, referred to 
in account No. 81 for one thousand dollars. I know nothing of accounts 
No. 84, payable to Robert Johnson, $475.80; No. 85, payable to P. J. 
Simmons, $200; No. 87, payable to Simeon P. Simples, $500; No. 88, 
payable to M. S. Jinkins, $654. No such persons ever furnished any 
supplies or rendered any service for the House of Representatives. No. 
89, payable to J. S. G. Gillman, for $4,165.87, and referred to in evi¬ 
dence of A. O. Jones, is, like the above, fraudulent, and a clean, clear 
steal. I have examined accounts Nos. 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 
102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 and 111, referred to in evidence 
of A. O. Jones, amounting to $589.25, $335, $234.50, $495.70, $1,296.80, 


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$950, $646.73, $935.50, $521.80, $3,000, $1,325.80, $516.18, $3,500, 
$210.50, $453.27, $205, $414, aggregating $15,630.08. I know nothing 
of them, except that I allowed my name to be used to assist the mem* 
bers from time to time. Think Bowley, Thomas and Dennis were bene¬ 
fited very often by the use of my name. The State never received any 
consideration for the certificates issued in payment of these accounts. I 
did not know my name had been used so often, nor for such large 
amounts, until now. I am certain it was managed by introducing a 
legitimate claim in my name and adding the words “and others” to it, 
thereby getting it passed without creating any suspicion that it was a fraud- 
I remember the $3,500 account,—that was for the Committee on Contin¬ 
gent Accounts; I think they took five hundred dollars each out of it. 
I know this from the fact that they promised me five hundred dollars 
out of it and they never gave it to me. The accounts Nos. J17 and 118, 
payable to Louis P. Baxter, for $784.90, and S. Goodman, $1,978.40, 
are both fraudulent; no such persons ever rendered any service or fur¬ 
nished any supplies. 

No. 121, account of S. J. Brown for contingent supplies, amounting to 
$3,752.25, is a fraudulent one. I have examined accounts of George 
Symmers. I don’t know of his sending any supplies to the State House. 
He kept a grocery store here, and I suppose furnished the members with 
any articles they wanted. I know nothing of account of William Fine 
for supplies. He kept a bar room and restaurant, and some of the 
members boarded with him; he may have furnished them with board 
and liquors. I rented some rooms from him, supposed to be used for 
Committee rooms, but used by the members for sleeping apartments. I 
often remonstrated with the members, but to no avail. 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


TESTIMONY OF THOMAS J. GIBSON. 

» 

Columbia, S. C., July 18, 1877. 

Thomas J. Gibson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I reside in the city of Columbia, S. C. Was a merchant in 1873 and 
until October or November, 1874, iu the grocery business. At one time 
during 1873 and 1874, I furnished some supplies to John Williams, Ser- 
geant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives. The supplies consisted 
of a little of everything in the grocery business, such as liquor, wine, 
cigars, champagne, soaps, hams, strips, tongues and such other things, all 
being the best class of groceries. I furnished the articles under the orders 
of the said John Williams. A part of the goods was shipped, but I do not 
recall whether by myself or Williams. Cannot now remember to who all 







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the good were shipped. All nice things—the best I had. As well as I 
remember the other goods were shipped by Williams himself, and I do 
not know to whom they were shipped. I suppose that Lee got about 
$150 or $200 worth of goods, but cannot now be certain about that* 
I received certificates (four in number) amounting to about $5,849.90. 

THOMAS J. GIBSON. 

July 24th, 1877. 

Continuation of the examination of Mr. T. J. Gibson: 

I have brought down the orders which I was requested by the Com¬ 
mittee to bring. After going over the papers looking for what I could 
find, there was a little book in which I had everything entered that I 
could not find, but may yet be able to find it. An order by John 
Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms House Representatives, March 25, 1873, for 
sundries, such as butter, sugar, raisins, currants, citron, almonds, lemons, 
ham, et. al., was delivered for Tim Hurley. That account was included 
in an amount for which I received a certificate. An account as follows 
was presented and filled to the best of witness’s recollection for P. Sim- 
kins, a member from Edgefield, viz.: 2 gallons fine brandy, 1 dozen cans 
salmon, 4 dozen cans mustard, 1 good corkscrew, 4 dozen bottles bitters, 
50 pounds good ham, 10 pounds soda crackers, 4 boxes tea biscuits, 2 
gallons fine vinegar, 5 gallons good molasses, 1 dozen bottles champagne, 
1 pound ginger, 2 pounds black pepper, 2 gallons kerosene. And the 
following: “Mr. Gibson, please let my friend, Mr. J. D. Boston, have one 
bottle of your good bitters. 

“January 24, 1873. P. SIMKINS.” 

To the best of witness’s recollection, the memoranda, as well as the 
order, is in the handwriting of Paris Sitnkins, of Edgefield. The memo¬ 
randa, my impression is, was left there to be filled for Simkins. The ac¬ 
count and the order were included in a certificate received by me. I 
remember that there was to be shipped one box champagne to Newberry 
Court House to J. D. Boston. 

“Mr. Gibson, please deliver to bearer one box champagne and charge 
the same to my account. 

“JOHN WILLIAMS, 
“Sergeant-at-Anns House Representatives.” 

The above was delivered for T. Hurley. Boston received more than 
one box. The following were delivered for J. A. Bowley, viz.: “1 box 
champagne, 1 box port wine, 1 box whisky, 1 box brandy, 1 box sherry 
wine, 3 boxes cigars.” The following were delivered for J. D. Boston on 
his own order as Chairman of Committee on Incorporations, viz.: 7 bot¬ 
tles champagne, 1 bottle ale, 1 box cigars, 10 bottles porter. Endorsed 
“John Williams, Sergeant at-Arms House Representatives.” On the 


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back of the order is the following endorsement: “Deliver to Mrs. 
Pauline Pickens, J. D. B.” 

“Mr. Gibson, please send by bearer 4 bottles whisky, 1 box cigars. 

“WM. THOMAS, 
“Chairman of Committee on Claims.” 

“John Williams.” 


“Mr. Gibson, there is a mistake; John Williams calls for two boxes 
wine; please send the other. 


“W. M. THOMAS.” 

All the above articles were paid for by pay certificates in the following 
way: I was to be paid in money, but was unable to obtain payment, and 
was constrained to receive pay certificates in payment, and then could 
not obtain payment of the certificates, and was forced to sell them at a 
heavy discount. 


“THOMAS J. GIBSON. 


July 25, 1877. 


The following are a few of the orders referred to by Mr. Gibson: 

1 gallon K oil. 
i barrel flour. 

1 bushel corn meal. 

10 pounds lard. 

5 pounds butter. 

25 pounds sugar. 

5 pounds coffee. 

1 pound mixed tea. 

2 bushel hominy. 

10 pounds rice. 

2 pounds hams. 

10 pounds breakfast bacon. 

1 coffee mill. 

Columbia, S. C., December 10, 1873. 
Mr. Gibson —Please fill the above order and charge to 

JOHN WILLIAMS, 

Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives. 


Mr. Gibson —Please let my friend, Mr. J. D. Boston, have a bottle of 
your good bitters. 

P. SIMPKINS. 

January 24, 1873. 


2 boxes cigars, (good.) 

1 box wine. 

\ dozen dried tongues. 

3 hams. 

$2 worth of oranges. 

Send to S. J. Lee, at Aiken, by Express. 


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Mr. T. J. Gibson : 

Sir —Please let the bearer have one-half bushel of grits and ten 
pounds of rice for my own use and charge the same to my account, Ser¬ 
geant-at-Arms. 

There is one jug of syrup you did not send me before. 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 

Columbia, S. C., December 20, 1873. 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1873. 

Mr. T. J. Gibson —You will please let bearer have two boxes of pint 
bottles champagne, 2 boxes cigars, 4 dozen ale, and charge to me; in¬ 
clude 0 pounds crackers and 5 pounds cheese. 

JOHN WILLIAMS, 

Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives. 


Mr. Gibson 


cigars. 


Columbia, S. C., December 20, 1873. 
-Please send by bearer 4 bottles of whisky, 1 box of 

W. M. THOMAS, 
Chairman of Committee on Claims. 
JOHN WILLIAMS. 


Columbia, S. C., November 25, 1873. 

3 pounds butter. 

5 pounds refined sugar. 

4 pounds raisins. 

2 pounds currants. 

2 pounds citron. 

2 pounds almonds. 

1 small box cinnamon. 

£ dozen lemons. 

1 ham. 

1 bottle Maderia wine. 

1Mb. Gibson— Please furnish the above and charge to my account. 

JOHN WILLIAMS, 
Sergeant-at-Arms House of Representatives. 


2 gallons fine brandy. 

1 dozen cans salmon, 
i dozen cans mustard. 

1 good corkscrew. 

\ dozen bottles bitters. 
50 pounds good hams. 

10 pounds soda crackers. 
4 boxes tea biscuits. 


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2 gallons tine vinegar. 

5 gallons good molasses. 

1 dozen bottles champagne. 

1 pound ginger. 

2 pounds black pepper. 

2 gallons kerosene. 


TESTIMONY OF C. BROOKBANKS. 

, Rooms Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., January 18, 1878. 

C. Brookbauks, being called and sworn, says that he resides in Colum¬ 
bia; by occupation, trader; that he at one time was a partner in a con¬ 
fectionery and fruit store; that he furnished such supplies as are usually 
kept in such establishments, particularly cigars, to Mr. Josephus 
Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate,and he thinks he furnished some supplies 
to the House of Representatives; that he rendered bills for the same, 
made out under the head of “sundries,” and received in payment legis¬ 
lative pay certificates. 

C. BROOKBANKS. 


TESTIMONY OF M. H. BERRY AND JEROME FAGAN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., January 9, 1878. 

M. H. Berry and Jerome Fagan, being duly sworn, say: 

That they are furniture dealers and manufacturers in the city of 
Columbia; that for several years past they have furnished the General 
Assembly with furniture; that they have examined the furniture in the 
State House, of which the following is a correct statement of the value 
of the same at or about the time it was sold to the State. 


In the President of the Senate’s room we find : 


1 President’s desk.. 

i of sideboard. 

1 wasbstand. 

1 rep lounge. 

1 hat rack. 

7 walnut chairs, $8 

1 swivel chair. 

1 Gothic chair. 

1 library table. 


$ 75 00 

SO 00 
20 00 
30 00 
20 00 
56 00 
15 00 
60 00 
60 00 













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In the Speaker’s room the following: 

1 washstand... $ 35 00 

1 souvenir. 20 00 

1 desk. 40 00 

1 hat rack. 25 00 

1 lounge. 75 00 

5 library chairs. 250 00 

1 book case. 65 00 

1 table. 60 00 

2 cane seat chairs. 6 00 

In Railroad Committee room of the Senate: 

1 washstand. $ 50 00 

1 sideboard (said to belong to Swails). 50 00 

1 library table. 35 00 

1 hat rack. 30 00 

6 walnut arm chairs . 48 00 

4 arm chairs, S3. 12 00 

1 rep lounge. 25 00 

1 towel rack.. . 2 00 

In Judiciary Committee room of the Senate: 

1 library table... $ 35 00 

1 library table. 35 00 

1 washstand. 50 00 

1 rep lounge. 40 00 

1 hat rack. 30 00 

8 chairs, S3. 24 00 

1 wardrobe. 50 00 

In cloak room of Senate: 

1 library table. . $ 50 00 

5 chairs, 88. 40 00 

3 chairs, $3. 9 00 

1 washstand. 20 00 

In the general Committee room: 

1 library table. $ 35 00 

1 hat rack.. 30 00 

1 washstand. 25 00 

2 chairs. 13 00 

6 chairs, 83. 13 00 




































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In the room of Clerk of Senate : 

1 library desk. 

1 library table. 

1 lounge. 

1 hat rack.. 

1 washstand. 

3 chairs.. 

1 library table. 

1 washstand.. 

1 hat rack. 

1 book case. 

1 book case. 

1 book case., 

1 book case. 

3 chairs, $8. 

3 chairs, S3. 

In the Senate Chamber: 

5 plush sofas. 

33 desks. 

34 chairs. 

1 library table. 

31 chairs, $3.. 

2 swivel chairs. 

1 book case. 

1 President’s desk. 

1 hat rack. 

1 souvenir. 

1 book case .. 

1 extension table. 

20 benches. 

1 step ladder. .. 

2 screens. 

In room of Finance Committee: 

1 library table.. 

1 lounge. 

1 book case. 

8 chairs. 

1 hat rack. 

1 hat rack. 

1 sideboard. 

1 souvenir. 

1 wardrobe. 


$ 60 

00 

35 

00 

45 

00 

30 

00 

10 

00 

9 

00 

35 

00 

50 

00 

30 

00 

65 

00 

135 

00 

100 

00 

100 

00 

24 

00 

9 

00 


8500 

00 

990 

00 

340 

00 

35 

00 

93 

00 

30 

00 

65 

00 

75 

00 

20 

00 

25 

00 

40 

00 

25 

00 

200 

00 

8 

00 

22 

00 


8 65 

00 

45 

00 

60 

00 

64 

00 

30 

00 

25 

00 

75 

00 

20 

00 

30 

00 









































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In room Clerk of House: 

1 library table. 

1 book case. 

1 lounge. . 

3 chairs.. 

2 chairs. 

1 library desk. 

1 wardrobe. 

1 washstand. 

3 book cases. 

1 book case.,.. 

In the Library: 

1 looking glass. 

2 book cases .. 

2 desks. 

4 tables.*. 

10 chairs. 

3 step ladders. 

In Lobby: 

2 tables and water coolers. 

In the House of Representatives: 

64 desks. 

124 chairs, $12.50. 

3 Gothic chairs. 

7 plush sofas. 

2 book cases. 

1 desk.. 

1 hat rack. 

17 chairs, $3... 

74 spittoons, $5... 

In the Judiciary Committee room: 

12 chairs. 

1 library table. 

1 desk. 

1 book case. 


$ 35 00 
60 00 
60 00 
24 00 
6 00 
65 00 
30 00 
30 00 
180 00 

60 00 

\ 


$500 00 
75 00 
20 00 
30 00 
30 00 
11 00 


$ 20 00 


$2,560 00 
1,550 00 
140 00 
850 00 
130 00 
20 00 
20 00 
51 00 
370 00 


$ 36 00 
45 00 
20 00 
65 00 


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In the room of the Committee on Privileges and Elections: 

1 table. . $ 45 00 

12 chairs. 36 00 

1 desk. 20 00 

1 book case. 25 00 

In office of Adjutant and Inspector General: 

1 library desk. $ 60 00 

2 President’s desks. 110 00 

1 library desk. 60 00 

4 desks. 150 00 

3 chairs. 30 00 

1 book case. 35 00 

1 hat rack . 35 00 

1 President’s desk. 75 00 

1 library table . 50 00 

1 washstand. 25 00 

3 chairs. 9 00 

1 lounge. 60 00 

In office of Superintendent of Education: 

3 book cases. $150 00 

1 President’s desk. 60 00 

1 lounge. 35 00 

8 chairs. 24 00 

1 library table . 40 00 

1 washstand. 25 00 

In the Supreme Court Library: 

2 tables. $ 70 00 

2 book cases. 125 00 

7 chairs... 21 00 

3 tables.... 90 00 

6 chairs. 1$ 00 

1 step ladder. 5 00 

In the Supreme Court room : 

2 lounges. $100 00 

18 chairs. 144 OO 

6 chairs. 18 00 

1 table. 50 00 

5 chairs.. 40 00 

2 tables. 10 00 

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In the Treasurer’s office : 

1 desk. $ 60 00 

3 desks. 75 00 

4 desks. 32 00 

1 library desk. 60 00 

1 table. 70 00 

1 desk. 75 00 

1 lounge. 80 00 

7 chairs.... 56 00 

1 wardrobe. 25 00 

1 washstaud. 25 00 

In office of Comptroller General: 

1 desk. $ 60 00 

1 library desk. 65 00 

1 lounge. 40 00 

6 chairs . 36 00 

1 desk. 25 00 

1 washstaud. 30 00 

1 desk. . 60 00 

1 table... 45 00 

2 chairs..:. 12 00 

2 chairs. 6 00 

1 book case. 50 00 

1 table. 65 00 

1 President’s desk. 75 00 

2 lounges. 90 00 

1 washstand. 25 00 

1 hat rack. 15 00 

3 chairs. 18 00 

In Attorney General’s office : 

1 President’s desk. $ 60 00 

4 tables. 60 00 

6 chairs. 48 00 

1 desk..... 30 00 

3 book cases. 240 00 

1 washstand. 35 00 

1 lamp. . 40 00 

1 library desk... 60 00 

1 library table. 30 00 

1 desk. 250 00 

111 









































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In the Governor’s office : 


1 President desk. S 75 00 

6 chairs. •• 48 00 

1 somno. 20 00 

1 washstand. 35 00 

1 lounge. 30 00 

1 hat rack... 25 00 

1 table. 5 00 

1 book case. 30 00 

1 hat rack. 25 00 

1 library table. 70 00 

1 lounge. 75 00 

11 chairs. 38 00 

1 washstand. 30 00 

1 towel rack. 2 00 

In office of Secretary of State: 

2 tables. $120 00 

1 desk. 60 00 

1 desk. 65 00 

1 washstand. 30 00 

9 chairs. 27 00 

2 tables. 120 00 

1 President’s desk. 65 00 

1 President’s desk. 75 00 

1 lounge. 45 00 

1 hat rack. 30 00 

1 washstand. 30 00 

8 chairs. 48 00 

1 hat rack. 25 00 


The furniture we have examined we could at present, in a majority of 
instances, furnish at one-half the prices above stated. We think it safe 
to state that not one-half the furniture furnished the State House proper 
is here, and none of the furniture at all which was furnished the Com¬ 
mittee rooms outside of the State House,—and there was a larger 
number of Committee rooms furnished outside of the State House than 
there was in the State House. 

M. H. BERRY, 
JEROME FAGAN. 





























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TESTIMONY OF M. II. BERRY. 


Columbia, S. C., July 25, 1877. 

M. H. Berry, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and am a mer¬ 
chant engaged in the furniture business. I furnished bed room set for 
the rooms over the Greenfield building, and to the best of my recollection 
furnished them three times. I have no knowledge what became of the 
furniture. Do not remember who occupied the rooms at the time. This 
furniture was furnished under the jurisdiction of Lee and Moses. 
Received pay certificates for the amount of the bills. I also furnished 
over the Bank and Trust Company some two or three times. Furnished 
the rooms of T. Hurley, T. B. Johnston, J. E. Green and others. It is 
impossible for me to remember what I furnished. Don’t know what 
went with the furniture. Furnished also rooms over Fine’s; put bed 
room sets there; furnished some two or three times; a part was in 
1872-3, I think I furnished rooms over Stork’s once. I also delivered 
to John Williams, the Sergeant-at-Arms, furniture at different times, and 
don’t know where it went or what he did with it. Furnished furniture 
at Mrs. Randall’s, Speaker Moses, I think; Williams bought it. I fur¬ 
nished also Greenfield’s wooden building. There may be other places, 
but I can’t now tell. I have traded furniture to individual members for 
pay certificates. I furnished all the rooms in the State House—offices 
and all, every one of them; furnished for every session. Cannot give an 
idea of the number of bed rooms that I have furnished; at least forty 
rooms; furnished at least twenty rooms with beds. I am certain that 
certificates were issued by Lee and Moses, Speakers, for the furniture 
furnished the rooms at Mrs. Randall’s and to Greenfield’s wooden 
building. / 

M. H. BERRY. 


July 25, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF W. K. GREENFIELD. 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1877. 

W. K. Greenfield, being duly sworn, says: 

That he resides in Columbia. He owns a large building on the corner 
of Lady and Richardson streets. Rented several of the rooms in the 
upper story to parties connected with the State government; kuow they 
were used as Committee rooms by members of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. The usual price paid me for the use of the rooms was one 
dollar per day for each room. I remember that they were kept for very 



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near a year at one time. When I rented the rooms I had an under¬ 
standing that they were to be used for only public business. They may 
have been used otherwise for a short time. I remember on several occa¬ 
sions that I forbid bedding being delivered to persons who had the rooms 
rented. I was generally paid for them in legislative pay certificates. I 
believe that the rooms were newly and thoroughly, and, in some instances, 
extravagantly furnished every Fall, about the time the General Assem¬ 
bly met. I remember that the furniture was removed by different persons 
and not by regular dealers always. It looked to me as if it was being 
divided up among them. I kept a carriage repository here, and often 
traded carriages and buggies for legislative pay certificates to the holders 
of such certificates; they were generally members of the House and 
Senate. I had no means of knowing whether the certificates were genu¬ 
ine or not, but supposed they were, or I would not have given any 
property for them. I remember of receiving one from General John B. 
Dennis for a carriage for about nine hundred dollars, which I have some 
reason to doubt being a genuine certificate, having, after due diligence and 
search, failed to find any one who knew the name or person named 
in the body of the certificate. The State has not paid any part of 
this certificate. I never sold a carriage or buggy to the State 
direct, though the proposition was made to me to buy out a large portion 
of my stock of carriages and buggies and pay the same in legislative pay 
certificates. The proposition was made by General John B. Dennis; he 
wanted me to make out the bills against the State of South Carolina 
and said he would see that I received the pay certificates. I declined to 
make the arrangement. 

W. K. GREENFIELD. 

A\ r . K. Greenfield, being recalled, says: 

That he rented the cottage house in rear of the brick building referred 
to above to ex-Governor R. K. Scott, to be* used by him as a resort or 
caucus rooms for his friends during his candidacy for the United States 
Senate. If pay certificates were issued in payment of the same, I have 
no knowledge of it. I was paid for it by Governor Scott. 

W. K. GREENFIELD. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

Examination of General John B. Dennis continued : 

Regarding the contract for furnishing the State House, he says that 
he never had any contract at all to do the furnishing. Says that in the 
Summer ol 1870, when General Moses was Speaker of the House, Moses 



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asked him if he would like to make the purchase of the furniture for the 
hall of Representatives and the Committee rooms in the new State House, 
which was fast being completed; he replied that he would like to do so. 
Speaker Moses gave him an order, of which the following is a copy, to 
furnish the necessary articles for fitting up Representative hall and Com¬ 
mittee rooms. 


Columbia, S. C., July 7th, 1870. 
General John B. Dennis, Superintendent State House Repairs: 

General —You are hereby authorized and instructed to purchase the 
necessary furniture for furnishing the new Representative hall and the 
various Committee rooms connected therewith, consisting of desks, chairs, 
tables, carpets, curtains, lambrequins, gas fixtures, Ac., the same to be in 
their respective places and ready for use by the first day of November, 
1870. Of course, under the circumstances, the choice of style, quality, 
Ac., of the furniture, must be left to your own judgment, discretion and 
taste, but you will please not forget to take into consideration the duty 
incumbent upon you to make the purchases, at as low a rate as possible 
for the interest of the State. 

(Signed) F. J. MOSES, Jr. 

Speaker House of Representatives, S. C. 

On the strength of this order witness contracted with Mr. M. H. 
Berry, of this city, to furnish the desks, chairs and everything that came 
in his line. Mr. Berry then proceeded to New York with him and took 
him to the manufacturers, where the selections were made. Mr. Berry’s 
bill amounted to, as near as he can remember, about twelve thousand 
dollars. He purchased of Messrs. Stewart, Sutphen & Co., of Brooklyn, 
New York, the carpets, lambrequins, cornices, Ac., that came within their 
line, and of Messrs. Nicol, Davidson & Co., chandeliers, cuspadores, Ac., 
that came within their line. Does not now remember the exact amount 
of their bills, but thinks the three accounts of Berry, Nicol & Davidson 
and Stewart, Sutphen A Co. aggregated about forty thousand dollars. 
When the Legislature met the following November he had been re¬ 
elected a member of the House from Charleston County, and was made 
by the Speaker Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Accounts, 
the Committee to whom the bills of these parties who had furnished the 
goods for the State House would be referred. 

In addition to the furniture purchased for the State House, which con¬ 
sisted of all the furniture necessary for the hall of Representatives, the 
eight large rooms in the lower part of the West wing of the building, oc¬ 
cupied by the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comp¬ 
troller and Auditor, and nine large rooms in upper part of building 
.. / « 


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used as Committee rooms were also furnished. The House ordered the 
Sergeaut-at-Arms to furnish thirteen rooms outside the State House for 
Committee rooms. These rooms were in the Greenfield building, the 
Calnan building and the Hardy Solomon bank building, making thirty 
rooms besides the hall of Representatives furnished. All of these bills 
of the New York parties, as well as of those of the merchants here who 
had furnished goods, would properly come before the Committee of 
which he was Chairman. As he had been the party to negotiate for the 
furniture, he thought he ought not, in justice to himself even, be one of 
the parties to sit in judgment upon the bills. He therefore asked the 
Speaker to appoint another Committee to investigate these accounts or 
to relieve him from serving on the Committee on Contingent Accounts. 
On this proposition a motion was made to appoint a Committee of five, 
which Committee should make a thorough investigation of all the ac¬ 
counts, and a Committee was appointed, with W. J. Whipper, from 
Beaufort, as Chairman. Some days after this Orlando Levy, a member 
from Charleston, came to him and said that he had been a member of 
the Legislature some time (a month, perhaps,) and had a large family, 
and had made no money, and he now wanted to make something out of 
this furniture transaction. .Witness replied that he did not see how he 
could make any money out of it—the bills were already much larger 
than was anticipated when the goods were bought. * Levy replied if he 
could not make something he would know why. 

Soon after a resolution was introduced by Levy, with a long preamble, 
asking that a Committee of thirty-one be appointed, taking one member 
f.om each County, to investigate the purchase of furniture for hall, Ac. 
This met with considerable opposition from himself and his friends in 
the House, although he had no bills himself before the House for furnish¬ 
ing and no interest whatever in the bills that were before the House; he 
knew this meant a strike on the parties who had bills and he determined 
to fight such a resolution. It was too much for Mr. Levy to handle, aud 
he stepped aside, and Mr. W. R. Jervey, another Charleston member, came 
to his rescue and adopted the resolution of Levy as his own, and on this 
resolution the House was engaged about a week, during which time the 
Committee appointed for the same purpose, and of which Whipper was 
Chairman, was discharged. The Levy-Jervey resolution was disposed 
of and a member named Byas, from Orangeburg, moved for a Commit¬ 
tee of nine to be appointed for the purpose of investigating the furniture 
accounts, which motion was carried, and he (Byas) became Chairman of 
it. No report of this Committee was made for a long time, and, feeling 
anxious for the merchants, who wanted their money, witness ventured to 
speak to one of the Committee and ask the cause of the delay. In 
response to this he received the next morning, it being Sunday, a call at 


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his house from Mr. Byas, who stated that he had called upon’ business 
and said that he wanted ten thousand dollars to make a report from his 
Committee. He told him he thought from parties interested he might 
get something, but could get no such amount as that. Byas replied: 
“ Well, we will make no report at all, or we will report unfavorably upon 
it.” Witness replied: “Very well; if you can’t report without taking 
twenty-five per cent, of the bill, don’t report it at all.” Witness says he 
did not then see how any one could get any money out of it except by 
taking it right out of the parties who had furnished the goods, and he did 
not see how they could stand it. Says he had not at that time learned 
thoroughly the rule of addition, whereby honest men could get such large 
dividends and remain silent. A few days after this Byas came to him 
one morning and said : “I am going to report those bills this morning.” 
Witness thanked him and was about leaving, when Byas said: “You 
had better not be in the House when the report is made.” 

Witness says he could see no reason why he should not be there, so 
went in and took his seat. When the call for reports from special Com¬ 
mittees was made, Byas rose and reported that the Committee had care¬ 
fully considered the accounts for furnishing the House of Representa¬ 
tives and Committee rooms, and recommended that they be paid ninety- 
two thousand some hundred of dollars, (does not recollect the exact 
amount,) and that the account of W. E. Rose for $190 for board of some 
of the workmen engaged in putting down carpets and putting up 
chandeliers, &c., be not paid. A motion was made by some one to lay 
the report of the Committee on the table until the bills could be itemized, 
printed and laid on the desks of the members. Upon this, Jervey, the 
step-father of the Levy-Jervey resolution, jumped up and moved to lay 
on the table the motion to print the bills and lay on the desks of the 
members, which was carried. Jervey then moved that the recommend¬ 
ation contained in the report of the Committee be adopted, which 
motion was carried. After this came a question as to how these certifi¬ 
cates for payment of the ninety-two thousand dollars should be drawn, 
Byas being afraid if they were drawn to the merchants who furnished 
the goods that they would not endorse and hand over the certificates in 
excess of the amount due them. It was finally decided to draw them all 
in favor of witness and let him take the amounts and hand over to the 
parties who furnished the goods and endorse all of the others, and they 
could be distributed among the friends of the ninety-two thousand 
dollar report. To this witness consented, thinking in that way he could 
prevent the payment of all the certificates except those justly due to 
parties who had in good faith furnished goods. This was done, and 
witness went to Governor Scott and told him what he had done, and if 
he (the Governor) would now assist in having paid the amount actually 


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and honestly due to the parties who furnished the goods, the amount 
being only about forty thousand dollars, that he (witness) would then 
go before any Court and swear that the excess in the hands of the mem¬ 
bers of the Legislature was a fraud and ought not to be paid. Governor 
Scott said he could do nothing about it. 

Witness says he does not remember exactly how the certificates were 
divided out, but remembers that Jervey, the step-father of the Levy- 
Jervey resolution, had twenty-one hundred dollars, representing that he 
was to divide it between himself, T. A. Davis, W. C. Glover, J. J. Hardy, 
P. P. Hedges, Abram Smith, J. W. Lloyd, J. A. Bowley and Orlando 
Levy, all members from Charleston County, except Bowley. 

Humbert, of Darlington, received a certificate of, he thinks, an even 
thousand dollars, which he represented that he Was to divide with him¬ 
self, Alfred Hart, S. J. Keith, S. Sanders, J. Long, Frank Adamson, 
John F. Herndon, Hastings Gantt, R. Tarleton and Fortune Giles. 

Asbury L. Singleton, of Sumter, received a certificate for eleven hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars, representing that it was to be divided between 
himself, E. Cain, II. C. Corwin, E. Ferguson, R. Gaither, S. Garev, A. 
S. Holmes, Barney Humphries, S. Milton, William Littlefield, J. P. Sin¬ 
gleton, Alfred Moore, E. M. Sumter and Jared Warley. 

H. Hu nter, of Charleston, demanded and received for himself a certi¬ 
ficate for seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

B. Byas received for himself, as Chairman of the Committee, a certifi¬ 
cate or certificates amounting to the sum of twelve thousand three hun¬ 
dred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents. 

J. H. White received a certificate for two hundred and fifty dollars 
for himself. 

W. II. Gardiner received a certificate for fifteen hundred dollars for 
himself. 

B. G. Yocum received a certificate for himself for one thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

W. J. Whipper received a certificate for himself for three thousand 
dollars. 

A. O. Jones received a certificate for himself for one thousand dollars. 

W. If. Jones received a certificate for himself for sixteen hundred 

dollars. 

Joe Crews received a certificate for himself for three thousand dollars. 

Lawrence Cain received a certificate for five hundred dollars, which 
witness says “he bought of Cain afterwards.” 

P. J. O’Connell received a certificate for one thousand dollars. He 
(O’Connell) was known at that time as the Captain of a band of legislators 
calling themselves the forty thieves. 

B. A. Nerlaud received a certificate for one hundred dollars. 


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C. J. Andell received a certificate for five hundred dollars. 

B. F. Berry received a certificate for one hundred dollars. 

J. D. Boston received a certificate for two hundred and fifty dollars. 

William Dannerly received a certificate for fifty dollars. 

Mitchell Goggins received a certificate for one hundred dollars. 

S. J. Keith received a certificate for one hundred dollars. 

William Kennedy received a certificate for one hundred dollars. 

He has forgotten how much Tim Hurley and F. J. Moses made out of 
it, but remembers one certificate for five thousand dollars that Moses 
had; knows he had more, but cannot remember exactly the amounts. 

Governor Scott vetoed the bill for legislative expenses, and, conse¬ 
quently, the certificates heretofore mentioned could not be regularly paid 
from the Treasury. Some of them were paid through Kimpton or Solo¬ 
mon’s Bank, and through some of the County Treasurers. The certifi¬ 
cates that he endorsed for Nicol, Davidson & Co., and for Stewart, 
Sutphen & Co., were deposited with Henry Clews & Co., bankers in 
New York, for collection. They were sent to Solomon’s Bank in this 
city for presentation to Treasurer for collection, and payment was 
refused and the orders or certificates were protested [Protest was here 
exhibited.] As these certificates were not paid out of appropriation for 
1870 and 1871, at the session of 1871-72 an attempt was made, which he 
believes was successful, to retire the old claim or former certificates and 
issue new ones for the then fiscal year, so that they could be paid out of 
legislative appropriation for that year. Certificates were issued for the 
amount of the old ones held by the two New York firms and the old ones 
destroyed. An account was made up to cover the expenses of protest, 
interest and damages to party owning the protested papers. This 
account was made up in accordance with law by Major W. B. Gulick, 
Cashier of the Carolina National Bank of this city. It amounted to 
something over twelve thousand dollars, and was passed by the House, 
and was divided into five certificates of twenty-five hundred dollars and 
a trifle over, of which Speaker Moses had one, Clerk A. 0. Jones had 
one, Niles G. Parker had one, Tim Hurley had one and witness had one. 
Says he thinks all of those certificates were paid except the one he had, 
and that he put before the Big Bonanza Commission. They reduced it 
to five per cent, on the dollar and gave certificate so that he received 
warrants from Comptroller General for one-half of that, payable in four 
annual installments, and says if it is not further cut down or out by the 
new Bonanza Commission he will realize two and one-half per cent, on 
the original investment. When Governor Scott vetoed the legislative 
appropriation out of which it was expected that the furniture for State 
House would be paid from, he gave as his reason for so doing that it was 
too large, viz., $265,000. At this time, and in anticipation of any appro- 
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priation, the sum of one hundred and forty-six thousand and some 
hundreds of dollars had already been drawn and charged up to legisla¬ 
tive expenses. It was an unexpected thing for Governor Scott that he 
was taken at his word and the veto sustained. Soon after this he was in 
the office of the Treasurer and saw them changing the amount of this 
over draft, or draft against a mythical appropriation, over to the accounts 
for armed force and enrollment and organization of the militia. T his 
was in March or April; does not remember which. 

After Governor Moses’s election, and about the time the Legislature 
convened, Mr. Davidson, of the firm of Nicol, Davidson & Co., of New 
York, came down here and was very anxious to have their accounts 
against the State paid. He went with Davidson and saw quite a number 
of the influential members of the Legislature and consulted with them as 
to the best method to pursue in order to have the whole matter settled up. 
It was decided that the best thing to do would be to have a Joint Reso¬ 
lution passed ordering the Treasurer to pay the accounts, and at same 
time making an appropriation to do so. Accordingly a resolution to that 
effect was offered, and the amounts to be paid Nicol, Davidson & Co., 
Stewart, Sutphen & Co. and M. H. Berry of this city. The itemized ac¬ 
count of each was printed and placed on the desks of the members of both 
houses. The resolution was passed, signed by the Governor and the 
Treasurer paid the accounts. This was at the session of 1872-73. Wit¬ 
ness says he was not a member of the Legislature at the time. During 
the time that the resolution referred to was before the Legislature, T. J. 
Mackey, then a Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, came to him and 
said: “I know you are interested in the passage of this resolution, and I 
am willing to help you if you will do what is right by me.” Witness 
replied that he did feel an interest in it, as he felt in a great measure 
responsible for having got these New York people into trouble and 
would like to help them out. To which Judge Mackey said: “ Well, all 
the members from mv Circuit will vote as I wish them to, and if vou will 
buy me a carpet I will have them all vote for the resolution; and if you 
will not do that I will have them vote against it.” Judge Mackey said 
he did not want an expensive carpet; thought about sixty dollars would 
get one good enough for him. Witness says he did not have much con¬ 
fidence in the Judge’s help to pass the resolution, but knew if he could 
not help the passage of it he could, if he felt disposed, stop it from pass¬ 
ing. He says he went with Judge Mackey to the store of W. D. Love & 
Co. and Mackey selected a carpet, and witness told Mr. Love to charge 
the carpet to himself and left the store, and supposed the carpet was charged 
to his account. 

Some time after this, and after the Joint Resolution had passed and 
the parties had been paid for their goods in full, with interest he received 
from Judge Mackey a telegram, of which the following is a copy: 


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April 17th, 1873. 

Love sends me bill for Brussels carpet obtained under our arrange¬ 
ment. Please explain. 

T. J. MACKEY. 

Answer. 

(Telegram in hands of the Committee.) 

To this telegram witness replied, “Will make it all right,” or some¬ 
thing to that effect. He says he went immediately to Mr. Love’s store 
upon receipt of the telegram and had Mackey’s account credited with 
the carpet, and had the amount for same, one hundred and twenty-four 
dollars and one cent, ($124.01,) charged to his own account, and subse¬ 
quently paid it. [Love’s bill in possession of witness shows that the 
carpet for Judge T. J. Mackey was charged to him on his private 
account.] 

W itness was here shown two certificates, which Treasurer’s receipt 
shows (No. 15924) were paid to William B. Gulick. Certificate No. 91 
A, House order, drawn in favor of John B. Dennis, for one thousand 
dollars, ($1,000,) for fitting up hall of Representatives and Committee 
rooms, and endorsed “John B. Dennis, by William B. Gulick, attorney,” 
certificate dated 22d February, 1871. Certificate No. 95 A, same amount 
and for same purpose, and same date, and endorsed same as above. He 
says he never saw them before, knows nothing of them, and that Mr. 
Gulick never had any authority, as attorney or otherwise, to sign or 
endorse his name. [It will be seen that these certificates were drawn a 
full year after the accounts for fitting up State House were passed and 
the certificates for same issued.] 

Witness says, in reply to the question as to whether he had ever bought 
a carriage or carriages from any one and paid for in certificates, that 
some time in the Spring of 1872 there was a host of pages, messengers 
and attachees of all kinds at the State House after the Legislature had 
adjourned, and all were clamorous for their pay. Parker, the Treasurer, 
had no money to pay their certificates, and asked him if he had any 
money to spare to buy up some of their certificates and get them off 
home, out of the way. On Parker’s promise to pay them in a few days 
he bought up quite a number of certificates, ranging in price from 55c. 
to 80c. on the dollar. 

About this time a gentleman from New Haven, Connecticut, named 
Wooster, came to the city. He was engaged in the manufacture of car¬ 
riages and tried to sell some to Mr. Greenfield ; don’t know if he suc¬ 
ceeded, but Mr. Greenfield brought the gentleman to see him, and 
through Mr. Greenfield sold him (witness) a carriage and took his pay 
for it in certificates purchased as above, and took them without recourse. 

Savs he does not know whether or not the certificates were ever paid 

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him. The carriage came to Mr. Greenfield and witness took it from his 
place and gave the certificates to Mr. Greenfield for it. Does not re¬ 
member whether or not he himself handed the certificates to Mr. 
Greenfield, but thinks that he did. Says he afterwards sold the carriage 
to Dr. Neagle, taking part pay for same in legislative pay certificates. 

In reply to question as to whether he sold a horse, buggy and harness 
to Judge Wright for pay certificates, says he did sell Judge Wright a 
horse, buggy and harness and took in cash ($80) eighty dollars, and the 
balance in, he thinks, three certificates or Treasury notes; does not re¬ 
member which, but feels quite sure that one of them, a small one for 
$12, was a certificate, for soon after Mr. Cardozo paid it in full; the 
others, he says, he put before the Big Bonanza Commission. 

In reply to the question as to whether he knew of any furniture being 
bought for the State and being taken away by private individuals, says 
he knows the Committee rooms over Hardy Solomon’s bank were fur¬ 
nished by the State every year, and in the Spring of the year the furni¬ 
ture and carpeting was removed and carried off. In the Winter of 
1870-71 there were four rooms in that building furnished by the State— 
one for Railroad Committee, one for Committee on Mines and Manufac¬ 
tures or Mines and Mining and one for Committee on Contingent Ac¬ 
counts. Timothy Hurley occupied in same building and on same floor 
two rooms. These rooms were furnished, and Hurley said he paid for 
the furniture and carpets himself and that a great portion of it he 
bought of Mr. J. C. Roath. [Witness knows of the sale being made to 
Hurley by Mr. Roath.] Says the next Spring he bought from Hurley 
the furniture in his (Hurley’s) rooms, together with the pictures, for 
($600) six hundred dollars. 

Witness remembers at one time (cannot say whether it was the Win¬ 
ter of 1870-71 or 1871-72) that some of the carpets from those rooms 
were rolled up and sent to Massachusetts by Hurley; saw them himself 
rolled and marked. The next session the rooms were all furnished 
again by the State. Does not know what became of the furniture, 
except remembers that Green, a member from Charleston, took the fur¬ 
niture in his room and carried it to Charleston and sold it at auction, 
and that Hurley shipped his somewhere. Remembers one day Ser- 
geant-at-Arms Williams came down to take up some of the carpets 
there and one of the members of one of the Committees persuaded him 
not to trouble it, and at that time Williams left it. Witness says he was 
not a member of the Legislature at this time, but happened simply to be 
present. Does not now remember the member that was present, and 
does not know whether or not subsequently Mr. Williams took charge 
of the furniture. Says he remembers being present one time at Love’s 
store when goods were put up and marked for Bascom, a member of the 


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Legislature from Beaufort, and has no doubt they were paid for by 
legislative pay certificates, as Mr. Morrison, the head clerk, asked him 
if it was safe to risk getting the certificates paid, and witness said: “You 
must he the judge of that yourself; you know the trouble there has been 
heretofore about it.” Remembers that C. P. Leslie, the Land Commis¬ 
sioner, purchased a lot of furniture at Berry’s in the Spring or Summer 
of 1869 ostensibly for his office, but really for his house, and carried it 
away with him. Was in Governor Scott’s office one day and he was 
finding fault with Leslie for having sent the bills to him for payment, 
and swore he would not pay them and made considerable fuss about it, 
but afterwards paid the bill from some fund or other. 

Witness says that some time during the session of the Legislature of 
1871-72 he had had some conversation with Hurley and with Mr. Jas¬ 
per C. Roath, then the Cashier of Solomon’s Bank, about payment of 
account due J. H. & M. L. Kinard by the State for $4,300, and soon 
after he received a note in pencil, without any date or signature, but in 
the handwriting of Jasper C. Roath, of which the following is a copy: 

“Gen.—G et Frank’s signature; can pay you $1,000 cash to-day on 
account; let me hear from you.” 

The object of this note was to get him to procure the signature of the 
Speaker, F. J. Moses, Jr., to a paper of some kind, whether a pay certifi¬ 
cate or not, cannot state, but thinks it must have been to a pay certificate 
in connection with the claim of Kinard before mentioned. Says he 
w ? ent to the bank and saw Roath, and he (Roath) said: “ If you will get the 
signature I will give you $2,300,—$1,300 for Frank Moses and $1,000 for 
yourself.” Says he went back, got the signature and gave it to Mr. 
Roath, and took from him $2,300, and gave the Speaker $1,300 and kept 
$1,000 himself. That afterwards he learned that Parker got $1,000 out 
of it and Roath the other $1,000. 

The paper was here shown to witness. The following is a copy and 
with Committee: 

Pay certificate K, February 24th, 1872, drawn to the order of J. H. & 
M. L. Kinard or bearer, for $4,300, legislative expenses, House order, 
and signed by F. J. Moses, Jr., Speaker, and A. O. Jones, Clerk, (not 
endorsed.) Witness says he is now sure that is the one bearing the signa¬ 
ture referred to in the note. Says that some time after this paper was 
signed, J. H. Kinard spoke to him one day in regard to his account 
against the State, and he asked him if Roath was a friend of his. 
Kinard replied yes. Witness then said: “Go to him and tell him that you 
know he has received the money for your bill.” Heard no more from 
Kinard about it for some time and supposed it was all fixed between him 


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and Roath for some time. Says that he feels sure that neither of the Mr. 
Kinards ever saw the above paper or heard of it at all, and that he be¬ 
lieves the State still owes them this account. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

January 26, 1878. 

John B. Dennis, recalled: 

Says he has been in the hall of Representatives and Committee rooms 
of the General Assembly at the State House and made a careful • exam¬ 
ination of the furniture now in said hall and Committee rooms, and he 
feels satisfied that there is not more than one-half of the furniture there 
that he placed or caused to be placed there in October, 1871, and very 
few of the clocks, which were of the finest quality, costing from $150 to 
$600 each, and that out ot several mirrors, which cost $600 each, only 
one remains. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 25, 1877. 

Hon. Lawrence Cain, being further examined, deposeth on oath as 
follows: 

When the ninety thousand dollar furniture claim of J. B. Dennis was 
before the House of Representatives he took me into the Speaker’s room 
one day and told me there was a little margin in it, and if I would sup¬ 
port it and use my influence for it he would give me one hundred and 
fifty dollars. It went on until the next session and Dennis had given 
me nothing, and one day I met him near the State House and reminded 
him that he had not done as he promised me, and said: “Look here, I 
am hard up, and if you will give me fifty dollars will call it square.” I got 
into his buggy with him, and we rode up to the Carolina National Bank 
and he got the fifty dollars aud gave it to me. 

LAWRENCE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 25, 1877. 
Lawrence Cain, being sworn, says: 

That he resides at Edgefield Court House and is a farmer. Was 
elected to the Legislature in 1868, and served in the House and Senate 




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together until 1876, inclusive. I was a member of the Senate Committee 
on Contingent Accounts. Just before the close of the session at which 
ten thousand dollars was appropriated as the contingent for the Senate, 
Committee met, and among the accounts that were presented was one for 
Hardy Solomon for wines, liquors, cigars, etc., and one by B. F. Whitte- 
more for one thousand dollars for the rent of Patterson’s house, where 
he had boarded that Winter, and also one by B. F. Whittemore for an 
account at Hardy Solomon’s against him for $500 or $600 for wood and 
set of harness, etc. These accounts were, after a great deal of difficulty 
and quarreling, approved by the Committee and ordered paid. The 
approval and ordering paid was after the adjournment of the Senate, in 
Spring of 1875, either the day of adjournment or within a day or two. 
Alter all the contingent accounts were settled, there remained of the 
appropriation of $1,000 a balance of enough to give each member of the 
Committee who were present (seven in number) something over two hun¬ 
dred dollars apiece. The certificate was made out in Woodruff’s name. 
The seven Senators were W. B. Nash, of Richland, W. R. Jervey and S. 
E. Gaillard, of Charleston, J. M. Smith, of Barnwell, Dublin I. Walker, 
of Chester, J. H. White, of York, and myself. 

LAWRENCE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF W. M. FINE. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, December 18. 1877. 

Wm. M. Fine, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Columbia, and has since the year 1870; that he is 
by occupation keeper of a restaurant. Rented rooms to officers con¬ 
nected with the State government. The rooms were used for Committee 
rooms and other purposes; some occupied as bed rooms. They were also 
used for caucus purposes. I was paid for them in legislative pay cer¬ 
tificates. 

Question: Did you not receive a pay certificate in payment of a sup¬ 
per given by W. J. Whipper and his friends during the canvass for the 
election of Judges? 

Answer: I did not. The supper was not given in the interest of Gen¬ 
eral Whipper alone, but in the interest of Whipper, Judge Mackey, F. 
J. Moses, Jr., P. L. Wiggin and Judges Cooke and Northrop. The 
State did not pay for the entertainment directly or indirectly; each man 
named was to pay his portion of the expense. 


W. M. FINE. 



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Wra. Fine, being recalled, says: 

That all the certificates received by him were not for room rent; that 
he furnished supplies, consisting of eatables, wines, liquors and cigars, to 
different legislative Committees, for which he received legislative pay 
certificates. I think the largest certificate issued to me for eatables, 
cigars, wines, &c., was for one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

W. M. FINE. 


TESTIMONY OF F. W T . WING. 

F. W. Wing, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of the city of Columbia and a mechanic by trade. 
Have examined the partition in the cloak room in the State House and 
the partition in the President of the Senate’s room. The former would 
be worth now about $25. It is twenty-three feet long, eight feet high. 
Seven or eight years ago it would have been worth about one-third 
more, as labor and material was higher. That in the President’s room 
is eighteen feet long, eight feet high,—is worth now $25. It is a little 
more neat than the one in the cloak room. Seven or eight years ago it 
would have been worth one-third more for the reasons as stated above. 

F. W. WING. 

August 2, 1877. 

Columbia, January 3, 1872. 


State of South Carolina, (Senate,) 

To JAMES M. ALLEN, Dr. 

1871. 

Sept. 20. P»ook case. $260 00 

20. Fitting closets. 340 00 

Nov. 21. Putting up door frames. 100 00 

Dec. 8. Partition in cloak room. 650 00 

8. Partition in Committee room. . 650 00 


$2,000 00 


TESTIMONY OF S. C. PEIXOTTO AND L. T. LEVIN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia S. C., January 10, 1878. 

S. C. Peixotto and L. T. Levin, being duly sworn, depose and say: 

We have carefully examined an account of James M. Allen, of 1871, 
against the State of South Carolina for $2,000 for work done in State 
House, and that the said account bears unmistakable evidence of altera¬ 
tion. 










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In the item of “fitting closets,” the figure 3 is inserted, making $340 ' 
instead of $40 as originally. 

In the two items of “partition in cloak room,” the figure 6 is inserted, 
making $050 instead of $50 as originally. The latter in two distinct 
places, making an over charge or raising of original bill of $1,500. 

S. C. PEIXOTTO. 

L. T. LEVIN. 


TESTIMONY OF C. H. PETTINGILL. 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1877. 

C. H. Pettiugill, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Columbia; by occupation, dealer in horses and 
mules; has been in the business for several years. Remembers of trad¬ 
ing horses to different members of the General Assembly for legislative 
pay certificates. I remember well of receiving some from Speaker S. J. 
Lee and from \V. H. Jones, Jr., known as Red Hot Jones, a member 
from Georgetown County. I also received legislative pay certificates in 
payment of carriage, horse and buggy hire and horse feed ; the same was 
furnished to different members of the Senate aud House of Representa¬ 
tives. 

C. H. PETTINGILL. 


TESTIMONY OF S. RANDALL. 

Columbia, S. C., July 30, 1877. 

S. Randall, being first duly sworn, deposes and says : 

Am a resident of the town of Aiken, in the County of Aiken, in this 
State, and am an attorney at law. Was Committee Clerk in the House 
of Representatives of this State during the time of Lee’s administration 
as Speaker. I know in 1872 or 1873 the House passed a resolution in¬ 
structing John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, to rent some Committee 
rooms outside of the State Plouse. He did so, aud, among others, Tay¬ 
lor’s building—two rooms up stairs, one room and a closet down stairs. 
These rooms were all fitted up with handsome furniture, the floors car¬ 
peted, &c. This was fitted up by Speaker Lee. Lee brought his wife to 
this house and she remained there a while; they lived in this house. 
The up stairs was fitted up for family use with as fine furniture 
as could be purchased at Berry’s. Lee, after staying at Taylor’s 
place some time, left there and went and occupied two rooms in 
Fine’s building. These rooms were also furnished in elegant style— 




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marble-top table, settees, cushioned chairs, sideboards, &c. The 
furniture in these last described rooms was carried by Samuel J. 
Lee to his house in Aiken, and he used it as his parlor furniture up to 
the last campaign, when I saw it in his house, and I have no doubt it is 
there now. Lee told me that this was the furniture he had used in said 
rooms in Columbia. Prince Rivers had some furniture also furnished 
him by John Williams, Sergeant at-Arms. Gloster Holland told me 
that John Williams’s house at Hamburg was furnished in fine style. 
Richmond, a Trial Justice in Columbia, had two rooms furnished, and a 
house of ill fame kept by a colored woman named Anna Wells was also 
furnished. All this done by John Williams at the expense of the State. 
In addition to the above, Williams had a room furnished in Columbia 
and he also furnished one there for Prince Rivers. S. J. Lee has a fine 
iron safe, marble top, worth some six or seven hundred dollars. I heard 
Lee, while Speaker, order this safe from an agent who was in Columbia. 
Gloster Holland knows that this safe was paid for by the State as 
stationery. Holland told me so. S. J. Lee purchased a cluster diamond 
pin from D. Epstin. I think Holland knows that this pin was paid for 
by the State. This pin was purchased by Lee in the session of 1872-73 ; 
worth about $700. Lee purchased a phaeton in Columbia. Holland 
says that this was paid fcr as sundries. 

SALLIS RANDALL, Jr. 

July 31, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF THOMAS P. PURSE. 

Columbia, S. C., July 25, 1877. 

Thomas P. Purse, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and am now 
engaged in house furnishing, etc., and was engaged in the same business 
in the years 1871-2, and ever since that time. For several years was 
engaged in putting down carpets in Committee rooms. Twice I furnished 
rooms with carpets and shades over the South Carolina Bank and Trust 
Company. The first time I furnished carpets and shades for three rooms, 
and the following session of the Legislature furnished the same rooms 
with the same articles, together with two additional rooms. Also, I fur¬ 
nished rooms with carpets twice over Greenfield’s. About November 27, 
1870, I furnished two rooms in the Greenfield building occupied by W. 
J. Whipper, bought from J. PI. & M. L. Kinard. The rooms over the 
Bank and Trust Company were furnished by the order of J. B. Dennis; 
two of the rooms were occupied by a Mr. Johnson. These goods were 
bought from W. D. Love & Co. I rendered an account of the amount 



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of goods taken off from J. H. & M. L. Kinard, as also from W. D. Love 
& Co., and as I would call off the items, item by item, the book-keepers 
ot the two houses respectively would make entries thereof in a book 
kept for that purpose. In some instances, at W. D. Love & Co.’s, I 
might have given memoranda in lead pencil of the amount of the goods 
furnished. The three rooms furnished over the Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany were furnished with goods from J. H. & M. L. Kinard; also, two 
rooms for Whipper over Greenfield’s building; also-, the Supreme Court 
room, in this building, one time only; also, I think, the Executive apart¬ 
ments; also, the room of the State Library; also, the Comptroller 
General’s office, two rooms. -These carpets sold for different prices, 
ranging from SI.75 to $2.62 per yard; a large majority of the carpets 
sold for the smaller sum. I furnished five rooms over the Bank and 
Trust Company with carpets and eleven shades from goods bought of W. 
D. Love & Co. The carpet in one room was common and cost only 
about 65 cents a yard; the balance cost $1.75. After that I measured 
three rooms at the Greenfield building, but don’t remember whether I 
furnished them or not; if I did, the carpets cost $1.75 a yard. Also 
the Governor’s apartment; the carpets cost $2.25 a yard, I think. Also, 
the office of the State Treasurer; the front room with cocoa matting, 
and, I think, the back room with Brussels carpet. 

T. P. PURSE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, August 1, 1877. 

Thomas P. Purse, being further examined, deposes and says on oath: 

I have within the last few days measured the rooms in Greenfield’s 
corner building, occupied once by a Committee of the House; I think 
the Ways and Means, Whipper, Chairman. The two rooms took about 
seventy-nine yards carpeting, costing not over two dollars per yard, from 
J. hi. & M. L. Kinard’s. Two rooms over the South Carolina Bauk and 
Trust Company would take eighty-three yards by similar measurement, 
cost not over two dollars per yard ; one room besides, about thirty-five 
yards at not over one dollar and twenty-five cents per yard, from J. H. 
& M. L. Kinard’s. The Governor’s office takes seventy-two yards, cost 
not exceeding three dollars per yard, from same parties. The State 
Treasurer’s office sixty-six yards, cost not over three dollars per yard, 
from Kiuard’s. The Comptroller General’s office about fifty yards, cost 
not exceeding three dollars per yard, from Kinard’s. State Library 
room (formerly occupied for House of Representatives) about three hun¬ 
dred and twenty-five yards, not exceeding two dollars per yard, from 
Kinard’s. Supreme Court room taking about one hundred and fifty 
yards, cost not exceeding two dollars per yard at Kinard’s. The Secre- 


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tarv of State’s office I can’t be positive about. It takes about ninety 
yards, and, if furnished by Ivinard, cost not over three dollars per yard. 
Front office of State Treasurer ninety yards of cocoa matting, cost not 
exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per yard, from Ivinard s. 
All the above about and since 1870. 

The following were furnished by W. D. Love & Co.: In the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company building, four rooms, about one hun¬ 
dred and fifty-seven yards, at not over two dollars per yard; one room, 
about thirty five yards printed hemp, cost not over one dollar per yard ; 
the Governor’s room, about seventy-two yards, cost not exceeding two 
dollars and fifty cents per yard. This second carpet in the Governor’s 
room replaced the first, which was worn out. Chamberlain said he paid 
this out of his contingent fund. I put some carpets down in Greenfield’s 
wooden building, but don’t remember for whom. The cost would not 
exceed tw 7 o hundred dollars. I was employed by J. H. & M. L. Ivinard 
and by W. D. Love & Co. to put down carpets in the cases specified 
above. I am positive that these matters were entered on the books of 
the said firms. I have seen them make the entries. The above I believe 
to have been all charged to the State. 

T. P. PURSE. 


TESTIMONY OF E. J. SCRIYEN. 

Columbia, S. C., January 19th, 1878. 

R. J. Scriven, being duly sworn, says: 

That he resides in Columbia, S. C., and that he has been in the capacity 
of porter for the various Committees within the new 7 State House during 
the entire sessions of the Legislature from 1871 up to the present time, 
and including the entire Summer months during the whole period, and 
around about the State House at all times, and no work whatever has 
been performed upon the Committee rooms during the said period of 
time. 

R. J. SCRIVEN. 


TESTIMONY OF PARIS SIMKINS. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October , 1877. 

Paris Sirakins, sworn, says: 

That he was a member of the House of Representatives for two terms 
commencing in November, 1872. While I was in the Legislature, I 




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wanted some articles at Mr. Glaze’s jewelry store and did not have 
the money. I inquired of Mr. Glaze if I could get them on the endorse¬ 
ment of Samuel J. Lee as Speaker of the House. He replied that I 
could. I took a note from Lee to Glaze to let me have the goods, and I 
purchased something over two hundred dollars’ worth. They were 
charged to me. Lee had an account, also, at Glaze’s, and he settled both 
his account and mine by giving to Glaze a legislative pay certificate, 
which he accepted as payment in full of the amount due. Afterwards, 
Lee was sued, and so was I. Whether Lee ever paid or not I cannot 
say, but I do know that I paid for all I purchased (something over two 
hundred dollars) to Messrs. Arthur & Arthur, the attorneys for Glaze, 
and have their receipt for the amount, and Glaze still holds this certifi¬ 
cate against the State. 

P. SIMKINS. 


I have no claims of any kind, character or description whatsoever 
against the State. 

P. SIMKINS. 


October 18, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF A. PALMER. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., February 7th, 1878. 

A. Palmer, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

I am a dealer in stoves, &e., in the city of Columbia. I furnished to 
the State House and Committee rooms a large number of stoves, and 
upon an examination I do not now find there one-eighth of the stoves 
that I so furnished; and the total valuation of what now remains within 
the State House and Committee rooms amounts to about fifteen hundred 
dollars. 

A. PALMER. 


EVIDENCE OF JOHN WILLIAMS ON STATIONERY. 

Columbia, S. C., January 5th, 1878. 

John Williams, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

As Sergeant at-Arms of the House of Representatives, I was often re¬ 
quested, and did deliver to individual members packages of stationery 
furnished me by A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House. Such packages were 
about one foot square and contained about from $10 to $20 worth of 
stationery. These were usually delivered to whom were known as com- 




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mon men, and not recognized as leaders in the House, and I have no 
doubt but that the leading men received a great deal more—such men 
as J. A Bowley, John B. Dennis, W. J. Whipper, Red Hot Jones and 
C. S. Minort. 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


TESTIMONY OF PRINCE R. RIVERS. 

Columbia, S. C., January 4, 1878. 

Pri nee R. Rivers, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

That he was a member of the Legislature from 1868 to 1874,—six 
years,—and that at no period during said time did I receive more than 
ten dollars worth of stationery at auy one session. I was very intimate 
with forty or fifty other members attending on same sessions, and am 
confident that no one of them received more than that arnouut, or fifteen 
dollars worth at the outside, and our intimacy was of such a nature that 
I am positive of the above statement concerning the other members. 

P. R. RIVERS. 


TESTIMONY OF T. A. M’CREERY. 

Columbia, S. C., July 28th, 1877. 

T. A. McCreery, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and am engaged 
in the mercantile business.* My impression is that I became connected 
with the firm of W. D. Love & Co. some time during the year 1872; 
previously to that time I was not a partner, but I lent the firm money 
and they paid me interest and gave me a small part of the profits. 
Don’t know of my own knowledge that the firm of W. D. Love & Co. 
ever furnished the State any supplies of any kind. I have not Jjeeu able 
to find any books that show a record of any such transactions. All the 
books, papers and records, as far as I know, were turned over to me at 
the time of the dissolution of the firm. Have no knowledge of the class 
of supplies, if any, that were lurnished. When I came down in 1874, I 
found in a pocketbook some pay certificates, which, I was informed, was 
given for supplies sold the State. Have not collected the certificates but 
one, which was not collected in full, nor w T as it collected from the State. 
The balance were filed with the Bonanza Commission. We submitted a 
claim in the big bonanza of $1,979.52, and they allowed us on account 
of the claim four warrants, each for the sum of $225. 

T. A. McCREERY. 


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TESTIMONY OF B. B. M’CREERY. 


Columbia, S. C., July 26, 1877. 

B. B. McCreery, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and am engaged 
in the mercantile business. Was a member of the firm of W. D. Love 
& Co. from the time of the commencement of their business here until 
the firm name was changed in 1874 to McCreery, Love & Co. No sup¬ 
plies were furnished the State, nor any of its officers as such, after the 
change was made in the style of the firm. Was not here when the sup¬ 
plies were furnished, and know nothing about them. Have no books 
that contain any records of the supplies that were furnished the State. 

B. B. McCREERY. 

July 26, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF J. H. KINARD. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C\, March 30, 1878. 

J. H. Kinard, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

I reside in the city of Columbia, and for some years prior to this time 
I was engaged in merchandising as the firm of J. H. & M. L. Kinard, 
and as J. H. Kinard individually. During the said time, as a firm and 
individually, I sold, on various occasions, carpets, dry goods, furnishing 
goods, &c., to James M. Allen, John B. Dennis, John Williams, Ser- 
geaut-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Byas and 
Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. From James M. Allen I received 
cash in payment of his accounts, but from the rest of the parties above 
named, according to the best of my recollection, I received legislative 
pay certificates for their accounts. Bills were rendered for these goods 
and duplicate bills retained on file until the accounts were settled, and 
no book accounts were kept of the same. 

I have examined account designated as No. 24 in the evidence of 
A. O. Jones. The heading of the account is that of the firm of J. H. 
& M. L. Kinard, and the handwriting on said heading is that of our 
then bookkeeper, Mr. J. G. Guiou. The said heading is made out 
against “John Williams, Sergeant at-Arms,” and was originally attached 
to an account for a small amount, but the same was cut off at the 
division line of the heading and body of the original account and 
another piece of paper substituted and pasted skillfully on with an entire 
different handwriting, bearing an account as follows: 



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Columbia, S. C., February 13th, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives.) 

To account rendered. $5,127 28 

This amount was never received by myself or the said firm, and is, 
without question, a robbery from the Treasury of the State. Such an 
account was never rendered, and I should have known it if it was ren¬ 
dered. 

J. H. KINARD. 


TESTIMONY OF M. L. KINARD. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., March 30, 1878. 

M. L. Kinard, being duly sworn, deposes, on oath, as follows: 

I reside in the city of Columbia, in this State, and am by occupation 
a merchant. I was for some years a member of the firm of J. H. & M. 
L. Kinard, and conducted the dry goods and house-furnishing business 
in said city. In the Spring of 1871 I withdrew from said copartnership. 
During my connection with said firm we sold carpets, mattings, &c., to 
various parties connected with the State government. We sold to Ser- 
geant-at-Arms of the House, Williams, Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of the 
Senate, and others. We kept a regular set of books and accounts 
according to my recollection, but as for this class of accounts I cannot 
say how they were arrauged. 

I have examined account designated as No. 24 in the evidence of A. 
O. Jones. The heading of the account is that of the firm of J. H. & M. 
L. Kinard, and the handwriting on said heading is that of Mr. J. G. 
Guion, then our book-keeper. The said heading, made out against 
John Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms, was originally attached to an account 
for a small amount, but the same was cut off at the division line of the 
heading and body of the original account and another piece of paper 
substituted and pasted very carefully on, with a different handwriting, 
bearing the following wording: 

“Columbia, S. C., February 13th, 1872. 
“State of South Carolina, (House of Representatives,) 

“To account rendered...$5,127 28” 

I unhesitatingly pronounce the above account a fraud and a direct 
steal from the State Treasury. Although my name appears on the 
pasted heading to the above account bearing the firm’s name, I with¬ 
drew from the said firm fully one year prior to the date of the same, and 
the firm of J. H. & M. L. Kinard were not in existence. 

M. L. KINARD. 





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ERRATA. 


IION. ROBERT SMALLS. 

In referring to Senators who were paid for their support of an appro¬ 
priation of $250,000, the name of Robert Smalls was inadvertently 
omitted. (See page 57, Woodruff’s evidence, for the receipt of $5,000 
by Smalls.) As to the check payable to cash or bearer having been paid 
to Robert Smalls, see testimony of L. N. Zealy, Cashier S. C. Bank and 
Trust Company, pages 152, 153, 154. 

On page 125, Exhibit P, for eighteen hundred dollars paid as per 
order to Thomas Hamilton, read eight hundred ($800) dollars. 



REPOH/T. 


After having reported on other matters referred to them, your Com¬ 
mittee have now to consider the matter of public printing. Before 
entering into the details of the system of fraud by which, under this 
guise, the State Treasury was depleted more effectually than by any 
other scheme, (unless it be through the issuing of legislative pay certifi¬ 
cates,) the Committee desire to engage in advance the public indulgence. 
Whilst fraud, bribery and corruption were rife in every department of 
the State government, nothing has equaled the magnitude and infamy 
attending the management of public printing. So much of comment is 
necessary, even though each statement we shall make is verified by 
reliable testimony. 

The corruption was everywhere prevalent, and the division of the 
spoils extended from the highest officials to the humblest members of 
the General Assembly. Indeed, it embraced a majority of the State 
officials and two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly. In 
addition to the amounts expended for the benefit of those persons, the 
fund obtained was devoted to the establishment and support of various 
Republican journals, daily and weekly, but principally to aid the 
Charleston Daily Republican, the Columbia Daily Union and the 
Columbia Union-Herald. A large amount of money was expended 
annually for the support of these and kindred papers without any legal 
authority; and bills purporting to be presented under or by virtue of 
law, illegally and fraudulently increased in amount to many thousands 
of dollars, were paid year after year from the State Treasury. At first, 
as will appear from the testimony, under Mr. Denny’s contract the divi¬ 
sion of the spoils was confined to a few of the leading members of the 
General Assembly, but a majority did not like Denny’s close manner of 
conducting business. Hence the Carolina Printing Company was 
formed, composed of certain State officials and the editors of the Colum¬ 
bia Union and Charleston Republican. After this, the system of 
issuing pay certificates for public printing for division became almost 
universal, resulting in many thousands of dollars worth of printing pay 
certificates being issued annually without any consideration, to be paid 
out of any money not otherwise appropriated, unless the taking of it 
by the officials and members can be construed as an appropriation, 
which it literally was. Not content with this, claims when paid by the 
Treasurer for permanent and current printing were in several instances 




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raised to three times the original amounts, and thus paid and divided. 
These payments thus raised were added to the printing accounts in order 
that this ring should not lose thereby. The checks and evidence show 
that Woodruff, the Clerk of the Senate, was to take care of the “circle 
of friends ” in the Senate, and Clerk Jones of “ the friends ” in the 
House, and they were jointly to take care of State officials. 

Your Committee experienced great difficulty in arriving at the amounts 
actually paid for public printing, as the sum was largely in excess of that 
charged on the books of the State Treasurer. We ascertained that large 
payments had been made ostensibly for printing which were charged to 
other convenient accouuts,and hence we were obliged to examine and go 
through all the vouchers from 1868 to 1876, at the expense of much time 
and labor. The amount appropriated and paid during this time, includ¬ 
ing the publication of the general laws and claims for printing, was 
$1,326,589, a sum largely in excess of the cost of public printing from 
the establishment of the State government up to 1868, including all pay¬ 
ments made during the war in Confederate currency. In this connection 
we respectfully invite attention to paper annexed to the evidence with 
this report marked “Exhibit E, F, G,” in further illustration of the 
extravagant and enormous cost of public printing during these flush 
times of the so-called Printing Ring; also, to the appropriations made at 
the sessions of 1872-73, when appropriations for public printing and 
amounts paid newspapers for printing Acts reached $450,000, or $171,759 
more than the printing cost the State for twenty-five years, commencing 
at 1840-41 and ending 1865-66, including $42,141.63 paid during the 
war in 1864 in Confederate currency for one year’s printing. This state¬ 
ment includes payments made throughout the war when the true value 
of labor and materials ascended in ratio with the depreciation of Con¬ 
federate currency, and included also the amounts paid for printing at the 
session of 1865-6, when, owing to the destruction of our railroads, the 
freights upon printing material alone cost more than the material and 
freights combined in 1872-3. The public printing f in this State cost 
$450,000 in one year, exceeding the cost of like work in Massachusetts, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and New York by $122,932.13, embrac¬ 
ing as they do five of the largest and most populous of the Northern, 
Eastern, Western and Southern States. A comparison between the cost 
of printing during the same year in Ohio and South Carolina, with 
regard to population and wealth, will prove how enormous were the 
inroads made on the Treasury by the Printing Ring of this State: 

Wealth of Ohio....... $1,167,731,697 00 

Wealth of South Carolina under extravagant assess¬ 
ment..... 183,913,337 00 




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Population of Ohio. 2,695,260 . 

Population of South Carolina. 705,606 

Amount appropriated for printing in Ohio. $ 63,000 00 

Amount appropriated for printing in South Carolina. 450,000 00 

Cost of printing in Ohio per capita , about. 24 mills 

Cost of printing in South Carolina per capita, nearly.. 434 mills 


Ohio, with nearly four times the population of South Carolina, and 
over nine times the capacity to pay, obtained her printing for $63,000, 
whilst it cost in South Carolina $450,000. In addition to this, on com¬ 
parison of the class of printing paid for in Ohio, we find that $27,000 of 
the expense charged was for a kind of printing not required in this State. 
For a further comparison we refer to paper in the evidence marked 
“ Exhibit A, H, D,” in which it is shown that there was appropriated 
during the sessions of 1872-73, by this State, $128,094—more than the 
cost of printing in all the thirteen Southern States for the last fiscal 
year. It will also be seen that there was appropriated $385,000 at the 
session of 1873-74 for printing in South Carolina, making a total of 
$835,000 within two years, or an average of $145,594 per annum over 
and above the cost of printing in all the Southern States for the past 
fiscal year. We derive grim satisfaction from the appalling figures pre¬ 
sented from Louisiana, marked “Exhibit L,” rivaling her sister in calam¬ 
ity, and putting to the deepest blush even the shame of Radicalism in 
South Carolina. 

Your Committee herewith submit a portion of Mr. Woodruff’s testi¬ 
mony bearing upon this subject, so that some idea may be had of the 
system and results of this stupendous plundering of the Treasury of the 
State. Mr. Woodruff swears that he was elected Clerk of the Senate in 
1868. J. W. Lenny was then State Printer. “Senators composing the circle 
of friends” became dissatisfied with Mr. Denny’s close manner of con¬ 
ducting business and his failure to meet their expectations in the division 
of the profits arising from the public printing. In the Fall or Winter of 
1870 the Carolina Printing Company was organized by Messrs. J. W. 
Denny, R. K. Scott, N. G. Parker, D. H. Chamberlain, J. W. Morris 
and L. Cass Carpenter. This company owned the Daily Union of 
Columbia and the Charleston Republican. Senator Leslie told 
Woodruff that “the friends” in the Senate thought that as this was a 
matter of Senate patronage they should have a percentage of the profits 
from the printing. In order to carry out the wishes of “the friends,” 
Mr. Leslie proposed that pay certificates for various amounts, ranging 
from three to five thousand dollars, for current printing be drawn, and 
one-third or one-fourth of the amount realized be given to the Chair- 


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man of the Committee on Printing for division among “the friends/’ in¬ 
cluding some fifteen or sixteen Senators. This system was carried out as 
long as moneys could be paid out of any sums in the Treasury not other¬ 
wise appropriated , and was only checked and stopped when the law for 
specific appropriations and payments was enacted. Besides this, Wood¬ 
ruff testifies that a vast deal of unofficial and dead-head work was done 
by the company for State officials, friends and members of the General 
Assembly; that the certificates were usually discounted at the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of which bank Governor R. K. 
Scott, Treasurer Niles G. Parker and Attorney General Chamber- 
lain were stockholders. The checks in the hands of the Committee are 
but a portion of the amounts paid during the time of the above arrange¬ 
ments. The money was deposited to the credit of the Printing Com¬ 
pany, and sometimes, according to the witness, division or gratification 
checks were drawn against deposits in the Carolina National Bank and 
Central National Bank, which checks he supposes are still held by these 
banks. The testimony of Woodruff, corroborated by the checks in the 
hands of your Committee, show that the following named persons 
received the amounts severally annexed to their names under said 


arrangements: 

Senator Y. J. P. Owens, 5 checks, 81,000 each. $5,000 00 

Senator Y. J. P. Owens, 1 check. 2,000 00 

Senator James M. Allen, 2 checks, $500 each. 1,000 00 

Senator James M. Allen, 1 check .... 200 00 

Senator L. Wimbush, 1 check. 300 00 

Senator L. Wimbush, 1 check. 200 00 

Senator L. Wimbush, 1 check. 250 00 

Representative B. A. Bosemon, 1 check. .... 250 00 

Representative B. A. Bosemon, 1 check. 100 00 

Senator E. E. Dickson, 2 checks, $300 each. 600 00 

Senator B. F. Whittemore, 5 checks amounting to. 1,510 00 

Representative James N. Hayne, 4 checks amounting to. 700 00 

Senator J. Hollingshead, 1 check amounting to. 80 00 

Senator W. B. Nash, 2 checks amounting to. 750 00 

Senator H. AY. Duncan, 3 checks amounting to. 150 00 

Senator R. Smalls, 2 checks amounting to. 250 00 

Senator J. L. Jamison, 4 checks amounting to. 375 00 

Senator John AVilson, 1 check amounting to. 74 00 

Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier, 1 check amounting to.... 227 90 

Representative J. B. Dennis, 3 checks amounting to. 350 00 

Representative AY. H. Jones, 2 checks amounting to. 350 00 

Representative T. A. Davis, 1 check amounting to. 50 00 























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Senator J. A. Green, 1 check amounting to. $100 00 

Senator S. A. Swails, 3 checks amounting to. 200 00 

Representative A. L. Singleton, 1 check amounting to. 50 00 

Representative W. J. Whipper, 1 check amounting to. 200 00 

Senator C. P. Leslie, 1 check amounting to. 200 00 

Senator J. F. Beckman, 1 check amounting to... 250 00 


Thus before the organization of the Republican Printing Company 
fifteen Senators and seven Representatives received the above sums under 
this “division and silence” printing arrangement. 

Tour Committee also call your attention to the evidence of Woodruff, 
wherein he reveals the combination of Governor Scott, Treasurer N. G. 
Parker and Comptroller Neagle, whereby $45,000 printing accounts 
were sold to Neagle, afterwards raised and receipted for on Treasurer’s 
books at $90,000, thus defrauding the State out of $45,000 at one stroke. 

The accounts, when exhibited, contained charges for discount on former 
bills, as if a State should pay a discount on raised and fraudulent bills. 
Woodruff is corroborated by Clerk Jones, who swears that the company 
did not receive any of this money except the $20,000 paid by Neagle. 
But Woodruff says it is fair to suppose that Parker and Scott knew 
who received the money, as, by law, the Treasurer’s check required the 
counter signature of the Governor before payment. An examination of 
the Treasurer’s stub check book shows that checks were drawn to pay 
the raised $45,000 claim in three equal amounts, confirming Woodruff’s 
inference as to the division of the spoils between Scott, Parker and 
Neagle. Woodruff also swears that “he was not only compelled to 
satisfy Senators, but had to buy off the opposition of members of the 
House of Representatives who were dissatisfied with the payments made 
by Clerk Jonesthat “State officials, judges, lawyers, editors, report¬ 
ers, lobbyists—male and female—white and black—all, from the highest 
to the lowest, manifested deep interest in the passage of the Republican 
Company’s bills, aud were paid according to the supposed value of their 
services and influence.” 

In reference to the appropriation of $250,000, approved December 
21st, 1872, Woodruff' says that he can enumerate but a portion of the 
amounts paid, which were’as follows: 


Governor F. J. Moses.$20,000 00 

F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer. 12,500 00 

Senator B. F. Whittemore. 5,000 00 

Senator Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 00 

Senator W. B. Nash. 5,000 00 

Senator S. A. Swails.. 2,500 00 














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Senator S. E. Gaillard. $ 500 00 

Senator W. R. Jervey. 300 00 

Senator J. L. Jamison. 200 00 

Senator J. L. Jamison. 100 00 

Senator E. E. Dickson. 200 00 

Senator H. J. Maxwell. 1,000 00 

Senator C. D. Hayne. 500 00 

Senator W. H. Jones. 500 00 

Senator J. H. White. 150 00 

Senator J. M. Smith. 300 00 

Senator W. E. Holcombe. 250 00 

Senator W. E. Johnston. 500 00 

Ex-Governor A. J. Ransier.. 500 00 

Lieutenant Governor R. H. Gleaves. 300 00 

Senator H. C. Corwin. 300 00 

Senator G. F. McIntyre. 200 00 

Senator C. Smith. 500 00 • 

Senator John Lee. 100 00 

Senator S. Ford. 50 00 

Senator J. Lee. -100 00 


Woodruff’s testimony and checks turned in by him in this transaction 
show that several high State officials and twenty-two Senators out of 
thirty-three (twenty-one of whom were Republicans and one Democrat) 
were paid; and, by adding the amounts paid by Clerk Jones, of the House 
of Representatives, as gratification checks, to the sums paid by Wood¬ 
ruff, including checks not endorsed and other payments, the startling 
fact will appear that not less thau 898,500 was paid at one session, 
on the passage of one bill for printing, as bribes and gratification. This 
bare statement would be weakened by any further comment on its enor¬ 
mity. But this is far from being all. It appears from the testi¬ 
mony of Woodruff, corroborated by the books of the Republican Print¬ 
ing Company, also by LeGrand Benedict, business manager of said 
company, that the following additional sums were paid out to secure the 
appropriation of $231,000 and interest, approved December 19th, 1873: 


Lieutenant Governor R. H. Gleaves. $2,500 00 

Senator T. C. Andrews. 5,000 00 

Senator L. Cain. 1,000 00 

Senator H. Cardozo, statistician. 500 00 

Senator F. A. Clinton. 1,200 00 

Senator H. C. Corwin. 1,500 00 

Senator E. E. Dickson, statistician. 300 00 





























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Senator T. C. Dunn. SI,000 00 

Senator S. E. Gaillard. 2,000 00 

Senator C. D. Hayne. 1,000 00 

Senator W. E. Holcombe. 1,000 00 

Senator J. Hollingshead. 1,000 00 

Senator W. R. Jervey. 1,200 00 

Senator W. E. Johnston. 1,000 00 

Senator W. H. Jones. 1,500 00 

Senator J. Lee. 1,000 00 

Senator Moses Martin. 1,000 00 

Senator G. F. McIntyre. 2,000 00 

Senator FI. J. Maxwell.,. 2,500 00 

Senator W. B. Nash. 5,000 00 

Senator Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 00 

Senator R. Smalls. 5,000 00 

Senator C. Smith. 1,000 00 

Senator J. M. Smith. 1,500 00 

Senator S. A. Swails. 5,000 00 

Senator John Wilson. 500 00 

Senator J. H. White. 1,000 00 

Senator B. F. Whittemore. 5,000 00 


Aggregating the large amount of $57,200 paid to twenty-seven Sen¬ 
ators out of thirty-three, and to Lieutenant Governor Gleaves as Presi¬ 
dent of the Senate. 

Woodruff explains, as due to Senators Cardozo and Dickson, that 
they furnished statistics for Immigration Report, and to Andrews, that 
he regarded the amount paid him as a subscription to his paper, the 
Columbia Union-Herald. And also that Senator Dickson never asked 
or received from him (Woodruff) any valuable consideration for any 
vote he gave as Senator. The Committee, therefore, conclude that what¬ 
ever was given to Dickson by Woodruff was only as a gratuity. Of 
course, none of these sums could have been paid without “ the appro¬ 
priation !” 

In addition to the above, Woodruff and Jones swear that the follow¬ 
ing amounts, which appear on the books of the company, were paid 
State officials on the passage of the Bill: 


Governor F. J. Moses...$10,500 00 

F. L. Cardozo. 12,500 00 

S. L. Hoge, (Comptroller General). 5,000 00 


So the amount paid by Jones, Clerk of the House, added to that paid 
by Woodruff, sums up $124,969 expended for bribes and “commissions” 




























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on the above measure alone. Woodruff’s testimony and the books of 
the printing company show the enormous sum of $385,866.90 was paid 
out to State officers, Senators, members of the House and by way of 
forced contribution to Republican newspapers. 

Woodruff says: “With Cardozo, Treasurer, we made an arrange¬ 
ment at first to pay him ten per cent, for prompt payments, but, in con¬ 
sideration of the heavy payments made to the General Assembly, he 
agreed to reduce it to five per cent. The payments made to Cardozo 
were always in currency with one or two exceptions, when he received 
pay certificates belonging to the company.” He further says that “the 
company was severely blackmailed for the Union-Herald, whilst that 
paper was owned by Governor Chamberlain and Treasurer Cardozo ; 
that the books of the Republican Printing Company were kept by 
W. H. Jackson.” The amounts paid to State officers and Senators 
appear on said books, in most instances, with the initials of their names 
reversed, indicating an attempt on the part of said company and its 
bookkeeper to conceal and deceive whilst they themselves understood 
and thus kept record of the real parties. 

The testimony of LeGrand Benedict, business manager of said com¬ 
pany, is well worth attention as corroborating Woodruff. He says: 
The term “ S. S. Fund” on the books of the company originated, he 
thinks, with W. H. Jackson, the bookkeeper, and denoted gratuities to 
legislators and public officials in aid of the passage of the Bill and col¬ 
lection of the claims of the company against the State. That it was a 
standing agreement between the company and Treasurer Cardozo that 
he was to receive ten per cent, on all sums paid the company by the 
State, and that it comes within his knowledge that, under said agree¬ 
ment, Cardozo did receive ten per cent, on certain sums paid by him to 
the company. That in some instances he (witness) receipted for larger 
sums than were paid to him. Witness also paid considerable amounts to 
Senators on the order of Woodruff. The witness examined his (Wood¬ 
ruff’s) account and found it in the same condition as that of Clerk 
A. O. Jones. He says that he has no doubt that the entries made on 
page 24 of payments made to certain State officers were correct, and 
that they are in the handwriting of W. H. Jackson. 

Mr. Woodruff is sustained in his charges by the confessions of Senators 
themselves. [See testimony of Senator Cain and others admitting the 
receipt of the money.] 

Pursuing the testimony of Woodruff: He produced a check, payable 
to “ gratification ” or bearer, for five hundred dollars, which he says 
“ was given to Mr. Jacobs, Cashier of the South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company, for Governor R. K. Scott, to induce him, while he was 
Governor, to sign a check for $11,000 given by Treasurer Parker to the 


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printing company.” Woodruff produced his bank book, which showed 
that the check had been paid, and opposite the credit, in Jacobs’s hand¬ 
writing, appears the word “Scott.” The books of the Bank and Trust 
Company also show that this amount was placed to the credit of Gov¬ 
ernor Scott on the same day that it was received from Woodruff, and on 
the same day the $11,000 was carried to the credit of the company. 

We here insert a few extracts from the diary of Mr. Woodruff con¬ 
firmatory of his testimony, which will show that in most cases when he 
paid out money or gave a check it was entered with the name of the 
party and date of payment. We refer you to “Exhibit W,” attached 
to Woodruff’s evidence, containing a large number of extracts from his 
diary bearing ou the subject of public printing principally: 

Saturday, January 4, 1873. 

Received a dispatch from LeGrand relative to rumors about injunc¬ 
tion on payment of printing bills. Mr. Arnold was present and I exhibited 
temper, which I should not have done. God grant that I may be saved 
from swearing. Sent reply to the dispatch telling LeGrand that I would 
leave for Columbia to-morrow morning, and to keep the buffers quiet until 
my return. 


Sunday, January 5, 1873. 

Arrived in Columbia at 5:30 P. M. Neagle and Minort came to see 
me. Promised to take care of Minort’s note and to endorse it. 


Monday, January 6, 1873. 

Endorsed a note for Minort for $500, sixty days. That I consider a 
company affair. 


Tuesday, January 7, 1873. 

Bowley proposed to take printing bills for his pay. Promised to con¬ 
sider the matter. That will not do. 


Tuesday, January 7, 1873. 

Nash, Gleaves, Jones &c., stayed late this evening. This Legislature 
has a hard set. I expect to be the most unpopular man going now. To 
disburse money and not be able to save any as it goes through is pretty 
rough to Josephus. 


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Wednesday, January 8, 1873. 

Jackson is a fraud and don’t know how to make out printing bills. 


Friday, January 10, 1873. 

AVhilst waiting breakfast, was called upon to go down stairs to Mr. Car- 
dozo. He desired to say to me that he wished to have us take back some 
bills payable and warrant for Supreme Court decisions from Governor 
Moses and he would give us a check for $50,000, $20,000 of which was 
to be paid to Moses. This was done. Gave $500 to Gaillard; $300 to 
Jervey. 


Friday, January 10, 1873. 

Chamberlain informs me that Melton is very apt to make us show our 
hands. Well, I am ready to do it; thev are all a set of frauds. Trust 
LeGrand will make Sperry’s note sixty days. It is a. big fraud. Stayed 
up until one o’clock. Gleaves, Nash, Smalls and nftyself had an oyster 
supper. Smalls paid for it and Nash ate it, and so it goes. 


Sunday, January 12, 1873. 

This evening I had a talk with Chamberlain, and he agreed to bring 
about a reconciliation, which was effected in a very nice way. Jones 
and I called on Governor Moses and spoke to him about effecting a 
settlement. It was a hard day for Sunday, and I trust God will forgive 
us for our actions, as we could not help it. 


Monday, January 13, 1873. 

After breakfast went over to Benedict’s and made further arrange¬ 
ments relative to printing affairs. Ordered him to make out two checks 
for our salaries as President and Treasurer of the company—$10,000 for 
Jones, and $10,000 to myself. This was small pay for two years’ 
services. Also a check for $3,000 for Cardozo. He did so, and gave 
each a check for $10,000. I paid $3,000 to Cardozo. Visited Berry’s 
with Cain and asked him to let Cain have what he wanted. 


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Wednesday, January 15, 1873. 

Received three boxes of champagne from Cooper & Taylor; also one 
basket. Ordered some cigars also. Nash called early this morning. 
Well, we will have to take care of his friends. Paid Kinard an account 
of C. D. Hayne, $200. Yesterday drew checks for John Lee, $100; 
J. H. White, $100; H. J. Maxwell, $1,000; C. D. Hayne, $500; W. H, 
Jones, Jr., $500. Arranged with Smalls. 


Thursday, January 16, 1873. 

Paid Berry, Sulzbacher, Huffy and several others. Promised Mr. 
Gleaves $300. Drew check for Ransier for $500; Holcombe, $250; 
Hollingshead, $100; Robert Smalls, $5,000; Johnston, $500. This has 
beed a day of much excitement to me. Judge Mackey, I was told, 
threatened an injunction, but when I saw him afterwards he promised to 
decide in our favor. 


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Thursday, January 16, 1873. 

Cardozo gave us checks for $100,000. I propose to give Cardozo 
$12,000 out of this. That will be a big thing for him. If we had 
Parker we would probably have had to pay half of it and then not get 
it. Jones and self will come out clear about thirty thousand dollars 
between us, or $15,000 each. 


Friday, January 17, 1873. 

Drew checks for B. F. Whittemore, $5,000; S. A. Swails, $2,500; 
C. Brookbanks, $100; R. H. Gleaves, $300. 


Friday, January 17, 1873. 

Well, I think I have made Whittemore, Smalls, Nash, Stephen Swails 
and some others my friends, or they should be if they are not; but I 
wonder if I will ever get on a healthy basis from the wolves. I hate 
Neagle. 


Saturday, January 18. 

Gave J. Mil Smith a check for $300 ; Nash a check for $3,000 ; 
White a check for $50. Now I think that is enough for the wolves. 


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Monday, January 20, 1873. 

Drew a check for Corwin for $300; McIntyre, $200. Had a conver¬ 
sation with Tim Hurley to-day. I thought we had quieted him, but he 
is still very pressing. Tim has money enough and why he should keep 
our nose to the grindstone is very strange indeed. Had a consultation 
with Bowley and he promised to do what we wanted. He told me he 
was willing to let everything else go by the board if he did not get that 
appropriation through for printing. 


Friday, January 24, 1873. 

Gave John Lee check for $100 and promised C. Smith $500. The 
per diem bill, with $50,000 for current printing, went through second 
reading to-day without a dissenting voice. This shows the justice of 
our claims. I think this is as it should be. Drew check for C. Smith 
for $500. Must give Cain and Jervey some more and old Ford $50. 


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Friday, January 24, 1873. 
Paid Cardozo $5,000 to-day ; he ought to feel good. 


Tuesday, January 24, 1873. 

Settled bills of Mr. Stanley, Fagan Bros, and others. Taylor sent 
some liquors, for which, I suppose, he must receive pay certificates. Am 
sick of this liquor business. Must give Cardozo $5,000 more as soon as 
possible. Ten per cent, gets him every time. That is better than to let 
it remain idle in the State Treasury. Agreed with Jones that Hurley 
should get $2,500. 


Thursday, January 30 . 

Neagle has beaten us all through and I am still afraid of him. He 
is a perfect nightmare to us. Jones gave Tim a check for $2,500 to¬ 
day. I think that is enough for Tim. He is another sharper. 


Thursday, January 30. 

Suppose by the time the Legislature adjourns the wolves of the execu¬ 
tive departments will scent more keenly for Jones & Woodruff. 


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Thursday, January 30. 

Cardozo, I must admit, did very well. He has tried to save us from 
the crowd and does not want to allow them to make so much out of the 
appropriations. They are all a damned set of wolves any how. I sup¬ 
pose they will unite against us for blood. McIntyre is hot after me. 


Friday, January 31. 

Gave McIntyre check for $200. Mac said it was better than nothing. 
His Rollins girls are a nuisance. 


Saturday, February 1. 

I think Jones could stand a little more skinning, but I have been 
already peeled. Dou’t want any revenge. Jones agrees to give Neagle 
$10,000 more, that is, each of us to pay him $5,000. I suppose we will 
have to give it to the voracious wretch. I am sick. 


Monday, February 3. 

Felt sick about Neagle all day. Can’t get it off my mind. Dropped 
in to see Neagle and asked him to make some sort of a proposition and 
relieve us. He is a terrible ogre and regular sucker and scarecrow 
Hurley looks daggers at me since he was paid so much. The President 
and Speaker came to see me this evening and wanted some certificates 
made out. 


Tuesday, February 4, 1873. 

Gave Mr. White a check for $25, and we agreed to stand by each 
other to the last. 


Tuesday, February 4, 1873. 

We will have to stick by and take care of Cardozo and give him 
another $5,000, just as soon as possible, for the public good. We owe it 
to him. I wonder how Jones will work anyhow ? 


Wednesday, February 5, 1873. 
The only thing I regret is the payment of $10,000 to Chamberlain. 

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Friday, February 7, 1873. 

Nash frightened me badly to-day by saying that the Committee on 
Finance propose to reduce the printing to $25,000. Paid Nash that 
$5,000 too soon. Ought to have kept half of it back. What a fool I 
was. 


Sunday, February 16, 1873. 

Gave McIntyre a check for $100 and told him I would do anything ta 
satisfy him. That is the last he will get. Am resolved not to ask the 
President to sign any more certificates for him or anybody else. 


Tuesday, February 18, 1873. 

Gave W. H. Jones, Jr., a check for $$00. That ought to silence him 
on the printing matter and make him help. 


Wednesday, February 19, 1873. 

Cardozo paid $15,000 more on the printing. Wants us to get McKin¬ 
ney a piano out of that. Propose to draw $1,000 out of office funds for 
Cardozo. 


Thursday, February 20, 1873. 

Told LeGrand to send for a piano for McKinney. He thought it was 
musical gratification. Holcombe wants some money, so does Ransier. 
Have already done well by Ransier, but will take care of his notes. 


Friday, February 21, 1873. 

The Senators are mad because I helped McIntyre to $5,000 for his 
Colleton Gazette. 


Saturday, February 22, 1873. 

They are striking for more money. Owens, Nash, Gaillard are after 
me with a sharp stick. Swails wants me to do something for Dr. Moore. 
That is passing strange. The idea of Patterson’s brother-in-law wanting 
a pay certificate is something delightfully funny. 




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Monday, February 24, 1873. 

Owens called and requested me to draw pay certificates for sundry 
parties. The President refused to sign until he saw the Senators. I 
thought he was right. Told Cardarelli I would take care of Whitte- 
more’s bill. Charley Green and Sperry, of the House, came for money. 
Sperry said he was in distress and had lost everything he ever had. 
That is good, considering he never had anything. Promised to help 
them. 


Tuesday, February 25, 1873. 

Very heavy demands were made on me this morning by Tim Hurley 
and others. If Tim could only get a certificate for legislative expenses 
it would throw him on Cardozo. Whitternore told me a number of 
friends were getting up something to surprise me. Owens is probably 
head in this affair. Ordered a big oyster supper, at which were present 
Nash, Cardozo, Gaillard, McIntyre, Owens, Jones, Clerk of the House, 
and others. It was a jolly affair, but no presentation. 


Wednesday, February 2G, 1873. 

This is the day for adjournment sine die. What a relief! Have drawn 
up nearly all my certificates. The President of the Senate refused to do 
anything for Hurley. Saw Cardozo and he promised to pay $10,000 of 
Benedict’s certificates. Was compelled to ward off a good many Sen¬ 
ators. The session to-day lasted till midnight. Drew check for J. H. 
White for $100. The President of the Senate was puzzled how to act 
so as to preserve peace in the family. After finishing business had a 
grand supper furnished by Pollock. Present: Leutenant Governor, 
Judge Wright, Senators Nash, Jervey, Cain, McIntyre, Lee, Hayne, 
Clinton, Owens and others. 


Saturday, March 22d, 1873. 

Made a trade with Hoge, giving him the Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany’s bill for $1,000 and taking $500 for it. It was a big thing. 


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Wednesday, April 16,1873. 

Crews called and I had an amusing chat with him. He is a good 
fellow, and if all were like him I could get along with the printing. 
Several Senators also called—Gaillard, Maxwell, Jones, Jr., Cain and 
several others. Can’t do anything for them. It will be, I fear, a dry 
Summer. Is it not about time for them to dry up ? I am getting tired 
of this continued pressure. 


Saturday, April 26th, 1873. 

Had quite a lesson to-day. Since purchase of Board of Trade house, 
some of my old acquaintances who had remained friendly now ignored 
me. Amongst the latter was Capt. Courtenay. It can’t be helped. I 
suppose he thinks I have made my money by some imposition on the 
public. There may be something in it, and I don’t believe public men 
with public business are any of them too careful with their overcharges. 
I can’t do better with the printing under the circumstances. 


Wednesday, May 20, 1873. 

IToge proposed to pay bill of Republican Printing Company by 
warrant on his contingent fund for $500, and I to give him a receipt 
for $1,000. Will have to do it to get along with business and keep 
peace in the family. Hoge is a huge hog. Was compelled to bluff 
several applicants for money; promised a good deal when in my power; 
also promised Minort. 


Wednesday, November 26, 1873. 

Gave Benedict an order for $200 to pay note of Senator Jones for 
Greenfield’s buggy. 


Tuesday, December 2, 1873. 

Have been pressed by the House members to tell them what Jones is 
going to do f'of them. Would like to help all of them, and especially 
poor Abram Dannerly; but, goodness gracious, Jones ought to satisfy 
these poor men! 


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Saturday, December G, 1873. 

Paid T. 0. Dunn Si,000; W. E. Holcombe, $1,000; John Wilson, $500; 
Jerry Hollingshead, $500, and others. Did my best to please everybody, 
but the appropriation is exhausted. 


Saturday, December G, 1873. 

Everybody doubled on me. I would like to leave the Comptroller 
General out iu the cold. 


Monday, December 8, 1873. 

Paid Senator Jones $1,500; Clinton, $1,250. Hurley got $5,000 from 
office. Paid Corwin $1,500; Judge Hoge, $5,000; Whittemore, $5,000. 
Gave orders for the payment of others, but they were not paid just then. 
The fact is, if it had not been for that $50,000 current printing, 1 would 
have been nowhere. Jack Little thought he ought to have something, but 
he can’t get it. Gaillard proposed to take $2,000; that’s reasonable, and 
I am glad of it. A great many are complaining of Jones. 1 cannot 
help it; he must take care of the House and I will take care of the 
Senate. Should not wonder if Hurley is dissatisfied. The Senators are 
getting cheeky. 


Tuesday, December 9, 1873. 

Took a receipt for $2,400 from Cardozo to-day in the nature of a cer¬ 
tificate from Frankfort for $4,000. 


Tuesday, December 9, 1873. 

' Paid Johnston $900; Martin, $1,000; Swails, $5,000. Judge Hoge 
appeared well pleased and came into our office. 


Wednesday, December 10, 1873. 

Benedict paid out a good deal on ray account to-day: Paid Dickson 
$300; Maxwell, $2,500. The pressure has been very great, but I guess 
we will get through by degrees. 


Thursday, December 11, 1873. 

Nash was paid off to day—$5,000, and I suppose he feels correspond¬ 
ingly happy. 


Friday, December 26, 1873. 

Will not pay a cent hereafter to any one unless they vote and help 
me pass the appropriations for printing. If they do that, then 1 will get 
whatever they call for. Will have to let the Senators pay their own bills. 
Was glad to hear that Cardozo had gone to New York. We have done all 
we can or ought for Governor Moses. 


Sunday, December 28, 1873. 

Had a visit from Colonel Montgomery and House. Received letters 
from Benedict, relative to injunctions. The wolves are alter our blood 
again. Read Beecher’s sermon on “True Economy.” It was not at all 
applicable to the Legislature. 


Friday, July 17, 1874. 

Wish Elliott would support me for State Treasurer. Would at once 
commence studying finance in earnest. My first payments would be the 
accounts of the Republican Printing Company. Printers are the light 
of the world aud should be taken care of as preferred creditors. 


Attention is called to the testimony of A. O. Jones, Clerk of the 
House, and a member of the Republican Printing Company, on this aud 
kindred subjects. He says that the printing was first awarded to J. W. 
Denny, and afterwards to the Carolina Printing Company, composed of 
Governor R. Iv. Scott, Attorney General Chamberlain, Treasurer 
Parker, Comptroller General Neagle, State Printer Denny, Auditor 
Tomlinson, L. Cass Carpenter, editor of the Daily Union, and Morris & 
Fox, of the Charleston Republican. The law then provided that the 
public printing “should be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated.” He says “ we were not aware at that time 
that this fund was looked upon as a source of revenue for State officials 
and influential members of the General Assembly. It soon became ap¬ 
parent, however, that unless we made an agreement to distribute the 
profits we would be cleaned out. This necessarily caused the bills for the 


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Work to be greatly increased.” “ Mr. Woodruff’s experience with the 
State officials was much larger than mine. The passage of the printing 
claims was a special object of attack by an army of blackmailers, composed 
of State officials, Senators, members of the House, editors, lobbyists and 
other hungry hangers-on of the General Assembly.” “ In order to ob¬ 
tain the money on our claims,” adds Jones, “ we were forced by Governor 
Chamberlain and Treasurer Cardozo to support the Union-Herald 
whilst it existed. We deemed it politic to satisfy as near as possible 
these demands. Instead of following the practice of placing a fund in 
the hands of a few individuals, we undertook the distribution of our 
favors and to make them general.” 

The witness Jones also submitted a large number of checks, now in 
the bands of your Committee, most of them endorsed, representing 
amounts paid to different members of the House in consideration of 
their votes or non-opposition to the priuting frauds that were being per¬ 
petrated under the guise of legislation. Your Committee deem it 
proper to append a list of the names and amounts paid, so that the 
people of the State may see how universal and barefaced this business of 
bribery and corruption had become in reference to appropriation for 
public printing. The following named members of the House were paid 
by check on South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, and endorsed for 
the amounts annexed to their names for the support of the Joint Reso¬ 
lution appropriating $250,000, approved December 21, 1872 : 


Levi Lee. $ 20 00 

J. C. Tingman. 25 00 

Augustus Simkius. 50 00 

D. C. Wolfe. 50 00 

D. P. McLauriu. 50 00 

John Lilly.. .. 50 00 

John A. Barker. 450 00 

John A. Barker. 300 00 

John A. Barker.4. 250 00 

Charles Simms. 50 00 

W. H. Frazier. 50 00 

H. H. Ellison. 50 00 

R. B. Artson. 50 00 

R. B. Artson. 50 00 

R. B. Artson. 50 00 

C. S. Minort. 400 00 

C. S. Minort. 100 00 

Prince Young. 50 00 

B. H. Nerland. 50 00 





















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♦ 

Edward Petty. $ 50 00 

D. Graham. 50 00 

Nelson Davies. 50 00 

J. D. Boston. 250 00 

J. D. Boston. 500 00 

J. D. Boston. 250 00 

P. R. Rivers. 100 00 

Henry Riley. 50 00 

James Young.*. 50 00 

J. T. Gilmore. 50 00 

N. T. Spencer. 60 00 

N. T. Spencer.. 100 00 

Paris Sim kins. 100 00 

Thomas H. Martin. 25 00 

Robert Tarleton... 50 00 

Robert Tarleton. 50 00 

Robert Tarleton. 100 00 

Gloster Holland. 100 00 

J. Felder Myers. 500 00 

J. Felder Myers. 500 00 

R. W. Turner. 50 00 

Sherman Smalls. 50 00 

Sherman Smalls. 100 00 

E. M. Sumter. 50 00 

E. M. Sumter. 50 00 

E. Cain. 50 00 

J. C. Wilson. 50 00 

S. Green. 200 00 

S. Green. 200 00 

S. Green.... 150 00 

S. Green. 190 00 

William Dannerly. 25 00 

C. H. Sperry. . 250 00 

C. H. Sperry. 100 00 

Richard Bryan. 50 00 

Richard Bryan. 100 00 

C. J. Andell. 100 00 

Thomas Hamilton... 250 00 

Caesar Sullivan. 50 00 

N. B. Myers. 100 00 

N. B. Myers. 200 00 

John Boston... 50 00 

J. A. Bowley. 4,400 00 

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J. A. Bowley... 

James Mills. 

C. F. North. 

S. J. Keith. 

S. J. Keith. 

S. J. Keith. 

S. J. Keith. 

S. S. Bridges.... 

T. Hurley. 

Lewis Simmons 


$ 300 00 
50 00 
50 00 
50 00 
150 00 
50 00 
50 00 
50 00 
2,500 00 
50 00 


Jones further says, that “ the foregoing checks were all made out to the 
order of the parties named, and are endorsed by them ; that check 101, 
for $2,250, was given to Mr. Benedict for Dr. B. A. Bosemon. No. 103, 
payable to Carolina National Bank, for $500, was to take up a note for 
C. S. Minort, held by said bank; also, check No. 49, payable to R. M. 
Smith, or bearer, for $350, marked ‘loan’ in parenthesis, not endorsed.” 
He says that, in addition to these checks , about the same amount was paid 
to members and State officers in currency, of which there is no memo¬ 


randum. To sum up : ** 

Checks issued by Clerk Jones, endorsed.$15,195 00 

Checks payable to bearer, not endorsed. 3,100 00 

$18,295 00 

Estimated amount paid out in currency. 18,295 00 

Making a total of..$36,590 00 


to pass an appropriation of $250,000 through the House of Representa¬ 
tives. 

The above testimony of Clerk Jones is sustained by A. Simkins, R. 
S. Tarleton, P. R. Rivers, Abram Daunerly, C. F. North, Levi Lee, S. J. 
Keith, David Graham, and others, who admit that they were paid in 
checks for their votes and support of this printing bill; also by Repre¬ 
sentative Spears, and others, in reference to cash payments made. Spears 
says: “I voted for the printing claim of the Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany, and, in consideration of my vote, A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House 
and a member of the said company, paid me a certain sum of money, 
the amount of which I have forgotten.” Also, in regard to payments to 
State officials, Governor F. J. Moses, in his testimony, says he was paid 
$15,000 for signing the Bill appropriating $250,000 for public printing. 
From the testimony of Jones, the humiliating and disgusting tact stands 
boldly out, that, in a House of Representatives of the people of South 


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Carolina, consisting of 124 members, of the session of 1872-3 , forty-nine 
members have been conclusively proven to have been bribed by their own 
endorsement of checks received; that, in all, according to account kept 
by Clerk Jones, there were fifty-three, fifty-two being Republicans and 
one solitary Democrat. Other members were paid in cash, of which no 
memorandum was kept. 

At the session of 1873-4, according to the testimony of Jones and the 
books of the Republican Printing Company, the following amounts 
were paid to the parties named, most of which was paid by Colonel 
Benedict, Business Manager of the Republican Printing Company, in 
certificates of indebtedness, subsequent to the passage of the Act author¬ 
izing their issue at the same session of 1873-74. The appropriation was 
$230,000 and interest. Jones gave orders for payment to a majority of 
the members of the House, whose names are annexed to his testimony, 
and the orders are also appended, marked “Exhibit P.” These amounts 
and many more, as shown by the books o'f said company, were paid. 
On pages 4, 5 and 24 of the Ledger of the company the following 
entries are found, the initials only being used in most cases: 


Representative T. Hurley. 

Representative T. Hurley. 

Representative C. Minort. 

Representative C. Minort.. 

Representative S. J. Lee. 

Representative Thomas Hamilton 

Representative E. H. Gourd in_ 

Representative E. H. Gourdin.... 

Representative J. Greenwood. 

Representative G. A. Reed.. 

Representative D. P. McLaurin... 

Representative T. Pressly. 

Representative N. B. Myers. 

Representative N. B. Myers.. 

Representative J. D. Robinson.... 

Representative T. IT. Martin. 

Representative H. H. Ellison. 

Representative N. T. Spencer. 

Representative I. Prioleau. 

Representative J. C. Wilson. 

Representative W. A. Grant. 

Representative M. L. Owens. 

Representative A. P. Ford. 

Representative A. W. Hough. 


$ 5,000 00 
1,300 00 
2,000 00 
1,000 00 
5,000 00 
800 00 
50 00 
50 00 
50 00 
25 00 
50 00 
50 00 
950 00 
300 00 
500 00 
50 00 
75 00 
80 00 
50 00 
50 00 
200 00 
100 00 
75 00 
40 00 


























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Representative H. Gantt... $ 175 00 

Representative J. C. Tingman. 75 00 

Representative Prince Young. 25 00 

Representative Henry Riley. 50 00 

Representative Eben Hayes. 50 00 

Representative J. F. Myers. 800 00 

Representative D. Graham. 100 00 

Representative J. D. Boston. 850 00 

Representative J. D. Boston. 50 00 

Representative J. W. Johnson. 25 00 

Representative J. Warley. 100 00 

Representative Lewis Simmons. 26 00 

Representative John A. Barker. 950 00 

Representative R. H. Humbert. 100 00 

Representative S. Green. 950 00 

Representative S. Green. 300 00 

Representative E. Cain. 100 00 

Representative James A. Bowley. 2,000 00 

Representative James A. Bowley. 3,000 00 

Representative James A. Bowley.. 1,000 00 

Representative James A. Bowley. 1,500 00 

Representative A. Collins. 25 00 

Representative J. Wallace. 25 00 

Representative J. T. Gilmore. 25 00 

Representative Fortune Giles. 50 00 

Representative James Mills. 25 00 

Representative P. Simkins. 250 00 

Representative S. J. Keith. 175 00 

Representative S. Smalls.*. 200 00 

Representative S. Smalls. 50 00 

Representative Gloster Holland. 300 00 

Representative Gloster Holland. 175 00 

Representative J. F. Peterson. 50 00 

Representative R. W. Turner. 200 00 

Representative R. D. Gaither. 75 00 

Representative B. Spears. 450 00 

Representative Charles Simms. 50 00 

Representative R. Tarleton. 100 00 

Representative W. W. Ramsay. 500 00 

Representative C. C. Puffer. 1,000 00 

Representative J. F. Green. 500 00 

Representative N. Davies. 75 00 

Representative J. Crews. 2,000 00 













































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Representative J. Crews. $ 200 00 

Representative R. M. Smith. 1,000 00 

Representative Enos A. Tate. 100 00 

Representative H. A. Wideman. 00 00 

Representative J. Young . 00 00 

Representative C. Sullivan. 00 00 

Representative C. H. Sperry. 1,000 00 

Representative A. P. Holmes. 200 00 

Representative R. B. Artson.». 000 00 

Representative William Black. 70 00 

Representative William Black. 70 00 

Representative S. B. Thompson. 100 00 

Representative Prince R. Rivers. 200 00 

Representative Levi Lee. 20 00 

Representative J. J. Grant. 100 00 

Representative J. J. Grant. 20 00 

Representative C. F. North. 20 00 

Representative B. F. Thompson. 20 00 

Representative J. B. Bascomb. 120 00 

Representative Abram Dannerly. 20 00 

Representative J. B. Bascomb. 130 00 

Representative A. Simkins. 100 00 

Representative J. A. Smith. 20 00 

Representative J. R. Tolbert. 000 00 

Representative J. B. Bascomb. 00 00 

Representative J. Allman. 20 00 

Representative W. M. Thomas. 22 00 

Representative W. M. Thomas. 1,000 00 

Representative Thomas Hamilton. 200 00 


Showing that 841,269 was paid to seventy-seven members out of a 
total of one hundred and twenty-four, seventy-four being Republicans, 
out of a total of one hundred and six, and three Democrats (two white 
and oue colored) out of a total of eighteen. Jones is corroborated in 
his statement by LeGrand Benedict, who says: “In the month of De¬ 
cember, 1873, I paid a large number of certificates of indebtedness to 
the members of the lower house of the General Assembly upon orders 
made upon me by Mr. Jones. I paid numerous orders of that descrip¬ 
tion, and every one of such payments is a matter of record. I have ex¬ 
amined some forty or fifty of such orders, presented for my inspection by 
the Committee, and am satisfied they were either paid by Mr. Jackson 
or myself, and I have also examined the account of Clerk Jones, and 































find entries of payments made corresponding with said orders.” Clerk 
Jones is further corroborated as to payments by the testimony of Repre¬ 
sentatives J. J. Grant, W. W. Ramsay, Charles Simms, A. Simkins, S. 
J. Keith, R. S. T arleton, David Graham and others, who admit the re¬ 
ceipts of the several amounts charged up against them. 

For the satisfaction of all concerned, your Committee append hereto 
copies of the checks alluded to in the testimony of Woodruff and Jones, 
with the affidavit of Zealey touching their payment. 

Jones says that on page 24 of the ledger are the following entries. In 
the expense account the letters “ S. S. F.” indicate “ Secret Service 
Fund,” as well as the amounts paid State officials : 


“S. S. F.”. 

F. L. Cardozo.. 

S. L. Hoge. 

F. J. Moses, Jr 
F. J. Moses, Jr. 
F. L. Cardozo.. 
F. L. Cardozo.. 
F. J. Moses, Jr. 
F. J. Moses, Jr. 


$2,600 00 
250 00 
5,000 00 
3,300 00 
500 00 
9,750 00 
7,860 00 
2,250 00 
4,254 00 


These entries were made by W. H. Jackson, bookkeeper of the com¬ 
pany. In addition to these amounts, he says that “ we frequently turned 
over the certificates and other papers belonging to the company,” and 

• 

that he “ was bled by the ‘ friends' over and over again on the same 
claim.” The names on the “ little book ” are the same which appear on 
the list of payments made by Clerks Jones and Woodruff, as shown by 
their evidence, and include amounts paid State officers and Senators, 
with several erasures. On comparison of the “little book” with the 
ledger of the Printing Company we fiud erasures of the following en¬ 
tries : 


T. C. Dunn. 11,000 00 

J. Hollingshead. 1,000 00 

C.D. Hayne. 1,000 00 

W. E. Holcombe. 1,000 00 

W. H. Jones. 1,000 00 

G. F. McIntyre. 2,000 00 


These erasures were made before the “ little book ” came into the pos¬ 
session of the Committee. Mr. Maxwell, who previously had charge of 
the “ little book,” testifies as follows : 


















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** Rooms op the Joint Investigating Committee, 

“ At the State Capitol, 
“Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1877. 

“Edward J. Maxwell, being duly sworn, testified as follows: I am a 
resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and an attorney and 
counselor at law. I am familiar with the book marked ‘ L,’ and com¬ 
monly known as the ‘ little book.’ It came into my possession some time 
in February, in the year 1876, while I was stopping at the Wheeler 
House in this city. It was handed to me by Dr. W. H. Jackson, 
formerly connected with the Republican Printing Company of this city. 
He stated to me that it was a transcript of the books of that company, 
which he had taken in his own handwriting while he was in the employ 
of the company. The book remained in my possession until some time 
in the following Winter, when I delivered it to Mr. Mackay, with direc¬ 
tions to retain it subject to my order. It was demanded from me by 
Jackson, and I declined to give it up. I was informed that he wanted 
to have it suppressed for various considerations. I told Mr. Mackay 
that I gave the book into his custody solely to avoid remarks which 
Jackson had been making to the effect that I had myself made an im¬ 
proper use of the book. The book was handed back to me for the pur¬ 
pose of producing the same before a Committee of the Senate. I am 
familiar with the handwriting of W. H. Jackson, and believe the entries 
made in this book are written by him, of which the following is a copy. 

“EDWARD J. MAXWELL.” 


senate. 


Dec. 6.—C. Smith. 

[E rasure.]. 

J. Wilson. 

[Erasure.]. 

Dec. 8.—J. II. White. 

B. F. Whittemore 

F. A. Clinton. 

H. C. Corwin.. 

Dec. 9.—L. Cain.. 

S. A. Swails. 

W. E. Johnston.... 
M. Martin. 

Dec. 10.—H. J. Maxwell_ 

J. Lee. 

Dec. 11.—[Erasure.]. 

W. B. Nash.. 

T. C. Andrews. 


1,000 


500 


1,000 

5,000 

1,175 

1.500 
1,000 
5,000 

900 

1,000 

2.500 

1,000 

5,000 

2,500 



















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Dec. 12.—S. E. Gaillard. $ 2,000 

W. R. Jervey. 1,200 

[Erasure.].. 

J. M. Smith. 1,500 

Dec. 13.—R. Smalls. 5,000 

Dec. 16.—E. E. Dickson. 300 

Y. J. P. Owens . 5,000 


$50,575 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 


Tim Hurley. $ 6,300 

[Erasure.].. 

E. H. Gourd in. 100 

S. J. Lee. 5,000 

James A. Bowley. 7,500 

T. Hamilton. 1,000 

I. Greenwood. 50 

A. Collins. . 25 

G. A. Reed. 50 

D. P. McLaurin. 50 

P. Pressley. 50 

N. B. Myers. 1,250 

F. Giles.:. 50 

J. Allman. 25 

P. Sim kins. 250 

J. Mills. 25 

S. J. Keith... .. 175 

S. Smalls. 200 

G. Holland. 300 

J. Peterson. 50 

J. Wallace. 25 

R. W. Turnef. 200 

R. D. Gaither. 75 

Dr. J. A. Barker. 950 

Butler Spears. 450 

C. Simmons. 25 

T. H. Martin... 50 

Win. Thomas. 1,022 

H. H. Ellison. 75 

N. T. Spencer. 30 

L. Simons. 25 

J. C. Wilson. 50 










































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* 

J. T. Gilmore. $ 25 

Wm. A. Grant. 200 

J. R. Tolbert. 500 

J. B. Bascom.,... 300 

A. P. Ford. 75 

J. F. Myers. 800 

A. W. Hough. 40 

P. Young. 25 

J. C. Tin gin an. 75 

8. B. Thompson. 100 

J. Young. 50 

E. Hays. 50 

E. Cain...... 100 

[Erasure.]. 

PI. Gantt. 175 

Sam. Green. 1,250 

H. Riley. 50 

N. Davies. 75 

D. Graham. 100 

[Erasure.]. 

J. F. Green. 500 

W. W. Ramsey. 500 

I. Prioleau. 50 

J. D. Robertson. 500 

R. Tarleton. 100 

R. M. Smith. 1,000 

C. C. Puffer. 1,000 

J. D. Boston. 900 

R. B. Artsou. 550 

H. A. Wideman. 50 

C. Sullivan. 50 

A. P. Holmes. 200 

C. H. Sperry. 1,000 

J. Warley. 100 

W. Black. 150 

P. R. Rivers.... 250 

J. J. Grant. 100 

[Erasure.]. 

J. W. Johnson. 25 

B. F. Thompson. 25 

A. Dannerlv. 10 

Levi Lee. 26 

A. Simkins. 100 















































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J. A. Smith. $ 95 

E. A. Tate. 100 

R. H. Humbert. 100 

M. L. Owens. 100 

E. W. M. Mackey. 1,600 


$43,553 


OTHER PARTIES. 

F. J. Moses, Jr. $10,304 50 

F. L. Cardozo.... 17,866 00 

F. J. Moses, Sr. 310 00 

The testimony of Mr. Maxwell and a comparison of the “little book” 
with the ledger of the printing company show that the “ little book,” made 
the year before the appointment of the Committee, was a faithful tran¬ 
script of the ledger, and still is so except in the matter of the erasures. 

Your Committee find that huge frauds were committed under the 
head of newspaper advertising, and that the people were loaded with an 
oppressive tax to subsidize a venal press. These frauds were equal in 
proportion to those of the Carolina or Republican Printing Company. 
Not satisfied with the large sums paid them as leading Senators and 
Representatives, many of the same parties filched considerable sums 
from the Treasury for printing laws in country newspapers established 
for that purpose. Several instances are on record where a Senator re¬ 
ceived five thousand dollars for publishing the Acts, whilst a paper not 
owned or controlled bv a Senator would have received for the same work 

mJ 

about five hundred dollars. It is a matter of proof that daily news¬ 
papers were established in Charleston and Columbia and run in the per¬ 
sonal interest of the members of the Ring, and frauds were perpetrated 
in the making up and collecting of such accounts scarcely equalled by 
any other. With a view of satisfying the General Assembly of the 
truth of this statement, we will briefly recite some instances : James H. 
Diseker, Edwin Forde and Edwin A. Nelson, all experienced and prac¬ 
tical printers, have carefully and minutely measured all the official ad¬ 
vertisements of every description contained in files of the Charleston 
Republican (large amounts of which were made out and collected in the 
name of the Carolina Printing Company.) They find, and so state, 
that, according to the contract made with the two Clerks for publishing 
the laws and the rates charged by such paper for advertising, the sum 
due the paper would be $24,538.20. On examination of the vouchers 
paid and in the State Treasurer’s office, it is shown that there was paid 
said paper the extraordinary sum of $60,982.14 during its existence, 

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and at times there was paid the monstrous sum of twenty-jive cents a line 
each for both Daily and Weekly Republican for publishing the Acts. 
This contract is attached to the evidence marked “Exhibit E, D,” as a 
remarkable curiosity in business matters. 

Thu 3 it is seen that the State paid $36,443.94 over and above the 
legitimate sum due, in order that “the organ” of the party in power 
v might subsist. In deed and in truth, the Charleston Republican was a 
lively bonanza , that never failed to prove a grand source of revenue to 
some of the modern statesmen. This is established by the large amounts 
paid as claims to the “friends” of the Republican, passed from time to 
time, reaching several thousand dollars, when at the time of the passage 
of the claim the company had drawn largely in excess of any amount 
properly due it. We refer to paper marked “ Exhibit A” as a specimen 
claim of this character, being only one of many in the Treasurer’s office. 
We also refer to the evidence of the printers above named, who say they 
have examined the files of the Columbia Dailv Union, and find there 
was due L. Cass Carpenter, editor and proprietor, the sum of $17,174.05, 
from November, 1870, to May, 1873, under contract to publish the laws 
at 20 cents per line and the advertised rates for other official advertise¬ 
ments. Nevertheless, the vouchers in the Treasurer’s office show that 
Mr. Carpenter was paid $59,987.64 for advertising in his paper, including 
$9,286 claimed to have been due for publications made in the weekly 
issue, thus defrauding the State out of $33,527.59 in less than three 
years. In addition to this, Mr. Carpenter was paid a claim of $2,500 for 
publishing Acts in 1874. He was also paid more than $5,000 for fur¬ 
nishing papers to State officials, members of the Assembly and other 
lesser lights of the party. The vouchers show that he received over 
$10,000 for publishing two Acts known as “Insurance Laws.” The 
evidence of Dr. Neagle, then Comptroller General, and his letter to Mr. 
Carpenter, herewith submitted as “Exhibit I, L,” show that the amounts 
thus collected were without any authority of law. In this letter of 
December 2d, 1870, Dr. Neagle refers to having ordered Carpenter to 
stop all such publications. Then it was, according to the testimony of 
Woodruff and Jones, that they were informed that it was their duty to 
certify to the correctness of those accounts (by Attorney General Cham¬ 
berlain.) These accounts so certified were raised by inserting the figure 
1 to many of them, all of which were made out in figures, thus indi¬ 
cating a fixed design to raise each by adding one thousand dollars. In 
the month of December, 1871, these Acts were inserted in the Daily 
Union four times,—8th,. 9th, 20th and 25th,—while the vouchers show 
that the State paid $1,720 for such publication. [In further illustration 
of these palpable frauds, the vouchers show that $18,159 was paid 


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tor the publication in the Daily Uuion and Charleston Republican of 
the two Acts referred to above in less than three years, both of which 
contained only 289 lines, equal to about one and a half columns.] We 
have no better method of showing the manner by which printing claims 
were raised than by submitting the following evidence: 

Rooms of the Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, February 7, 1878. 

Jasper C. Roath, Esq., being recalled, says that he resides in Colum* 
bia; by occupation, attorney at law; that he was Cashier of the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company and familiar with the accounts and 
orders against the State, having examined a large number of such during 
his connection with the bank, and believes himself to be competent to 
judge of the signatures and general writing of the various officers of the 
State government, and also that of L. Cass Carpenter, so as to be able 
to express a decided opinion as to whether any account made out by 
either of the parties named has been altered or raised from the original. 
On examination of the vouchers submitted to him by the Committee he 
has no hesitation in stating that account of Daily Union dated Septem¬ 
ber 17, 1871, has been altered from the original amount of $181.28 to 
$1,181.28 by the insertion of the figure one (1) in front of the hundred 
unit. Account of same paper March 4, 1872, was originally made out 
for $486.40 and raised to $1,486.40 in same way. Account of same 
paper dated December 13, 1871, has been altered and raised from 
the original amount of $720 to $1,720 in same way. Account of same 
paper for December 13, 1871, was originally made out for $878.33 and 
raised in same manner to $1,878.33. Account of October 20, 1871, was 
originally $784.67, altered in same manner to $1,784.67. Account of 
Daily Union of January, (?) 1872, was raised in same manner from $540 to 
to $1,540. Account of same paper January 4, 1872, was raised from 
$195 to $695 by altering the figure 1 to 6. Account of January 20, 
1872, was raised and altered from $155 to $655 by changing the figure 1 
into a figure 6. Account of same paper dated February 27, 1873, 
appears to have been raised from original amount of $676 to $1,676. I 
have also examined the accounts submitted by the Committee of the 
Carolina Printing Company and find that an account of $1,500 has been 
raised to $2,500 by changing the figure 1 to figure 2. Have also exam¬ 
ined five other accounts of same company, all of which have the appear¬ 
ance of being raised one thousand dollars each by the insertion of the 
figure 1 in front of the figures representing the hundreds. In most cases 
the figure 1 was of a different colored ink, and in some instances the 
other figures have been traced after the insertion of the figure 1 so as to 
cause them to have a uniform color and appearance. I also find that in 


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some instances the blotter was applied to the figure 1 when inserted and 
not upon other figures. These accounts were for publishing Acts of the 
General Assembly and insurance laws. I think the accounts made out 
for the Carolina Printing Company represent amounts due the Charles¬ 
ton Republican. I was a member of the Carolina Printing Company 
and know nothing of these accounts being raised. The accounts all 
have the appearance of being paid to L. Cass Carpenter, as shown by 
the State Treasurer’s endorsement on the back of them and Treasurer’s 
number. 

J. C. ROATH. 


J. IT. Sawyer, C. J. Iredell and D. Gambrill, being called and sworn, 
say: We have examined the accounts referred to in the foregoing 

evidence of J. C. Roath, and we have no hesitation in corroborating so 
much of said evidence as relates to the changing and raising of the 
accounts. 

J. H. SAWYER, 

Cashier Central National Bank. 

C. J. IREDELL, 

Cashier Carolina National Bank. 

D. GAMBRILL, 

Broker. 


Contrasted with the accounts of the daily papers hereinbefore referred 
to, we submit the evidence taken relative to the Daily News, of Charles¬ 
ton. The contract made with the proprietors of this paper was twenty- 
five cents per line for publishing the Acts in their papers—the daily, 
tri-weekly and weekly News,—which was twenty-five cents per line less 
than was paid the Republican for publishing the same Acts in the daily and 
weekly. All accounts of the New r s were itemized, giving the title of the 
Act and date of publication in the three papers owned by them, and the 
number of lines contained in each Act. 

Comment is unnecessary, for the evidence is, in itself, a sufficient 
tribute to the integrity of the proprietors of the News and the correct¬ 
ness of their accounts. . 



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TESTIMONY OF J. HERMAN SCHULTI. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Charleston, S. C., February 18, 1878. 

J. Herman Schulti, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

Mv name is J. Herman Schulti. I reside at No. 12 Rutledge street, 
in the city of Charleston, and I am, by occupation, the manager of the 
Journal of Commerce. I was in the office of the Charleston News from 
November, 1865, until it was merged into the News and Courier, and 
continued thereafter with the News and Courier up to March, 1877. 
I was at first collector and afterwards book-keeper. I think I became 
book-keeper about the middle of January, 1871. (Witness referred to 
the ledger of News and Courier, and recognized entries in January, 
1871, as in his handwriting.) 

The measurement of the News and of the News and Courier, adopted 
as to all their advertising custom, was nonpareil measurement, except¬ 
ing business notices, which were inserted at fifteen cents per line, by 
count of the Hues, in 1871. At that time the rates which the News was 
charging the State were ten cents a line, by nonpareil measurement, for 
the daily, and five cents per line, of similar measurement, for the tri¬ 
weekly and weekly. The credit rates of the News at this time for ordi¬ 
nary customers were, in the Daily News, fifteen cents a line, nonpareil, 
for first insertion, and ten cents a line, nonpareil, for each subsequent 
insertion, with a discount of twenty per cent, off for monthly payments 
to regular advertisers. Rates of tri-weekly and weekly were about the 
same as the daily to ordinary customers. I was accustomed to make the 
measurements and enter the charges for advertising in the office of the 
News in 1871, and I made out all of the bills against the State for 
advertising, and I am satisfied that the measurements are correct. 

(After measuring advertisements at random, in company with Mr. 
A. F. Meichers, from the files of the News for the years 1871, 1872 and 
1873, witness continued:) I am still satisfied that the measurements are 
correct. There is one advertisement charged as 3,413 lines, March 25, 
1871, which, in measurement, is only 3,315 lines, and which I am satisfied 
is a mistake in counting the hundreds. The generality of the adver¬ 
tisements are charged one or two lines less than the measurement. The 
measurement is the same standard as that of the Journal of Commerce, 
and used to be the mode of the Charleston Courier also. It is the cus¬ 
tom of newspapers to charge for the space taken up, including cuts and 
all kinds of fat matter. The advertisements of the Acts of the Legis¬ 
lature in the News and Courier had no cuts and were leaded in the same 
manner as special notices. I do not know of anything unfair in the 
mode of inserting these advertisements or the charge for the same so far 


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as the books and the files are concerned. I made out the bills, and I 
feel satisfied that they correspond with the books and files. 

J. H. SCHULTI. 

Charleston, February 18th, 1878. 


TESTIMONY OF A. F. MELCHERS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Charleston, S. C., February 18, 1878. 

A. F. Melchers, being duly sworn, says: 

My name is Adolphus F. Melchers; I reside at 23 Shepherd street, in 
the city of Charleston, and I am the associate editor of the Zeitung. I 
have, in company with Mr. J. H. Schulti, of the Journal of Commerce, 
gone over the advertisements in the News at random for the years 1871, 
1872 and 1873, charged against the State for advertising, and I concur 
in the testimony of Mr. Schulti in relation thereto, having read over 
said testimony, so far as the mode of measurement, the accuracy of 
measurement and the correctness of the charges in the books of the 
News and in the bills produced are concerned, and I know of no unfair¬ 
ness in these or any other newspaper accounts for public advertising. 

A. F. MELCHERS. 

Charleston, S. C., February 18, 1878. 


TESTIMONY OF THOMAS C. NEVILLE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Charleston, February 18, 1878. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,^ 

Charleston County. 

Personally appeared before us Thomas C. Neville, who, being duly 
sworn, deposeth and says: 

That he was foreman in the composing room of the Charleston News 
during the years 1871, 1872 and 1873, and that all the Acts and Joint 
Resolutions of the General Assembly published in those years as adver¬ 
tisements in the Charleston Daily News were also published in the 
Charleston Tri-Weekly News and in the Charleston Weekly News. 

T. C. NEVILLE. 


Sworn to before us. 


S. DIBBLE, 
J. G. BLUE. 




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TESTIMONY OF ROSWELL T. LOGAN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Charleston, February 18, 1878. 

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Personally appeared before us Roswell T. Logau, who, being duly 
sworn, says: 

That he is and has been for ten years engaged in the advertising 
agency business. That newspapers, except when there is a contract to 
the contrary, charge for advertising by the space occupied; that where a 
contract is for so much per line, the charge is for so many lines of the 
standard type as the space occupied by the advertisement will hold. 
That some papers use agate as their standard of measurement, in which 
case every inch occupied would be charged as 14 lines. That is the 
usual standard in New York and other large cities. The standard of 
the Charleston New r s and Courier and other Charleston papers, and of 
papers in many other cities, is nonpareil, so that each inch occupied by 
an advertisement is charged at 12 lines. This is the usual standard of 
Southern city papers, and has been for years. When an advertiser 
makes a bargain that an advertisement shall be inserted for so much per 
line, without any other limitation, it means that that advertisement shall 
be set in the usual style adopted by the paper in which it is published 
for that class of advertisements, and charged for according to space 
occupied. 

ROSWELL T. LOGAN. 

Sworn to before us this 18th February, 1878. 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 
Charleston, S. C., February 18, 1878. 

General William Gurney, being duly sworn, says: 

My name is William Gurney; I reside at No. 31 Queen street, city of 
Charleston, and I am by occupation a merchant. In the Fall of 1872, 
I think it was, I cashed for Messrs. Riordan, Dawson & Co., of the 
Charleston News, some $4,000 or $5,000 of their accounts for advertis¬ 
ing for the State. I cashed them at par, dollar for dollar, that is a part 
in cash and a part in my personal acceptances at, I think, sixty and 
ninety days, and I subsequently paid the acceptances at one of the city 
banks. I know nothing about the accounts, except that they were certi- 



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fled as correct and unpaid by the Clerks of the Senate and House respect¬ 
ively. I was asked to do this by Franklin J. Moses, Jr., who was 
then, I think, candidate for Governor, and as an act of personal friend¬ 
ship for him. I was afterwards paid the accounts in full at the State 
Treasury. I did not then have, nor have I since had, any reason to 
believe that there was anything wrong about the accounts; if I had 
thought that there was anything wrong about them I would not have 
cashed them. I do not know of any agreement between Governor 
Moses and the proprietors of the News or any of them in any way con¬ 
nected with this transaction, nor have I any reason to believe that there 
was any impropriety in the transaction. I acted in consideration of 
friendly relations to both parties. 

WM. GURNEY. 

Charleston, S C., February 18, 1878. 


Upon examining the enormous amounts paid for advertising the laws 
in the newspapers, your Committee find that for several years a sufficient 
sum was paid to have furnished a bound copy of the laws to every 
voter in the State. We also find that there was paid for the support of 
the three administration daily organs the extravagant sum of 8156,708 
during an average period of about two years, and the few weeklies 
received within three years $86,195.78 for publishing the Acts, while the 
five dailies that were edited by political opponents received only 
$42,407.63 for advertising of every description, including the publication 
of the Acts, for four years, and the twenty-nine weeklies of anti-adminis¬ 
tration record received only $63,793. 

Referring to Mr. Woodruff’s statement that gratification printing cer¬ 
tificates were issued and divided among members of the General Assem¬ 
bly, the Committee call special attention to the fact that it is corroborated 
by A. O. Jones generally, and particularly in an instance where he testi¬ 
fies that “a passed claim certificate was issued for $6,000, proceeds to be 
divided between the members of the House Committee on Printing.” 
The following named persons were members of that Committee: James 
N. Hayne, Dr. B. A. Bosemon, Rev. H. H. Hunter, John B. Dennis and 
Barney Humphries. This certificate was turned over to Jones for col¬ 
lection; he sold it at a large discount and gave Hunter an order on the 
State Treasurer in part payment of his share. Upon the receipt of this 
order the reverend gentleman became very indignant, and wrote a letter 
to Jones, of which the following is a copy: 



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Charleston, S. C., February 17th, 1874. 

H on. A. O. Jones, Columbia , S. C.: 

Dear Sir —A our favor with draft enclosed came to hand, and I can 
scarcely now believe that you were capable of doing what you claim has 
been done in a claim that I was and am so deeply interested in. When 
J. N. Hayne, Esq., could have gotten 60 cents on the dollar you de¬ 
murred, and stated that you could not allow any paper of* yours to be 
sacrificed at three-fifths of its face value, and now you claim that 25 
cents on its face value } r ou accepted. Sir, I expected that the $1,000 
which you told us time and again was my share would have netted me 
at the outside $750, and now it’s sold, as you state it,—dwindled down to 
$208.33. I cannot believe you thus mean to act in this matter; but it’s 
left with you. A base ingrate to friends always meets his reward. I was 
your friend, believed your promises, and expect you now in prosperity to 
make good all you promised when you depended upon me and others. 
Expecting and believing that you are and were perpetrating a huge joke 
about this matter, as above, to test my faith in your promises, 

Yours truly, 

• Rev. H. H. HUNTER, 

56 Radcliffe Street, Charleston, S. C. 


We sub mit two accounts of the Republican Printing Company, found 
in the State Treasurer’s office, which have been paid. This “Immigra¬ 
tion Report,” herein referred to, was not “compiled or printed,” but the 
bills therefor were paid in full. The scheme originated in the fertile 
brain of Timothy Hurley, whose facility to concoct and execute fraudu¬ 
lent measures is sufficiently well known always to assure success. The 
Joint Resolution which appropriated a quarter of a million of dollars at 
one swoop and the Act which appropriated $231,000 at another swoop con¬ 
tained almost as few words as the accounts they settled, and were rushed 
through both houses under the whip of the two Clerks, who were all pow¬ 
erful at that time in silencing “ the friends.” [See “Exhibit Q.”] It will 
be observed in the evidence that the printing company at this time was 
composed of these two Clerks, who made up and certified to their own 
accounts, which were always increased by a sufficient amount to cover 
all expenses, including bribes and commissions paid to State officials 
and members of the General Assembly. The Act under which the con¬ 
tract for public printing was awarded had been passed for the purpose 
of allowing the two Clerks to have full and undisputed control of the 
printing. The “circle of friends” knew them; had tiled them, and were 
satisfied with their “manner of conducting business,” the basis of which 
was that the “lion’s share of the spoils” should fall to “the friends,” 
and the remainder find its way to the capacious maw of the company. 


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While we condemn almost every act of these two Clerks, and present 
them in this unenviable light to the public, it is well to remember that 
they were in reality but the subtle tools of corrupt State officials and 
equally corrupt legislators. “ They sowed indeed and gleaned, but the 
others reaped the harvest.” 

Columbia, S. C., December 8, 1873. 

State of South Carolina, 

To REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

For the compilation and printing of the Report on Immi¬ 
gration, ordered by the General Assembly at the session 
of 1872-73, seventy-five thousand dollars. $75,000 00 

This account bears the following endorsement: 

“Columbia, S. C., December 8, 1873. 
We certify that the within amount of seventy-five thousand dollars 
($75,000) is correct and remains unpaid. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. JONES, 

C. H. R.” 


The following account bears a similar endorsement: 

Terms Cash. 

REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY’S 
BOOK AND JOB OFFICE , 

Columbia, S. C., December 22, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

To REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To amount of deficiencies of printing as per appropriation 
under Joint Resolution to provide for expenses of public 

printing, approved December 21,1872......$250,000 00 

Received payment, 

LeGRAND BENEDICT, President. 


For the purpose of contrasting the era of extravagance and robbery 
with that of “home rule,” brought about through the election and 
inauguration of Hampton, we insert a certified statement -of State 
Treasurer Leaphart showing the cost of public printing for the regular 





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and special sessions of 1876 and 1877, and leave the figures to speak for 
themselves: 


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 

Office of State Treasurer, 
Columbia, S. C., February 25, 1878. 
Statement of payments made on account public printing, regular ses¬ 
sion 1876 and special session 1877, up to November 1, 1877 : 


Amount appropriated. $10,000 

1877. 

June 12. Paid Republican Printing Company.$2,000 

15. Paid James Woodrow. 2,024 

Aug. 1. Index, and Acts. 200 

15. Calvo & Patton. 924 

17. C. McKinlay. 74 

- 5,222 

Balance on hand November 1, 1877. $4,778 


Against this balance is an outstanding claim of James Woodrow for 
printing of about $1,400. 

I certify that the above is a correct statement taken from the books of 
this office. 

S. L. LEAPHART, 

State Treasurer. 


Your Committee find it impossible, in the scope of a report of reason¬ 
able length, to detail all the instances of irregularities, peculation and 
fraud committed in the matter of public printing. The testimony 
is full of revolting details, which could only be furnished by the 
principals and accomplices in these nefarious transactions. The history 
of the Carolina Printing Company, the Republican Printing Company 
and their offshoots the Columbia Daily Union and Charleston Repub¬ 
lican (if the testimony is to be believed, and surely who can doubt its 
truth, corroborated as it is in all essential particulars?) is sufficient, in 
any Court, to consign almost every person connected with them to the 
Penitentiary for life. Some of the parties to these great crimes are now 
in prison, whilst many others, having deserted their late luxurious homes 
and firesides, are fugitives from justice, skulking abroad; yet they and 
all connected with them in such atrocious deeds should feel deeply 
grateful that the people of South Carolina, governed by wise and pru- 












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dent counsels, have attempted and will attempt to bring them to punish¬ 
ment by due process of law, instead of long ago rising up in a storm of 
just indignation and wrath and sweeping them from the face of the 
earth. 

Perhaps a veil of charity should in some degree be thrown over the 
poor and ignorant colored men who have been deceived, misled and in¬ 
criminated by artful, corrupt and shameless leaders; but if, in the exer¬ 
cise of great generosity and forbearance, these poor and iguorant men 
shall be spared, it should teach them none the less that dishonesty and 
fraud will eventually meet a merited punishment. 

There is no security for life, personal liberty or prosperity in any gov¬ 
ernment except in the virtue, intelligence and honesty of the people. 
And the Committee trust that this report will serve in all future time as 
a warning that fraud and dishonesty, no matter how long concealed, 
some day, like “ murder, will out!” 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

On part of Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 

On part of House. 


TESTIMONY. 


PUBLIC PRINTING. 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

July 12, 1877. 

Josephus Woodruff, sworn, further examined, deposed on oath as fol¬ 
lows : 

The Republican Printing Company has delivered all the work 
ordered by the Legislature to be printed, with the exception of the 
“Immigration Report.” There was an appropriation of $75,000 ordered 
for the “compilation and printing” of the Immigration Report, part of 
$231,000 of certificates of indebtedness issued to Republican Printing 
Company. The entire sum of $231,000 of the certificates of indebted¬ 
ness were issued to the Republican Printing Company, and were received 
by the Republican Printing Company and receipted for by the business 
manager, LeGrand Benedict, my nephew, who was President also of the 
company. This was done with the concurrence of A. O. Jones, myself 
and J. L. Neagle, (the last named being then a silent partner,) who were 
then concerned as partners in the Republican Printing Company. 
Chamberlain, while Attorney General, and afterwards, was legal adviser 
of the Republican Printing Company until he became Governor, and 
then the firm of Melton, Chamberlain & Wingate were the legal ad¬ 
visers. R. B. Elliott was legal adviser whilst he was Speaker of the 
House, and afterwards. We paid them fees as such legal advisers for 
advice, &c. Have paid as high as $10,000 to D. H. Chamberlain at one 
time. I think the legal services rendered by D. H. Chamberlain and 
R. B. Elliott were not worth, as such, the amounts paid ; but we paid 
them the amounts charged by them for all the services rendered by them 
of every kind whatsoever. We paid Chamberlain fees as high as 
$1,500 or $2,000 when he was Attorney General, and several of them. 
When James G. Thompson, through the Union-Herald, made the attack 
on the Republican Printing Company, we considered it an attack insti¬ 
gated by Governor Chamberlain for blackmailing purposes to make us 
contribute to the support of the Union-Herald. We made contributions 
to the Union-Herald, through F. L. Cardozo, for the purpose of stopping 




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these attacks, and the contributions were received with that understand¬ 
ing. We were forced to do this in self defense, and did it willingly. We 
paid at that time about $6,000. I suppose we have paid altogether to 
the Union-Herald about $15,000 under similar circumstances. In the 
course of these contributions I had conversations with Thompson, Car- 
dozo and Chamberlain. In one of the conversations with Cardozo he 
said if I didn’t make a contribution Jim Thompson would go for me. 
This was while Chamberlain was Governor and Cardozo Treasurer; 
and Chamberlain and Cardozo were the active proprietors of the Union- 
Herald, and Melton had an interest, but took no active part after the 
campaign. In addition to our money contributions, the Clerks made a 
contract with T. W. Price & Co., of Philadelphia, through James G. 
Thompson, of the Union-Herald, for stationery, which entered into the 
consideration of the stopping the Union-Herald attacks. The contract 
was made during the administration of Chamberlain concerning the 
Price contract. We advertised under Act March 24, 1875, (15 Stat., 
958,) and the only bid for stationery was from T. W. Price & Co., 
through J. G. Thompson, as agent for T. W. Price & Co. J. G. Thomp¬ 
son was then editing the Union-Herald. The Board to approve consisted 
of Chamberlain, H. E. Hayne and S. W. Melton. In conversation with 
J. G. Thompson about the attacks of the Union-Herald on the Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company, we spoke of the stationery contract, and he said 
he was confident of getting it if the Clerks awarded it. The contract was 
so awarded in the presence of Chamberlain and Hayne, in the Secretary 
of State's office. I don’t think Melton was present, though he afterwards 
approved it. On the certificate of the Clerks that the articles had been 
delivered according to contract, the Comptroller General issued his war¬ 
rant and it was paid the same day by Cardozo. This is my recollection. , 
It is possible that a part of it may have been negotiated with the Marine 
and River Mining and Phosphate Company through Tomlinson. This 
was a different claim from the claim of T. W. Price & Co. for printing 
tax books, &c. Concerning the fees paid to Chamberlain and Elliott, 
we would not have paid it if we could have avoided it. We felt we 
were obliged to pay them, in order to carry on the printing business. 
In relation to the proposed purchase, by Jones & Woodruff, of two 
shares in the Union-Herald, at $1,000 per share, it arose in this manner: 
We needed money; there was none in the Treasury. Cardozo promised 
for himself and Chamberlain to use their influence to secure us a loan of 
$5,000 from the Carolina National Bank, and also two shares in the 
Union-Herald, and we were to pay to Cardozo for the Union-Herald 
$6,000 out of the printing accounts when the appropriation was made 


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[ Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.'] 


Cardozo also said he would do anything he could for the Republican 
Printing Company in the way of payment of their claims if we did this. 
The $6,000 was to include the payment for the two shares of the Union- 
Herald. The shares in the Union-Herald were never delivered—no 
transfer of them was made. Subsequently I asked Cardozo for the trans¬ 
fer of the shares, and he said that he thought that we had made Cham¬ 
berlain and himself a present of them. I did not press the matter, and 
the transfer was never made. The two shares promised were the shares 
of C. C. Puffer and S. W. Melton. Cardozo told me that Chamberlain 
and himself had written a joint note to the Carolina National Bank, and 
all I had to do was to send the company’s note to the bank, with an order 
on the deficiency appropriation for printing, which order Cardozo had 
endorsed as Treasurer, to be paid out of deficiency appropriation when 
made. I did so and got the money. I gave Cardozo orders to the 
amount of $6,000 on the Republican Printing Company claims, for the 
benefit of the Union-Herald. This was on the eve of the session of 
1874-75, after Chamberlain’s election. On reflection, I think it was a 
year later. 

The following question was propounded to Mr. Woodruff: 

Q. Did you ever make any presents to F. L. Cardozo? 

Mr. Woodruff declined to answer, on the ground that the answer 
tended to criminate himself, and that he had taken advice of counsel in 
Columbia and Charleston, and had been advised not to answer this ques¬ 
tion. The Committee decided to postpone the further examination of 
Mr. Woodruff on this subject for the present. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


Columbia, S. C., July 12, 1877, 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Josephus Woodruff, being sworn, further says: 

Rule 31 of the Senate reads as follows: “ The Clerk of the Senate shall 
be charged with the duty of having executed in a prompt and accurate 
manner the printing ordered by the Senate.” At the time of my election, 
in 1868, as Clerk of the Senate, Mr. J. W. Denny was elected State 
Printer and did the printing for the special session of 1868 and for the 
regular sessions of 1868-69 and 1869-70. It was of the first importance, 
not only to the General Assembly, but to the State, that the work should 
be promptly executed and delivered. I found it to be an extremely diffi¬ 
cult and embarrassing duty to superintend the printing and yet have no 



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[,Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

voice in the management or delivery of the work. I had frequent con¬ 
tentions with the State Printer, particularly in the matter of prompt 
execution and delivery of the Governor’s annual message, Comptroller 
General’s and Treasurer’s annual reports and other important public 
documents upon which the General Assembly was called to act. Senators 
(composing the circle of friends) became dissatisfied with Mr. Denny’s 
close manner of conducting business and his failure to meet their expect¬ 
ations in the division amongst them of the profits arising from the print¬ 
ing. In the Fall or early part of the Winter of 1870 the Carolina 
Printing Company was organized by Messrs. J. W. Denny, P. K. Scott, 
N. G. Parker, D. H. Chamberlain, J. M. Morris and L. Cass Carpenter. 
This company owned the Daily Union, of Columbia, and the Charleston 
Republican, newspapers. Subsequently, Mr. A. O. Jones, Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, and myself purchased the interest of Governor 
Scott. At that time my special object was to obtain a voice in the man¬ 
agement of the State printing for the benefit of the Senate work; 
but Mr. Leslie told me that the friends in the Senate thought, as 
this was a matter of Senate patronage, they should have a per¬ 
centage of the profits from the printing. In order to carry out 
the wishes of the friends, Mr. Leslie proposed that pay certificates 
for various amounts, ranging from three to five thousand dollars, 
for current printing be drawn, and one-third or one-fourth of the amount 
realized be given to the Chairman or some member of the Committee on 
Printing for division amongst the friends, including some fifteen or six¬ 
teen Senators. 

This system of appropriation and division was carried out up to the 
change from payments out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated ” to the inauguration of the system of specific appropria¬ 
tions and specific tax levies. The printing ordered was excessive and 
continually increased in bulk both by the General Assembly and the 
executive departments. In addition to this the printers did a vast deal 
of dead head work—unofficial—for outsiders, friends and members of 
the General Assembly. The pay certificates were usually negotiated at 
heavy discounts, sometimes fifty per cent., at the bank of the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of which bank Governor Scott and 
Treasurer Parker were stockholders, or with some outside operator on 
the street in the employ and confidence of Treasurer Parker. The 
checks in the hands of the Committee are but a portion of the amounts 
paid during the years 1871-72-73 under the arrangement I have already 
stated. These were all drawn against deposits made by the Printing 
Company or ourselves personally in the South Carolina Bank and Trust 


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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.'] 

Company. The compauy also deposited iu the Carolina National Bank 
and Central National Bank of this city. Sometimes division or gratifi¬ 
cation checks were drawn against in the two last named banks, which 
checks have been retained by the banks. I have only a small portion of 
the checks issued by the company and by Mr. Jones and myself per¬ 
sonally. The following are some of those issued by the company and 
myself personally. Those marked with an asterisk were, I think, given 
in exchange for pay certificates of members: 


January 12, 1871, Y. J. P. Owens, (Senator) issued by self ...$ 10,000 00 

26, 1871, Y. J. P. Owens, “ “ “ 1,000 00 

February 10, 1871, Y. J. P. Owens, “ “ • “ 1,000 00 

20, 1871, Y. J. P. Owens, “ “ “ 1,000 00 

April 26, 1871, Y. J. P. Owens, “ “ “ 1,000 00 

March 7, 1872, Y. J. P. Owens, “ “ “ 2,000 00 

February 14, 1871, J. M. Allen, (Senator) “ “ 200 00 

April 22, 1871, J. M. Allen, “ . “ “ 500 00 

May 8, 1871, J. M. Allen, “ “ “ 500 00 

26, 1871, L. Wimbush, “ “ “ 300 00 

The four last preceding checks are all endorsed. 

March 15, 1871, L. Wimbush, (Senator) issued by self 250 00 

July 6, 1871, L. Wimbush, “ “ “ 200 00 

February 8, 1871, B. A. Bosemon, (member House) issued 

by company. *202 50 

May 2, 1871, B. A. Bosemon, (member House) issued 

by company. 250 00 

July 1, 1871, B. A. Bosemon, (member House) issued 

by company. 100 00 

January 27, 1871, E. E. Dickson, (Senator) issued by self 

(loan).;. 300 00 

February 20, 1871, E. E. Dickson, (Senator) issued by self... 300 00 

* 15, 1871, D. Bieman, “ “ “ *162 00 

15, 1871, H. E. Holcombe, “ “ “ ' *461 50 

24, 1871, H. E. Holcombe, “ “ “ *162 00 

21, 1871, B. F. Whittemore, “ “ “ *264 00 

22, 1871, B. F. Whittemore, “ “ “ 600 00 

March 4, 1871, B. F. Whittemore, “ “ “ 500 00 

31, 1871, B. F. Whittemore, “ “ “ 100 00 

January 31, 1872, B. F. Whittemore, “ “ “ 750 00 

November 9, 1872, B. F. Whittemore, “ “ “ 100 00 


5 






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/ 


[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing. 

January 21, 1871, J. W. Hayne, (member House) issued by 

company. . $ 100 00 

May 9, 1871, J. W. Hayne, (member House) issued by 

company. 150 00 

J. W. Hayne, (member House) issued by 

company. 100 00 

May 4, 1871, J. W. Hayne, (member House) endorsed, 

issued by company. 350 00 

12, 1871, J. Hollingshead, (Senator) issued by self.. 80 00 

March 20, 1871, W. B. Nash, “ “ “ 250 00 

January . 1871, I). T. Corbin, “ “ “ *174 00 

April 28, 1871, J. L. Little, (book-keeper Treasury office,) * 50 00 

June 19, 1871, J. L. Little, “ “ “ 50 00 

March 4, 1871, H. W. Duncan, (Senator) issued by self. 50 00 

February 5, 1872, H. W. Duncan, “ “ . “ 50 00 

16, 1872, H. W. Duncan, “ “ “ 50 00 

July 5, 1871, R. Smalls, (Senator,) endorsed. 50 00 

May 3, 1871, R. Smalls, “ “ 200 00 

July 6, 1871, J. L. Jamison, “ „ u . 25 00 

March 3, 1871, J.L. Jamison, “ “ 100 00 

June 7, 1871, J. L. Jamison, “ “ 50 00 

13, 1871, J.L. Jamison, “ “ . 200 00 

March 23, 1871, John Wilson, (Senator,). 74 00 

A. J. Ransier. 227 90 

21, 1871, J. B. Dennis, (member House,).. 100 00 

May 8, 1871, J. B. Dennis, “ “ . 150 00 

9, 1871, J. B. Dennis, “ “ 100 00 

9, 1871, W. H. Jones, Jr., “ “ 100 00 

17, 1871, T. A. Davis, “ “ 50 00 

April 26, 1871, J. A. Green, (Senator,). 100 00 

28, 1871, S. A. Svvails, “ endorsed. 50 00 

22, 1871, T. J. Mackey, (loan,) “ t . 250 00 

May 7, 1871, A. L. Singleton . 50 00 

January 21, 1871, R. K.‘Scott, (for stock). 1,000 00 

Febru’ryl7, 1871, R. K. Scott, “ . 2,000 00 

April 1, 1871, S. A. Svvails, (endorsed). 50 00 

July 22, 1871, S. A. Svvails, “ . 100 00 

May 8, 1871, W. J. Whipper. 200 00 

January 10, 1871, C. P. L., (C. P. Leslie,) (loan)... 200 00 

June 17, 1871, N. G. Parker, (for stock,). 2,500 00 






























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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 


Febru’ry 25, 1871, J. F. Beckman, (Senator,). $ 25 00 

23, 1872, J. F. Myers, (endorsed). 200 00 

2, 1872, W. H. Jones, Jr. 250 00 

May 9, 1872, B. F. Whittemore. . 100 00 

Febru’ry 18, 1872, W. B. Nash, (endorsed loan,). 500 00 


Mr. J. C. Roatli, Cashier, and Mr. F. S. Jacobs, book keeper of the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, also purchased interests in 
the Carolina Printing Company. On the passage of the Act of January 
23,1871, authorizing the Clerks to provide by contract for the permanent 
and current printing of the General Assembly, Mr. Jones and myself 
organized the Republican Printing Company and awarded it the con¬ 
tract, which was approved by the Senate and House of Representatives. 
W e retained our interests in the Carolina Printing Company and stipu¬ 
lated with the company to do the work at a lower rate than that allowed 
the Republican Printing Company. A conflict, however, arose between 
Mr. L. Cass Carpenter, manager of the Carolina Printing Company, and 
myself relative to the execution of the State work, which I charged was 
suspended and neglected for the Daily Union and the Charleston Re¬ 
publican. It resulted in the total suspension of the Charleston Repub¬ 
lican and the transfer of the Daily Union, in September, 1871, to Mr. L. 
Cass Carpenter, also the entire separation of the State work from any 
connection with the newspapers. Mr. Jones and myself subsequently 
bought the entire balance of stock of the Carolina Printing Company 
and merged it into the Republican Printing Company. On the organiz¬ 
ation of the Republican Printing Company, Mr. Parker, State Trea¬ 
surer, exhibited intense feeling and opposition, and threatened to expose 
and break the combination in the Senate. It was impossible to collect 
or obtain payments of our bills direct from the State Treasury. At that 
time the law provided that printing and other claims should be paid out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which placed 
claimants at the mercy of the State Treasurer. I believed then, and am 
still of that belief, that a combination was formed between Governor 
Scott, Comptroller General Neagle and Treasurer Parker, by which 
claimants were compelled to negotiate their claims at seventy-five per 
cent, discount for the benefit of the ring—at least this was the case of the 
Republican Printing Company. As already given in evidence, bills amount¬ 
ing to $45,000, doubled as if paid in Blue Ridge scrip, were sold to Comp¬ 
troller General Neagle for $20,000. Mr. Neagle subsequently informed 
me that Mr. Parker paid him $80,000 in revenue bond or Blue Ridge 
scrip, taking $10,000 scrip for himself, and my receipt on the books of 
the Treasurer was given under the impression that the bills had been 









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[ Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

paid in Blue Ridge scrip. If payment was made in other funds, then it 
is fair to suppose that Parker and Scott knew who got the money, as, 
under the law, the Treasurer’s check required the countersignature of 
the Governor before it could be paid at the bank. I believe the checks 
can be traced to Mr. Parker’s bank deposits. As to our doubling the 
bills for Blue Ridge scrip, so severely commented upon by the press, I 
can only say we did what Messrs. Riordan & Dawson, the proprietors of 
the leading journal of the State, claimed, as a matter of business, a per¬ 
fect right to do, namely, to add in the bills all discounts. In fact at 
that time it was agreed between them and myself that if the bills were 
paid in Blue Ridge scrip, worth only fifty cents on the dollar, we would 
double our bills. They accordingly made out the following bill, with 
instructions to fill the blank opposite the last line with the figures $4,000, 
thus making it stand $8,000. The original voucher, which is in my pos¬ 
session, is in the handwriting of Mr. B. R. Riordan, and reads as follows : 

Charleston, S. C., May 1st, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, 

To the CHARLESTON NEWS, 

No. 149 East Bay. 

April 3. To printing laws to date. $4,000 00 

May T o discount on bills given in payment of same. 

As I have said, this last charge is left blank on an understanding be¬ 
tween Riordan, Dawson and myself that if the Treasurer paid in Blue 
Ridge scrip, the blank was to be filled so as to double the bill. In 
answer to the bill presented to the House for which an appropriation of 
$250,000 was made, I beg leave to submit the following communication 
made at the session of 1873-74, and ask the special attention of the Com¬ 
mittee to the sixth paragraph, in which I intimated that I had paid the 
members large sums of money as “gratification,” but deemed it unneces¬ 
sary to bring dates or amounts to their attention. 

[Communication.] 

To the Honorable the House of Representatives: 

The undersigned respectfully beg leave to submit the following: 

First. That by the Rules of their respective houses, as well as by an 
Act approved January 23, 1871, they are charged with the prompt and 
accurate execution of the public printing. 








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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.] 

Second. That circumstances over which they had no control rendered 
it imperatively necessary for them to obtain an interest in, and finally take 
sole charge of, a printing establishment for the purpose of carrying on 
successfully the work ordered by the General Assembly. 

Third. That in view of the nature of the work, the supreme importance 
of its accurate execution and prompt delivery, they are compelled to em¬ 
ploy the very best workmen. 

Fourth. That the question of color has never been raised, and no 
colored printer ever having applied for a position or employment in the 
establishment, no necessity existed for making a test, case as to whether a 
colored printer can be admitted into the membership of the Typo¬ 
graphical Union of this city. 

Fifth. That the contract has been faithfully observed and the work 

well and faithfullv executed under the most difficult circumstances. 

•/ 

Sixth. That they are not responsible for the amount of printing 
ordered, nor its cost, particularly the latter, owing to the peculiar uncer¬ 
tainties of payments from the State Treasury, the frequent necessity to 
negotiate claims at less than half their face value, and the high rates of 
interest charged (sometimes from five to ten per cent, per month) for 
small accommodations, and other causes which we deem it unnecessary to 
briny to the attention, of your honorable body. 

Seventh. That they believe, in order to show the injustice of the com¬ 
plaints and statements made relative to appropriations for printing, it is 
simply necessary to call your attention to a communication from the 
Republican Printing Company to the General Assembly, made to your 
honorable body, showing the amount of work outside of the legislative 
printing ordered by the General Assembly at the sessions of 1870-71, 
1871-72, to wit: 

1. Five volumes of the Statutes of the State, viz.: X, XI, XU, XIII, 
XIV. 

2. Ten thousand copies of the Revised or General Statutes. 

3. Five thousand copies Ku Klux Trials. 

4. Five thousand copies (extra) Reports of Special Joint Investigating 
Committee. 

5. Three volumes Supreme Court Decisions. 

6. One thousand extra copies of Reports and Resolutions of the 
General Assembly of 1871-72. 

7. Various books and documents ordered by the executive depart¬ 
ments. 

That communication, in conclusion, makes the following statement: 


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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.] 

“ Ou the adjournment of the last General Assembly they were advised 
by the late State Treasurer (Hon. N. G. Parker) to close the establish¬ 
ment, as there were no funds in the Treasury to pay printing bills and 
not likely to be; but the printers did not accept nor act upon this advice, 
and have continued the work, believing that the representatives of the 
people will make provision for the payment of their claims.” 


Eighth. That subsequently a “Joint Resolution to make appropriation 
for expenses of printing ordered by the General Assembly during the 
regular sessions of 1870-71, 1871-72” was introduced, appropriating the 
sum of $250,000 for payment of the claims of the Republican Printing 
Company, and $75,000 for claims of the various newspapers. That this 
resolution was referred to the Committee on Printing, who reported it 
back, with a recommendation “ that the resolution do pass.” That it 
was afterwards referred to the Committee of Ways and Means of your 
honorable body, who, after “a most careful and laborious investigation 
of the accounts, vouchers, &c., and the Acts under which the work was 
ordered,” reported back the resolution, with the same recommendation as 
that of the Committee on Printing, to wit: “That the resolution do 
pass.” The Committee also say, in their report, “ that they have good 
reason to believe that the printing company has been obliged to raise 
money at high rates of interest in order to carry on the work in question 
through the failure of the State to meet its engagements with the com¬ 
pany. It would seem, therefore, that a case is thus made for the exer¬ 
cise of a sense of justice towards said creditors. In this aspect of the 
case, the Committee respectfully repeat their recommendation, that the 
joint resolution do pass. 

(“Signed,) J. A. ROWLEY, Chairman, 

“ J. I). BOSTON, and others.” 


Ninth. That the appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dol¬ 
lars was mostly for the work hereinbefore mentioned, and was almost 
wholly absorbed in the payment of the then existing debts of the com¬ 
pany; and that from the further sum of one hundred thousand dollars 
appropriated for the current and permanent printing of 1872-73 not 
one dollar may be said to have been received by the company until the 
issue of the certificates of indebtedness authorized at the extra session, 
and which alone enabled the company to tide over the recent money 
panic without interruption to the printing and business of the General 
Assembly. 

Tenth. That with reference to the appropriations made at the extra 
session for the report ou immigration, the decisions of the Supreme Court 


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and tax duplicates, we beg leave to ask your attention to the following 
extract from the report of the Senate Committee on Printing: 

“Senate Committee Rooms, 
“Columbia, S. C., October 30. 1873. 

“The Committee on Printing of the Senate, to whom was referred a 
Rill to make appropriation lor the payment of the expenses of printing, 
have had the same under careful consideration, and beg leave to report: 

“That the work ordered by concurrent resolution of the General As¬ 
sembly at its last session is of the highest importance to the State, not 
only for the information it affords the immigrant but as furnishing a valu¬ 
able record and history. The Committee examined specimens of a por¬ 
tion of the work now in progress, and, after a patient hearing of the 
Clerks of the two Houses as to the time, labor and expense involved, 
believe the appropriation asked for this purpose to be just and reason¬ 
able. 

“In regard to the appropriation for the payment of the printing of 
the Supreme Court decisions, the Committee, on reference to Chapter 
104, (page 495,) Revised Statutes, find that, while the Comptroller Gene¬ 
ral is authorized to draw his warrants for the publication of these deci¬ 
sions, no appropriations have been made for the payment of the warrants, 
thereby rendering further legislative action necessary to authorize the 
Treasurer to pay for the work. 

“With reference to the last item of appropriation asked for by the 
Rill, the Committee find that in the reassessment of property for the 
fiscal year 1873-74 the Comptroller General ordered the reprinting of 
the blank tax assessments, tax returns and other necessary papers for 
carrying out the Act passed at the last session of the General Assembly 
providing for a reassessment of the taxable property of the State, and 
the Committee are perfectly satisfied of the justice of this claim. 

“TheCommittee, in justice to the State printers, also beg leave to state 
that they have carried on their work, as was shown your Committee, at 
heavy sacrifices on account of the State Treasurer’s inability to meet 
former appropriations made by the General Assembly. Their contract 
has been faithfully observed, and their work well and promptly executed. 
The Committee therefore recommend that the Rill do pass. 

“(Signed ) 

“ROBERT SMALLS, Chairman. 
“THAD. C. ANDREWS, 

“H. J. MAXWELL, 

“C. D. HAYNE, 

“R. F. WHITTEMORE.” 


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By reference to House Journal of extra session, it will be seen that this 
matter was referred jointly to the Committees on Printing and Ways and 
Means, who reported it back, with the recommendation “that the Bill 
do pass.” In conclusion, we beg leave to state that this communication is 
made to your honorable body from a sense of duty to the friends who have 
stood by and encouraged us in our labors; that we do not care to question 
the correctness of the report of the J oint Special Financial Investigating 
Committee as to the “disbursements for printing under the first Repub¬ 
lican administration,” as that information mav be correct so far as it 
goes; that we feel that we have faithfully and conscientiously discharged 
the duties devolved upon us, and, with that conviction, we are ready to 
obey the will of the General Assembly in any measure it may in its 
wisdom deem necessary to enact. 

Very respectfully, vour obedient servants, 

J. WOODRUFF, 

Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. JONES, 

Clerk of House of Representatives. 


The attack which elicited this reply originated with Mr. Bowley, then 
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and was intended for 
blackmailing purposes. I so regarded it, and intimated as much in my 
sixtli paragraph, to which I have called the attention of the Committee. 
Certain it is that I was not only compelled to satisfy Senators, but buy 
off opposition of members of the House who were dissatisfied with the 
payments made them by Mr. A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House. The 
Governor, the Comptroller General, the Treasurer, the Attorney Genera), 
judges, lawyers, editors, reporters, lobbyists, male and female, white and * 
colored, messengers, all,—from the highest to the lowest,—took a deep 
interest in the passage of the Republican Printing Company’s bills and 
were paid according to the value of their respective services and influ¬ 
ence. We were compelled to make a fight against Mr. Kimpton and 
his bond ring, backed by Riordan & Dawson, of the Charleston News, 
aud against Mr. Patterson and his Blue Ridge scrip, backed by the 
Governor, the Comptroller General, the Charleston News and their 
friends, in addition to the great personal popularity of Mr. Patterson 
amongst the members of the General Assembly. I can enumerate but 



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a portion of the amounts paid on the passage of the appropriation of 
$250,000: 

Governor F. J. Moses.$20,000 00 

J. L. Neagle... 40,000 00 

Melton & Chamberlain. 10,000 00 

F. L. Cardozo, (Treasurer,)... 12,500 00 

♦Senator B. F. Whittemore. 5,000 00 

Senator R. Smalls... 5,000 00 

Senator Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 00 

Senator W. B. Nash. }, . 5,000 00 

Senator S. A. Swails... 2,500 00 

SenatorS. E. Gaillard. : .. 500 00 

Senator W. R. Jervey. 300 00 

Senator J. L. Jamison. 200 00 

Senator E. E. Dickson. 200 00 

Senator H. J. Maxwell. 1,000 00 

Senator C. D. Hayne. 500 00 

Senator W. H. Jones. 500 00 

Senator J. H. White. 150 00 

President R. H. Gleaves. 300 00 

Senator J. M. Smith. 300 00 

Senator W. E. Holcombe. 250 00 

Senator W. E. Johnston. 500 00 

Senator A. J. Ransier . 500 00 

Judge R. B. Carpenter (loan).1. 1,000 00 

Senator H. C. Corwin. 300 00 

Senator George F. McIntyre. 200 00 

Senator C. Smith. 500 00 

Senator J. L. Jamison (second check). 100 00 

Senator John Lee. 100 00 

Senator S. Ford.. 50 00 

Senator J. Lee (second check). 100 00 

The above, which foots up a total of $112,550, does not include pay¬ 
ments made by Mr. Jones to members and officers of the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives, which I feel assured would make at least $30,000 more. 
Add to this amount the then existing liabilities of the company— 
$80,000—and it will be seen the whole amount paid out of that appro* 
priation was $217,550, leaving a balance of $32,450 for the support of 
the printing establishment and work of the session of 1872-73. The 
work of this session was enormous. It is true that additional appropri- 
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ations of $50,000 for the current printing and $50,000 for the permanent 
printing of that session were made, but the amounts were not paid nor 
provision made for payment until the session of 1873-74, when certifi¬ 
cates of indebtedness, receivable for taxes, were ordered to be issued to 
the printing company in payment of their claims. At the session of 
1873-74 the following appropriations were made: 


Current and permanent printing. $25,000 00 

Immigration report. 75,000 00 

Tax duplicates. 25,000 00 


Total.$125,000 00 

Deficiency in former appropriations. 106,000 00 


$231,000 00 

For the payment of this amount, certificates of indebtedness, which I 
have already alluded to, were ordered to be issued to the company. In 
order to effect this, as against the bitter opposition of other rings, I 
again interested the Senators and paid them the following sums: 

Lieutenant Governor R. H. Gleaves, President of the Senate. $2,500 00 


T. C. Andrews, Senator. 5,000 00 

L. Cain, Senator.-. 1,000 00 

H. Cardozo, Senator, (furnished statistics,). 500 00 

F. A. Clinton, Senator....,. 1,200 00 

H. C. Corwin, Senator.:. 1,500 00 

E. E. Dickson, Senator, (collected statistics,). 300 00 

T. C. Dunn, Senator. 1,000 00 

S. E. Gaillard, Senator. 2,000 00 

C. D. Hayne, Senator. 1,000 00 

W. E. Holcombe, Senator. 1,000 00 

«T. Hollingshead, Senator. 1,000 00 

W. R. Jervey, Senator. 1,200 00 

W. E. Johnston, Senator. 1,000 00 

W. H. Jones, Senator,. 1,500 00 

J. Lee, Senator. 1,000 00 

M. Martin, Senator. 1,000 00 

G. F. McIntyre, Senator. 2,000 00 

H. J. Maxwell, Senator. 2,500 00 

W. B. Nash, Senator. 5,000 00 

Y. J. P. Owens, Senator. 5,000 00 

R. Smalls, Senator. 5,000 00 






























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C. Smith, Senator. 

J. M. Smith, Senator... . 

S. A. Swails, Senator. 

J. Wilson, Senator. 

J. H. White, Senator. 

B. F. Whittemore, Senator. 

t 

Total amongst Senators. 


.$ 1,000 00 
1,500 00 
5,000 00 
500 00 
1,000 00 
. 5,000 00 


$57,200 00 


It is due to Senators Cardozo and Dickson to say that they furnished 
statistics of their respective Counties for the Immigration Report; to 
Senator Corwin, that no understanding was had with him other than that 
he was to assist me in the sale and negotiation of the company’s paper; 
and to Senator Andrews, that he regarded the amount paid him in the 
light of a subscription to his paper, the Columbia Daily Herald. Of 
course none of the amounts could have been paid without the appropri¬ 
ation. I am not certain, but I think that Mr. Jones paid about $55,000 
to members of the House of Representatives. The books of the com¬ 
pany show that there was also paid to other officials the following 
amounts : 


F. J. Moses, Governor.$10,500 00 

F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer... 17,500 00 

S. L. Hoge, Comptroller General. 5,000 00 


These amounts, added to the sums paid to members of the Senate and 
House, make the aggregate paid for gratification on this measure alone 
$145,200. The amount of appropriations for public printing executed 
by the Republican Printing Company since its organization (which 
does not include payments made by the issuing of printing pay certifi¬ 
cates and many itemized accounts) is as follows: 


1st. December 21, 1872, (15 Stat., 463,).*....$250,000 00 

2d. January 28, 1873, (15 Stat., 321,). 50,000 00 

3d. February 26, 1873, (15 Stat., 409,). 50,000 00 

4th. November 19, 1873, (special session,). 231,000 00 

5th. March 9, 1874... 25,000 00 

6th. March 10, 1875.. 50,000 00 


$656,000 00 

Deduct from the aggregate amount of payments for gratification, as 
showu in the above statements, $385,867.90, the amount of State 






















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warrants restored to the State by Messrs. Jones & Woodruff, to wit, 
$54,500, and about $30,000 more for discounts, forced contributions for 
the support of the Union-Herald during the administration of Governor 
Chamberlain and Treasurer Cardozo, who owned the paper, and it will 
be found that the company has had for the work done by it during its 
existence, including the immigration report, about $200,000. I have 
already shown the manner in which the company was treated by Mr. 
Parker whilst he held the office of State Treasurer. With Mr. Car¬ 
dozo we made an arrangement to at first pay him ten per cent, for 
prompt payments, but, in consideration of the heavy, payments made to 
the General Assembly, he agreed to reduce it to five per cent. The pay¬ 
ments to Mr. Cardozo were always made in currency as presents, with 
one or two exceptions, when he was given pay certificates issued to and 
belonging to the company. The money was usua.lly handed to him by 
myself. In addition, we were blackmailed for the Union-Herald for 
large amounts whilst that paper was under the control and ownership of 
Chamberlain and Cardozo. I am unable to say how much, but know it 
was several thousand dollars. Proceedings were instituted at the instiga¬ 
tion of Mr. Chamberlain against the company by Mr. J. G. Thompson, 
for the purpose, as Mr. Cardozo told me at his Sullivan’s Island home, 

i 

of blackmail and to force the company to support the Union-Herald. 
Mr. Cardozo said such was the object of the attack, and if we did not 
see Jim Thompson, Jim would go for us. We did not see him, and he 
went for us with the most savage brutality, endorsed by Messrs. Riordan 
& Dawson, of the News. The latter refused to publish our reply to 
extracts copied from the Union-Herald into the News. Governor 
Chamberlain, although he had been the legal adviser of the company 
and received enormous fees, made Jones & Woodruff the special object 
of attack in his inaugural message. But as I had become involved in 
the matter of the public printing, and desired not only to carry on the 
work successfully but took some pride in doiug my part in the great 
struggle and fight going on, I never could satisfactorily determine 
whether I should abandon the work and resign my position as Clerk or 
continue the struggle and save what I could for the State and myself. 
I knew that I was no politician and could not reform a political party* 
but I kept one object steadily in view,—that was to keep the State work 
here and have it done in the State, despite the pressure to have it done 
at the North, in Philadelphia, and have the bills made up there. As 
the result, the home printers were employed and paid the year round 
whilst the Republican Printing Company was in existence. The only 
work which remained unfinished was the immigration report, which had 


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been placed in the hands of Mr. Pelham, son of the late C. P. Pelham, 
who had charge of the work previous to his death. The largest portion 
of the work, including the maps, surveys and detailed descriptions of 
the several Counties, had already been executed and the work paid for. 
The maps alone cost $5,500. I recognize the book exhibited by the 
Committee as the ledger of the Republican Printing Company. It was 
agreed by Mr. Jones and myself that, in the compensation of the mem¬ 
bers of the Geueral Assembly, each would take care of that branch of 
which he was Clerk. The appropriations were considered as equally 
divided, and whenever an order was given by either it was debited to 
our respective accounts. Payments made to State officials were entered 
and charged general expense account. The letters S. S. F. attached to 
all gratification payments signified “Sunday School Fund.” Page 6 
exhibits the account of J. Woodruff. The entries show the initials 
reversed of the names of Senators with the amounts they received in 
certificates of indebtedness issued to the Republican Printing Company 
during the session of 1873-74. They are as follows : 


Dec. 6. S. C. indicates C. Smith. $1,000 00 

D. C. T. indicates T. C. Dunn. 1,000 00 

W. J. indicates John Wilson. 500 00 

IT. J. indicates J. Hollingshead. 500 00 

8. W. H. J. indicates W. TI. Jones. 1,000 00 

W. F. B. indicates B. F. Whittemore. 5,000 00 

C. A. F. indicates F. A. Clinton. 1,175 00 

C. C. H. indicates H. C. Corwin. 1,500 00 

C. L. indicates L. Cain. 1,000 00 

S. A. S. indicates S. A. Swails. 5,000 00 

J. E. W. indicates W. E. Johnston. 900 00 

M. M. indicates Moses Martin. 1,000 00 

M. J. H. indicates TI. J. Maxwell. 2,500 00 

L. J. indicates John Lee. 1,000 00 

G. H. R. indicates R. H. Gleaves. 2,500 00 

N. B. W. indicates W. B. Nash. 5,000 00 

A. C. T. indicates T. C. Andrews. 2,500 00 


Subsequently I paid a note given to Mr. Andrews, amounting to 
$2,500, which he disposed of to Mr. Sulzbacher, who sold it to Mr. 
Hardy Solomon, thus making the amount paid Mr. Andrews, $5,000. 


Dec. 9. H. J. indicates J. Hollingshead. $ 500 00 

G. E. S. indicates S. E. Gaillard. 2,000 00 





















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Dec. 9. J. R. W. indicates W. R. Jervey. $1,200 00 

Me G. F. indicates George F. McIntyre. 2,000 00 

S. M. J. indicates J. M. Smith. 1,500 00 

S. R. indicates Robert Smalls. 5,000 00 

E. E. Dickson. 300 00 

John Lee. 285 00 

Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 00 

Dec. 13. W.H. Jones. 150 00 

J. Crews. 2,000 00 

Page 24 presents the following exhibit: 

Dec. 5. Initials C. L. F. indicates F. L. Cardozo. $ 250 00 

9. Comptroller General S. L. Hoge. 5,000 00 

M. J. F., Jr., F. J. Moses, Jr. 3,300 00 

19. F. J. Moses, Sr. (loan). 310 00 

23. C. L. F. indicates F. L. Cardozo. 9,750 00 

T. J. Mackey. ,. 500 00 

C. L. F. indicates F. L. Cardozo. 5,000 00 

C. L. F. indicates F. L. Cardozo (warrants). 2,860 00 


The total amount debited to Mr. Cardozo, as above, is in accordance 
with the amount entered on the pass book copied and kept by W. H. 
Jackson, formerly book-keeper of the company. 

February 5th.—S. S. fund paid notes of F. J. Moses, Jr., for $4,250> 
with protest, $4.50. The above is a correct statement of amounts paid’ 
with the exception of omission of sums previously advanced. In such 
cases the amounts advanced were deducted from the sum promised. At 
the outset, when the printing was first placed in the hands of the Clerks, 
it was my intention, and I endeavored, to have all bills made out strictly 
according to contract. I was soon taught, however, that such good in¬ 
tentions were not appreciated by the then watchful guardians of the 
Treasury. In response to my refusal to do just as wanted, I was ridi¬ 
culed, called both fool and knave, and told that I did not know my 
business. With the lessons derived from Riordan & Dawson how to 
add in the discounts, and finding it useless to fight the powers that were, 
I confess I soon broke into harness. 

In order to show, however, my opposition at the start, I desire to sub¬ 
mit in evidence the following circular, written by myself: 




















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[■Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

THE STATE PRINTING. 

Columbia, S. C., September 15, 1871. 

Editor of Phcenix: In accordance with promise, I propose to lay before 
the public a full and true statement of matters connected with the State 
printing. I shall endeavor to be as brief as possible. 

First. The Treasurer’s and Comptroller General’s books will show the 
total amount expended for printing to date to be as follows: 


Balance due at close of last session for legislative printing and 

appropriated for that purpose. $30,000 

Printing laws in newspapers, irrespective of politics, through¬ 
out the State, and urged upon the Clerks by His Excel¬ 
lency as good policy to insure a quiet and successful admin¬ 
istration . 70,000 

Permanent printing, including Acts, Senate and House Jour¬ 
nals, reports, resolutions, binding, &c. 25,000 


Total.$125,000 


Of the amount credited to permanent printing, a check of $11,000, 
signed by the Treasurer, remains at the bank of the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company, Columbia, S. C., unpaid, on account of our 
inability to meet Governor Scott’s demand for $1,800, as a bonus, before 
he will consent to countersign it. Dear old State of South Carolina— 
as he believes himself to be—he wishes to spend that much of the printing 
for the sake of economy and to relieve the Treasury. I learn that he 
contradicts my report by the statement that in my office he expressed a 
desire to borrow $1,800 and that I proposed to loan it to him. This mis¬ 
erable subterfuge is too plain, especially to those who know the state of 
ray finances and the resources of the Governor. So much I desire to 
exhibit at the outset in regard to the statement that $200,000 had been 
drawn, and for which declaration Governor Scott’s amanuensis chal¬ 
lenged successful contradiction. 

As to the injustice done Governor Scott and the attempt to throw 
odium on his official actions in regard to subsidizing the Republican 
press of the State, I am willing to leave the reply to the conductors 
of those papers, who are perfectly able to defend themselves. But, in 
order to enlighten the public, and believing that I can give a satisfac¬ 
tory account of my actions in this matter, I ask a reprint of the follow¬ 
ing extract from the article of this anonymous writer for the purpose of 
a reply: 







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[ Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

“The last session of the Legislature passed a Bill giving the public 
printing to the Clerks of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
and the Governor’s approval of that Bill was obtained on the assurance 
that a considerable expense would be saved the State under their man¬ 
agement; but subsequent events have proved that, instead of intention 
of economy, a ‘big job’ was intended. It is not my object at present 
to say anything regarding the gentlemen who fathered this job, but it is 
sufficient to remark, en passant, that they are well versed in political 
chicanery and have fathered many previous jobs which have resulted 
in the depletion of the State Treasury. After the passage of this print¬ 
ing Bill a company was formed called the Carolina Printing Company, 
of which Mr. Josephus Woodruff, the efficient Clerk of the Senate, was 
elected President. Now, to any fair-minded community, the fact of a 
man in whom the Legislature had confided the outlay of such an im¬ 
portant item of expense as the public printing, over which he should 
have looked with au eagle eye, being elected President, or even having 
an interest in a concern doing this work, whose bills he would necessarily 
have to certify to as being correct, on which payment is made, must 
attach something beyond suspicion. The Carolina Printing Company, 
thinking to make itself felt as a power, then bought the Charleston Re¬ 
publican and the Daily Union, the latter published in this city, and 
things went on swimmingly until a time arrived when His Excellency 
Governor Scott was forced, from motives of expediency, in which the 
welfare of the State was deeply concerned, to refuse to approve of any 
more bills for the public printing until the matter had been laid before 
the Legislature for its consideration and action in the premises.” 

Now, what are the facts? Long anterior to the passage of the print¬ 
ing Bill, at the last session of the Legislature, the Carolina Printing 
Company was organized, with Governor Scott as one of the principal 
stockholders, and the Charleston Republican made its appearance as the 
organ of the ring composing that company. Now mark the charming 
consistency of Governor Scott. The paper was supported by that riug, 
Governor Scott a prominent stockholder, having then as now the control 
of all State patronage through the power of countersigning checks drawn 
against State deposits in the bank, and the power of watching with those 
eagle eyes all money drawn from the State Treasury. Will he attempt 
to show how that paper was supported the first year of its existence? 
Any one at all familiar with the expense of a daily newspaper knows 
that it cannot be run for less than from $40,000 to $50,000 a year, and 
that without a cent’s profit to the owner. It is charitable to suppose 
that Governor Scott did not at that time see the inconsistency of one in 


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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

his position holding stock in a printing company, supported, I have 
reason to believe, exclusively by State patronage. Towards the close of 
the political campaign of 1870, Governor Scott’s universally-recognized 
new organ, the Daily Union, of Columbia, with Mr. L. C. Carpenter as 
editor, suddenly blazed out before the public. This, in brief, is the his" 
tory of the organization of the Carolina Printing Company, and the 
establishment of the two Republican daily papers of the State. At that 
time I had no pecuniary interest either in the Carolina Printing Com¬ 
pany or the papers. At the opening of the campaign of 1870, Governor 
Scott, in a private interview with myself, agreed that, should the cam¬ 
paign result favorably, he would transfer to me his stock in the Carolina 
Printing Company for my professional services as a reporter. I rendered 
that service faithfully. The result of that campaign is too well known 
to need repetition. But His Excellency, whether intentional or not, or 
from contempt for the services rendered, neglected at that time to make 
the transfer. On the assembling of the General Assembly, I again met 
him in the room of the President of the Senate and threw out a re¬ 
minder of his promise. In reply, he offered it at fifty cents on the dollar. 
I agreed to take it at that price and give him my note for it based upon 
my salary as Clerk of the Senate. I was told to call at his office and he 
would complete the negotiation. Frequent visits were made, but the 
matter postponed from time to time, an excuse being given that the cer¬ 
tificate of stock could not be found or was mislaid. 

In the meantime the struggle between the rival parties for the State 
printing was so great, and members of the General Assembly so divided in 
opinion as to the merits of the respective candidates, that it was proposed to 
put the whole matter in the hands of the Clerks of the two houses. A Bill 
for that purpose was accordingly drafted, passed, and sent to the Gov¬ 
ernor for his approval. The Governor’s stock in the Carolina Printing 
Company immediately rose and doubled in value. The Governor told 
me I must pay par value. I did so, paying him $1,000 in cash and 
giving my note at sixty days for the balance, $2,000. The note was 
subsequently paid from money raised among our friends, by the Clerk of 
the House and myself. The transfer of the stock was then ordered, the 
Bill was then approved, and it then became a law. Then the Governor 
suddenly opened his eyes to the inconsistency of the Clerks purchasing his 
stock and doing any business outside of their official positions. I chal¬ 
lenge him to produce any bill for State work not made out in accordance 
with the contract approved by the General Assembly and certified by 
the Clerks for which the work has not been performed. Subsequent to 
the passage of the Bill, in the office of the Clerk of the Senate, and in 


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the presence of several Senators and members of the House, Governor 
Scott urged upon the Clerks the expediency of a liberal distribution of 
State advertising of the laws amongst the Democratic as well as the Re¬ 
publican papers. The effect, he thought, would be to temper the tone of 
the press and insure a quiet, peaceable administration of the laws. He 
thought fifty or sixty thousand dollars would be money well spent to¬ 
wards so desirable an object. His views were heartily concurred ii^ by 
the Clerks. As an old newspaper attachee myself, I had always thought 
that this work so generally performed by the press before the war gratui¬ 
tously should be paid for by the State. I was extremely gratified to 
find Governor Scott so generously disposed towards so worthy and indus¬ 
trious a class of our people as printers. The publication of the laws was 
therefore given out as proposed. The Clerks have also exercised in 
behalf of the Charleston Republican and Daily Union the utmost power 
confided to them, and it was not until Governor Scott denounced all 
printing bills as frauds, and owners of those papers as swindlers, that 
they were reluctantly compelled to relax their efforts to support those 
journals. A word here as to the insinuation of the Governor among 
members of the Legislature and others—that the Clerks had been 
making fortunes, charging percentage, &c., on newspaper bills. I deny 
that the Clerks have ever asked any percentage, but, on the contrary, in 
cases where it has been tendered, have positively declined. I feel 
assured the press will bear me out in this statement. As to the fortunes, 
I would be exceedingly happy if the Governor would inform the public, 
and myself in particular, where it is, or even point out a smooth and 
honest road to it. Perhaps this smooth road to fortune was in his 
mind’s eye when, shortly after the passage of the printing law, and in 
company with him in his carriage on the way to the State House, he 
shocked what conscience I believed I had by saying: “Joe, if you’ll do 
as I want you now, I will help you steal from the Treasury.” I am 
willing to testify on the stand in any Court of justice that I was so 
amazed as to be unable to articulate a reply and left him at the door of 
the State House, simply bidding him “good morning.” 

But it was not against the bills for the papers the Governor made his 
objection. It was those for the State printing or permanent work that he 
refused to sign checks for, and for the reason stated. As to threats being 
made toward the Governor, I deem that statement too absurd for refuta¬ 
tion. It is no doubt the creation of the brain of either the Governor or 
his amanuensis. That entreaty and expostulations were resorted to I 
admit, as we were extremely anxious to have the means to carry on our 
work. We have been continually embarrassed in the prosecution of the 


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State work through the whims and caprices of the Governor. Before 
payrneut was made of the first bill for work done during the Legislature 
we paid to “gratification, or hearer, five hundred dollars,” and deposited 
it in the bank of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company to the 
credit of R. K. Scott. Again we were called upon, on payment of our 
second check for State work, to pay $250 for the services of a writer, 
then in Columbia, inditing articles for Governor Scott and published in 
the Daily Union. It is true this writer gave his note for the amount, at 
which His Excellency, with one of his bland smiles, remarked that we 
certainly were not so green a9 to suppose that note would ever be paid, 
and we did not. It has not been paid since, nor do we expect it will be. 
The Legislature, by Joint Resolution at the last session, which was 
approved by the Governor, ordered the publication of the decisions of 
the Supreme Court made since 1868. On calling the attention of the 
Governor to this matter, and telling him the members of the bar through¬ 
out the State were anxious to have them, he replied: “He did not care 
a damn for the Legislature; if we attempted the work, it should not be 
paid for.” Notwithstanding this threat, we have, under the most diffi¬ 
cult circumstances, proceeded with the work, and are willing to trust to 
the Legislature for our pay. He has said “he expected the Legislature 
to take away from him the power of countersigning checks—that it would 
be a relief to him,” but immediately afterwards exhibited his intense 
feelings by declaring that if it were taken away the Legislature would 
not be able to procure a single dollar; that one word of his spoken at 
the financial center (New York) would prevent the negotiation of South 
Carolina bonds at any price. And no wonder, if, as is commonly be¬ 
lieved, even among his own friends, seven or eight millions of bonds have 
been issued illegally and divided, Scott taking the lion’s share. I trust 
neither the Legislature nor the people will be hoodwinked by Governor 
Scott’s trying to cover his tracks by howling at petty legislative and 
printing expenses, which are but as a grain of sand in the desert com¬ 
pared with the mountains removed to Ohio. Some of the statements I 
have made above are from private conversations, and cannot, I admit, 
be substantiated by written testimony. These are, therefore, left an 
open question of veracity between Governor Scott and myself. I am 
perfectly content to leave it to the public to decide. 

One more point and I am through with No. 1. The Governor, 
through his amanuensis, takes advantage of an unfortuuate accidental 
error to take some credit for honesty and economy which never belonged 
to him. In making out a bill for the publication of the Acts, I turned 
to ascertain the number of pages by looking at the last page on the 


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work. The bill was made out accordingly and presented to the Governor 
for payment. As with all other bills for State work, he pronounced it 
a swindle before he had scarcely looked at it. He afterwards handed it 
to Mr. Heart, who simply returned it to me, with the endorsement that 
it was too extravagant. No expert examined it. Mr. Denny, former 
State printer, showed me my error, the paging of the book being a con¬ 
tinuation of the last Acts and intended to form part of Volume XIV. 
As soon as I saw it the mistake was rectified and ample apology made 
to the Governor, at his residence, whither I hastened to make the neces¬ 
sary explanation. Had the first bill been paid, I think those who know 
me will do me the justice to believe that any wrong draft by myself 
upon the Treasury, on discovery of the error, would have been promptly 
restored. 

I am through for the present. This issue is not of my seeking. On 
the contrary, I would gladly have avoided it. But Governor Scott has 
deemed best to force me to the wall. Whenever he and his anonymous 
amanuensis are prepared to ventilate those terrible misdeeds of the 
Carolina Printing Company, I hope they will do it without delay and 
without fear, favor, affection or hope of reward but that of the approval 
of a just conscience. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

N. B.—Since writing the above, I learu, through a gentleman who 
communicated the nature of my reply to Governor Scott, that he 
threatens to resign, has written to Lieutenant Governor Ransier to 
hasten to the capital, and that, upon his resignation, he will, as his only 
and last resource, shoot me. I do not believe he has the courage to 
carry out his last threat, but, with the unlimited command he has over 
the State Treasury and State resources, he is abundantly able to secure 
the services of an assassin. If Providence wills it, so be it. But what 
a glorious death to die—a martyr to truth, and the means of relieving 
the whole people of a State of the most abominable burden of iniquity 
with which they have ever been afflicted. 

In this connection, I also desire to submit a check payable to “Grat¬ 
ification,” or bearer, for $500, given by me to Mr. Jacobs, book-keeper 
of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, for Governor R. K. 
Scott. (See individual ledger A, South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany, p. 62.) This was given Governor Scott on the advice of Mr. Jacobs 
that it was the best thing I could do to get my check for $11,000, given by 
State Treasurer Parker, countersigned by the Governor. I did it, and 
Mr. Jacobs subsequently informed me that the check was signed and 


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the amount put to the credit of the Republican Printing Company. 
From the time I undertook the public printing, I had to fight the most 
bitter opposition, even from the majority of stockholders of the Carolina 
Printing Company, in which, as I have already stated, Mr. Jones and 
myself had bought an interest. Senator Corbin, who was codifier, and a 
majority of the stockholders wanted the Code printed at the North. I 
fought them successfully, and guaranteed Mr. Corbin to have the Revised 
Statutes promptly printed in Columbia. In addition to purchasing 
Parker’s share in the Carolina Printing Company, Mr. Jones and myself 
agreed to give him twenty per cent, on all payments made to the Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company. There were no specific appropriations then, 
and printing claims were paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated. Even then it was almost impossible to obtain 
payment of our claims direct from the Treasury. On presentation of a 
bill, Mr. Parker would refer us to Mr. Neagle, with the statement that 
there was no money in the Treasury, and we might discount our claims 
with Neagle, who was the ouly party he knew who had money. In this 
way we discounted our claims, frequently selling them at twenty-five and 
thirty cents on the dollar, in order to carry on our work, which was very 
heavy. As an alternative we had to take Neagle into partnership. I 
submit here copy of partnership agreement, dated July 1, 1872, between 
Woodruff, Jones and Neagle, witnessed by LeGrand Benedict. When 
Cardozo took possession of the office as Treasurer, I endeavored to effect 
the same arrangement as to percentage as I had with Parker. He said 
he had decided not to pay out any moneys for any object unlesss there 
was a specific appropriation. That necessitated the introduction of a 
Bill for the payment of our claims before the Legislature. An itemized 
bill was accordingly made, presented, passed upon by the Committees in 
both houses, and an appropriation of $250,000 made for the payment of 
the claims of the Republican Printing Company. Governor Moses was 
paid $20,000 to sign the Bill; $40,000 was paid to J. L. Neagle in full 
of his claims, and he retired from the partnership; $10,000 was paid to 
Chamberlain to prevent injunctions and effect a settlement with Neagle. 
Chamberlain was counsel of the Republican Printing Company at the 
time, and made the proposition to do this for us for $10,000. He was 
then partner of Attorney General Melton. The money was paid to 
Chamberlain & Melton. Witness here submitted papers. 

VI.— Roll of the Senate and List of Senators Paid and 

Amounts Paid to Each. 

[The roll and amounts paid were entered up when payments were made.] 
H. Cardozo wrote statistics of his County for immigration report. 
The others did not write. They were to support the claim, and in some in 


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stances were to collect statistics. Andrews was to collect statistics, Whit- 
temore, Nash, Swails. The price we paid for statistics was from $50 up 
to $150 per County, outside of Charleston, and for Charleston County 
$500. These Senators were to support the Bill and to write the statis¬ 
tics of their respective Counties. 

VI.—Roll of Members of the Senate for the Special Session 

of 1873. 


Names. 

Yea. 

Gleaves, R. H., President. 

$2,500 00 
5,000 00 
1,000 00 
500 00 

Andrews, T. C. 

Cain, L. 

Cardozo, H..... 

Clinton, F. A... 

1,200 00 
1,500 00 
300 00 

Corwin, H. C. 

Dickson, E. E.... . 

Donaldson, T. Q. 

Duncan, D. R. 


Dunn, T. C... 

1,000 00 

Duvall, G. W. 

Gail lard, S. E...,. 

2,000 00 

1,000 00 

1,000 00 

1,000 00 

Hayne, C. D. 

Holcombe, W. E. 

Hollingshead, J.. 

Hope, J. C. 

Jervey, W. R. 

1,200 00 

Jeter, T. B. 

Johnston, W. E. 

1,000 00 
1,500 00 

Jones, Jr., W. H. 

Keith, W. C. 

Lee, J. 

1,000 00 
1,000 00 
2,000 00 

2.500 00 
5,000 00 
5,000 00 
5,000 00 
1,000 00 

1.500 00 
5,000 00 

500 00 
1,000 00 
5,000 00 

Martin, M.. 

McIntyre, G. F. 

Maxwell, H. J. . 

Nash, W. B.. 

Owens, Y. J. P. 

Smalls, R. 

Smith, C. 

Smith, J. M. 

Swails, S. A. 

Wilson, J. 

White, J. H. 

Whittemore, B. F. 


• 

$57,200 00 























































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^ 11* Estimate for Immigration Report Submitted to the 

General Assembly. 

REPORT ON IMMIGRATION. 

State of South Carolina, 

Columbia, October 1, 1873. 

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: 

Gentlemen —We have the honor to submit herewith a preliminary 
report, made in obedience to the following resolution of your honorable 
bodies: 

r 

“Whereas the time remaining of the present session is not sufficient to 
enable the two houses to develope and perfect a practicable and satisfac¬ 
tory plan for the encouragement of immigration to this State; and 
whereas the subject is one certainly among those of the first importance 
to the best interests of the whole State, inasmuch as the influx of new 
citizens, bringing numbers and wealth to strengthen and develope the State, 
is the surest means of restoring peace, concord and true prosperity to all 
our people; and whereas such a subject requires great research and the 
patient collection, arrangement and statement of the various inducements 
to immigration which South Carolina affords; therefore, be it 

“Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, 
That the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Clerk of the Senate 
be, and they are hereby, empowered to collect and arrange all such 
information as may be deemed valuable and necessary for the use of the 
General Assembly in dealing with the subject of immigration, and to 
cause the same to be prepared in suitable form for the use of the Gene¬ 
ral Assembly, with a view of presenting to the world the unrivalled com¬ 
mercial, agricultural, manufacturing and mineral resources of this State. 
The said Clerks are authorized to conduct the work herein provided for 
during the months of the present year preceding the meeting of the 
General Assembly in November next, and to have their report in readi¬ 
ness at the commencement of the next session of the General Assembly.” 

The responses received from our circular shows that the people evince 
a very general desire to serve the State and a favorable appreciation of 
the object indicated in the resolution. It soon became apparent, however, 
that to collect and compile the information necessary to such a work, 
which should furnish a reliable and authentic basis for future reference 
and action, involved much time, labor and expense. Very full and valu¬ 
able reports from some seventeen Counties have been received, and in 
some cases were made gratuitously. These reports are in course of prep- 


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aration for the printer, and specimens, showing the style of the work, 
will be laid before the General Assembly as soon as possible. Although 
no appropriation was made to meet unavoidable expenses, yet, relying on 
the ivisdom and liberality of your honorable bodies , we felt justified in 
securing the services of competent gentlemen in the preparation of maps 
and reports for those Counties where gratuitous information could not be 
obtained. The printing has been delayed for want of funds. The im¬ 
portance of such a work is acknowledged on all sides, and is more 
especially shown by the numerous applications for information received 
from the North and abroad. While nearly every State in the Union has 
made liberal appropriation for the annual compilation and publication 
of their advantages and resources, nothing of the kind has been under¬ 
taken in South Carolina for over a quarter of a century. The reports, 
with few exceptions, show that, with the reconstruction of the State and 
organization of society on a perfectly free basis, South Carolina, with its 
unsurpassable climate, its immense and varied resources, offers the highest 
inducements to immigrants, laborers, artisans and capitalists. 

After the most careful consideration and examination, we have esti¬ 
mated that an appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars will be 
necessary to carry out fully the objects of the resolution. 

Respectfully submitted. 

J. WOODRUFF, 


Clerk of Senate. 
A. O. JONES, 

Clerk of House of Representatives. 


Vlir.—1. Letter of F. W. Dawson to Josephus Woodruff, 

Dated January 4, 1868. 

I carried the enclosed bill to Parker and discounted it for cash, 
at 20 per >ent. off, in his private office. I understood from the 
letter and my newspaper experience that the 20 per cent, had been 
added to the bill. I have always understood that it was customary for 
newspapers to add the percentage at which they had to discount State 
paper: 



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VIII.—1. [Copy.] 

Office of the Daily News, 
Charleston, S. C., January 4, 1868. 

Dear Woodruff: 

Enclosed find bill against the Speaker, arranged for discount of 20 
per cent, to paying officer. Moses said it should be paid promptly. 

Let me know what the Port Royal Railroad wants of the Legislature. 
Nothing from you this evening. I hear that Courier has result of man¬ 
damus, and had telegraphed you. 

Yours, 

(Signed) F. W. DAWSON. 


November 24, 1868. 

2. “The enclosed” was a general letter of instructions and some bills. 
The substance of this enclosure was that I, as reporter for the News, should 
report, as favorably as possible for Scott and secure any favors he could 
give for the News. Under these instructions, I reported as favorably as 
I could for Scott. In return, Scott used his influence to have Dawson’s 
bills paid. I cannot say whether the State was or was not defrauded in 
this way, for I don’t know how the items were made in the bills of the 
News. So far as Scott’s influence was concerned, there was no fraud in 
the exercise of that that I know of. 


VIII. —2. Office of the Daily News, 

Charleston, S. C., November 24, 1868. 


My Dear Woodruff:. 

The enclosed is in reply to yours received this evening. You may 
show it where necessary, but do not let it be copied or kept. We think 
it will do all you want. The fact is that we want to make all we can, 
and will go as far as we can to support Scott and the government if we 
are treated well. We cannot be blind advocates. That would be to 
ruin our influence, if we could permit ourselves to adopt such a course. 
We must be independent, but we will always be more than just to our 
friends, and never personally abusive, because it is contrary to our views 
of propriety, Send all Bills, &c., that are printed, and post us about 
any scheme that wants puffing or crushing. 

All this confidential. 

Yours, 


F. W. DAWSON. 


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January 30, 1869. 

3. “The paymaster” alludes to Parker. I did not understand any 
fraud to be involved in th.e statement about “up-country project, railroad 
or otherwise.” 

VIII.— 3. Office of the Daily News, 

Charleston, S. C., January 30, 1869. 

My Dear Woodruff: 

What you have done so far is highly approved. A memorandum of 
your account, as it then stood, was sent on yesterday. As you collect 
money due us, pay yourself in full first , and remit balance, if any. 

We count on you to push the State printing (Acts.) The best we can 
do is this: If we can get ten cents a line, which would be about twenty- 
four dollars per column, we can allow the paymaster twenty per cent, 
and yourself ten per cent., which would only leave us a very moderate 
profit; if we can get twelve and a half cents a line, which is thirty 
dollars a column, or more, we can allow you twenty per cent, instead 
of ten. Now, you have the whole programme, and may blaze away at 
will. We are willing to give a helping hand to any up country project, 
railroad or otherwise, and free. Keep us informed. 

Yours, 

F. W. DAWSON. 


December 13, 1870. 

This alluded to an account of the News, which I pushed through the 
Senate and House. I don’t know of anything fraudulent in the account. 
It was, I think, for Governor’s proclamations and similar advertisements. 

[Copy.] 

VIII.— 4. Office of the Charleston News, 

Charleston, S. C., December 13, 1870. 
The Committee on Contingent Accounts reported on the account of 
the Charleston News and recommended that it be paid. Adopted. 

My Dear Josephus: 

This is the most interesting feature of the legislative session. Shove 
it through the House in the same happy way, and there will be a Christ¬ 
mas turkey and trimmings for both you and 

Yours, truly, 

F. W. DAWSON. 


(Signed) 


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January 22, 1871. 

5. See Senate Journal, extra session 1877, pages 50 and 51, where the 
enclosures are copied. 1 regarded the offer as a direct bribe of twenty 
per cent. 

[ Copy .] 

v 

VIII.—5. Office of the Charleston News, 

Charleston, S. C., January 22, 1871. 

My Dear Joe: 

DeFontaine tells me that you want our proposal for State printing, 
and I enclose you two proposals—one private and the other public. We 
have put the price at ten cents a line—a fair living rate—and five cents 
less than our regular transient rates. If the offer can be amended or 
improved, let us know. What we want is to get as good a price as we 
can, and to give you twenty per cent, on the gross amounts, whatever it 
maybe. Answer. 

Yours truly, 

(Signed) F. W. DAWSON. 

[public.] [Copy.'] 

VIII. —5. Office of the Charleston News, 

Charleston, S. C., January 22, 1871. 

J. Woodruff, Esq., Clerk of the Senate: 

Sir —We respectfully make application for the printing of the Acts 
and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly for the session of 
1870-71, and agree to print the same, as furnished us, in the Daily 
News, at the rate of ten cents a line, by measurement, for each session ; 
or, we will print them in both the Daily News and Tri-Weekly News 
for fifteen cents a line; or, in the Daily News, Tri-Weekly News and 
Weekly News for twenty cents a line, We are, 

Yours obediently, 

(Signed) RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO., 

Proprietors Charleston News. 

[private.] [Copy.] 

VIII.— 5. Office of the Charleston News, 

Charleston, S. C., January 22, 1871. 

J. Woodruff, Esq.^Clerk of the Senate: 

Dear Sir—Wc agree to print the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the 
General Assembly at the following rates per line, each insertion,, by 
measurement; 


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Daily News, ten cents a line; 

Daily and Tri-Weekly, fifteen cents a line; 

Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, twenty cents a line; 

And we agree to allow you a commission of twenty per cent, upon the 
gross amount of our bills for such printing, as the amounts due are col¬ 
lected. 

Yours obediently, 

(Signed) RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO., 

Proprietors News. 

I was not reporting for the News at the time. I ceased my corres¬ 
pondence for them the previous session. The proposals were not to be 
passed upon by the Senate, but simply by the Clerks of the two houses. 
We awarded the contract. I never got the twenty per cent. On one 
occasion Dawson alluded to it, and said he had just purchased the 
Broad street building and had heavy payments to make, and he thought 
we were making money and could afford to wait for it. I stopped cor¬ 
responding for want of time to attend to it, but was then on friendly 
terms with the paper, and continued so up to the time of the issue of 
certificates of indebtedness. Friendly relations were ruptured as follows: 
One of the proprietors (Riordan) asked of me a loan of from $3,000 to 
$5,000. I was unable to lend it to him. The News from that time 
attacked the Republican Printing Company, and has continued it ever 
since. I thought if I loaned the money it would never be returned and 
that they would so understand it. Dawson made the application for 
Riordan. The reasons I thought it was a pretensive loan, to be paid for 
their silence or future favors, were because I had, not with them, but 
with others, such as State officials and members of the General Assembly, 
similar transactions and propositions, and I doubted their ability to repay 
it. Dawson said it was to pay some scattering debts of Riordan’s. In a 
short interview I had with Riordan, Riordan said it was for some 
private matter of his own. 


VIII.— 6. Office of the Charleston News, 

Charleston, S. C., January 25, 1871. 

My Dear Woodruff: 

I enclose bill for advertising elections, subject to usual discount; also 
bill for papers. Bear in mind what I told you before—that we don’t 
want you to pay for any “ Newses ” out of your own pocket. If the 




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money is forthcoming for the election notices, it will be as welcome as a 
daisy in a cow’s mouth. 

Yours truly, 

F. W. DAWSON. 


March 18, 1871. 

7. I don’t remember what particular class of bonds this relates to; it 
was some measure going through at the time Governor Perry’s letter was 
published in the Greenville paper and afterwards copied into the News. 

VIII.— 7. Office of the Charleston News, 

No. 149 East Bay, 

Charleston, S. C., March 18, 1871. 

Dear Jo: I send hills for Acts up to to-day, inclusive. I am afraid I 
have worried you too much about the document, but I hope you won’t 
give it up. My silence is often more valuable than any action. For 
instance, had I telegraphed the strong points of Perry’s letter, including 
the prediction that bonds would not be paid , it would have given the 
market a terrible black eye. But I didn’t. 

Yours faithfully, 

R. 

We’ll rush the Acts from this time forth. 


In October, 1873, Mr. Dawson, at his office in Charleston, requested 
me to see Patterson and Neagle and endeavor to effect an arrangement 
for the support of the News for the redemption of the revenue bond 
scrip. I think Dawson suggested $10,000 as the amount for them to re¬ 
ceive. I visited Columbia for the purpose; saw Patterson and Neagle, 
and they declined to negotiate with a third person, but said they were 
willing to deal with Dawson himself. I reported this to Dawson at his 
office, and he authorized me to telegraph to Patterson that the man he 
wauted to see would be at the Columbia Hotel next day. Mr. Dawson 
subsequently informed me that he did start, and went as far as Branch- 
ville, but was compelled to return on account of pressing information re¬ 
ceived at Branchville. I don’t know whether the negotiations went on 
any further or not. Leslie told me that the News had been paid $7,500 
for their support of the Sterling Loan Act and a share in some bonds 
or in the use of some bonds. Captain E. G. Huffman can tell all about 
this, as he was their correspondent here at the time. At the time of the 


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passage of* the validating Act, in March, 1872, Leslie informed me that 
Kimpton had made a certificate of* deposit in the Central National 
Bank of Columbia in my name for $30,000, which was to be drawn as 
soon as the Act was approved, and asked me to draw it, and bring it to 
the Railroad Committee room, and give it to him, and said it was to be 
divided between six Senators—Leslie, Owens, Nash, Whittemore, H. E. 
Hayue and Swails. Kimpton told me the same thing at the Columbia 
Hotel. I drew the money and handed it to Leslie in the Railroad Com¬ 
mittee room. There were Senators present, but the door was only ajar 
when I handed it to him. There was a deaf and dumb man present in 
the room named William Dowd, for he came out just afterwards, making 
most expressive signs indicating filling of* pockets, &c. That was my 
first experience of* the high price of Senators in voting for a Bill. At 
or about the same time, I think a little before, Leslie told me of another 
deposit at the Carolina National Bank for $20,000, $10,000 of which 
was in my name. All of it was to be divided between him and Owens. 
I don’t know who deposited it, but I ascertained that the deposit was 
there, and I gave them a check for $10,000. I think that was for the 
Bill for settlement with Financial Agent, but am not certain. From 
this experience, when it was necessary to get appropriations through, I 
became aware of* the absolute necessity of paying for the passage, and 
we added the estimate of these expenses to the amount of our accounts in 
order to save ourselves from loss. (See Reports and Resolutions, 1873-74, 
pages 954 aud 955.) One-half or more of the total amount of appro¬ 
priations for the Republican Printing Company was paid to State 
officials and members of the General Assembly. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


“EXHIBIT W.” 
woodruff’s diary. 


Monday, January 13. 

Gave Nash a check for $2,000. It’s giving, giving to the wolves, and 
I expect we will be counted out if we don’t stop. 


Tuesday, January 14. 

Drew checks for E, E. Dickson, $200 ; F. Cardarelli, for Whitte- 
more’s account, $141. Received letters of acknowedgmeut from Klinck, 



[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .\ 

Wickenberg & Co. and Johnston. Mr. Cardozo promised to let us have 
$20,000 to-morrow. I promised to let Smalls, Maxwell, Hayue, Jones, 
Jr., have some money. The two houses entered into an election and 
elected Cooke Judge of the Eighth Circuit. Am sorry General 
McGowan was not elected. Party lines were drawn pretty strongly. 
Should not wonder if we have a revolution when such men as Cooke can 
be elected over such a man as McGowan. I don’t believe Cooke knows 
when to go out of the rain. Am inclined to stand from under. Talked 
sympathizingly with Donaldson , Cannon and, other Democrats. 


Tuesday, January 31, 1873. 

Had a long talk with J. M. Smith and promised to make everything 
straight with him. Promised C. Smith to give him $500 Saturday. 


Saturday, February 8, 1873. 

Paid Sulzbacher $100. Gave Jamison check for $100. If we are 
voted $50,000 for permanent printing we can get along. The friends 

ought not press us too closely. Moses, Chamberlain, Neagle and-- 

are a hard set—all dead beats. Received consignment of champagne 
and sherry from Charleston. AVill send some to Senator Maxwell. The 
bill amounts to $321. Good gracious ! 


Friday, February 14. 

Gave check to Corwin for $500 and one to J. P. Low for $200 on account 
of Corbin. Also let Singleton, member of the House, have $50. 
Asberry thinks he will clean Senator Johnston out next campaign and 
come to the Senate himself and vote for me as Clerk. Told him I 
thought the lion would be too much for him. Had a long talk with 
Clinton. He wanted $1,000. Could not promise more than $500. 
I)ix, member of the House, wants some more from me but can’t get it. 
Must get it from Jones. Sperry can’t have any more from me nor any 
of the House members. Am sorry I shall have to go back on Cochran. 
He fought us, and Jones says it’s hard to assist.aman fighting and voting 
against you. 



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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.'] 

Friday, April 11, 1873. 

Called on Cardozo and was paid $5,000, $2,000 of which was to go to 
him. Promised to deliver it to him at his house at 4 o’clock this after¬ 
noon. Had an interview with Mr. Cardozo at his house and delivered 
him the $2,000. 


Monday, April 28, 1873. 

Had a long and interesting conversation with my old friend, Mr. 
Daniel Horlbeck. Told me of Judge Bond’s opinion that he was getting 
old, faculties obscured, and that he had intimated to him that his resigna¬ 
tion would be acceptable. I showed him how the Judge relished his 
wine and cigars whilst holding Court in Columbia, being a frequent 
visitor in the Senate refreshment room ; that he thought Mr. Daniel 
was not a progressive clerk and did not seem to realize what was necessary 
for a Judge. Mr. Daniel thought I was totally demoralized and felt 
keenly about the matter. 


Wednesday, May 20, 1873. 

If the Republicans keep up their liberality it will make all the news¬ 
papers in the State Radical. 


Wednesday, June 14, 1873. 

Senator Clinton called to-day. He appears in a bad fix. I can’t help 
him, but would be glad to do so. The friends cannot crowd me now for 
money. I begin to think John Cochran will win with his reform bun¬ 
combe next session. 


Wednesday, July 1, 1873. 

Saw Cardozo, and he agreed to accept our order given to Owens for 
$3,000. Wondered that he did not ask his percentage. 


Monday, August 25, 1873. 

Received a dispatch from Cardozo requesting the attendance of Jones 
and self to-morrow morning, at Columbia, on important business. Saw 
Jones, and he agreed to meet me at the depot. Left for Columbia in 
the evening. 


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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

Wednesday, August 2G, 1873. 

Arrived in Columbia. Called on Cardozo, and, to my surprise, learned 
that he had called us up with the view of proposing that we start a 
newspaper by the 1st October in the interest of the officials,—to be au 
administration organ. Cheeky! He proposes that we start his enter¬ 
prise on our own resources, pay our own expenses, and, in return, have 
his smiles for the same percentage. Did anybody ever hear of such a 
thing! He s$ys I can write to Fox, too, the former editor of the 
Charleston Republican, and induce him to come and edit the new paper. 
I suppose Fox is also to pay his own expenses from patriotic motives for 
Cardozo. On recovering from my surprise, I called on the Governor 
and mentioned Mr. Cardozo’s liberal proposals. He actually laughed; 
said it was a good thing, but he would not put his money in it. I 
thought him rather lukewarm. Afterwards saw Cardozo and Hoge 
together; the latter did not appear very deeply interested in the scheme. 
Well, I hardly think it worth while to break mv head and pocket for 
Mr. Cardozo. If he don’t pay us our money I will see what we can 
yank out of him and make him do it. 


Tuesday, September 2, 1873. 

Asked Jackson to make out Comptroller’s bills, leaving our balance as 
large as possible, so that he could recommend it on appropriation. 


Thursday, September 1 1, 1873. 

Weut to see the Governor. He wanted us to send for some books for 
his library. Told him we had no money, no credit and no friends in 
New York since latest publication of Mercantile Agency report describ¬ 
ing Jones and Woodruff as R. P. Co., Clerks of General Assembly, and 
extremely doubtful. He subsided. 


Saturday, September 27, 1873. 

Both Jones and Cardozo stayed till late. Have resolved to let noth¬ 
ing worry me this Winter. If the friends in the Senate make appropri¬ 
ations sufficient, I will do as usual,—take care of them,—and Jones must 
do the same thing for the members of the House. 

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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

Friday, October 17, 1873. 

Talked with Little relative to Hoge, and he thinks Hoge a hog. He 
wanted S1,000 out of that warrant. Cannot get it. Patterson says he 
will give me his certified check of $1,998 for it. Agreed. 


Wednesday, October 22, 1873. 

No discussion except by Senator Nash. Forgot to order some things 
for Nash. He is a hard case. I gave him my printing bills against the 
executive department. Some Senators and members seem to regard all 
printing bills as clear steals. Let them go ahead with Hardy. I would 
like, though, to head Patterson, Neagle and Hardy, but the face of 
things looks dark for the printing. 


Wednesday, October 29, 1873. 

I have agreed with Gaillard, McIntyre, J. M. Smith, C. Smith, Cain, 
Jervey, Smalls, Whittemore, White, Nash and others. Postponed selec¬ 
tion of fancy stationery and making up packages for Senators. Patter¬ 
son and Neagle called this evening and opened up their schemes to Jones 
and myself. They spoke of certificates of indebtedness and I have taken 
up the suggestion. I propose to write the report for the Printing Com¬ 
mittee myself; propose to add a proviso to the Bill that the said sums 
shall be paid in certificates of indebtedness, redeemable on or before the 
first day of January, 1874, or out of the first moneys received from 
taxes. 


Thursday, October 30, 1873. 

Finished report for Committee on Printing. Sent for Senators Whit¬ 
temore, Owens and Smalls and interviewed each. All agreed to sign 
the report, and did it, with the exception of Henry Cardozo. Andrews 
came up manfully, and will do anything to stick up to me. Must give 
him at least $2,000. 


Friday, October 31, 1873. 

Gave an order to Bryan for $300 in favor of Judge Mackey for books. 


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[ Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.'] 

Saturday, November 1, 1873. 

Mr. Whittemore called this evening, and I told him there was a five 
iu that printing Bill for him. There will be $2,000 for Swails, $2,000 
for Maxwell. 


Tuesday, November 18, 1873. 

Felt better after passage of printing Bill through the House last night. 
Found there was considerable opposition. Jones managed much better 
than I thought. The House took up another Bill, (per diem,) to which 
$50,000 for current printing was attached. Smalls and Nash say they 
won’t stand it. Let it come to the Senate, and if they oppose I shall 
certainly stop some of their rations. 


Tuesday, November 18, 1873. 

In the Senate, to-day, Hardy Solomon’s Bill passed and was ordered 
to be enrolled. It has been a great time. We do nothing but promise, 
and it shows the faith the friends have in us. 


Tuesday, November 18, 1873. 

It’s hard to have to pay $100,000 for passing a printing Bill, but it 
will have to be done. They are all leeches, crying “ give,” “ give,” and 
we must give. 


Thursday, November 20, 1873. 

There was something of a contest over House per diem Bill, but I got it 
to a second reading. Am glad to get $25,000, but sorry to see my crowd 
going back on me. 


Thursday, January 15,1874. 

The Governor sent me a note asking $6,000 more in certificates of in¬ 
debtedness. Told him we did not have them, and fortunately had dis¬ 
posed of all of them. We shall have to keep close. McIntyre wants 
more out of contingent fund. The amounts already paid cover between 
twelve and fifteen thousand dollars. There will be nothing left for legis¬ 
lative expenses, and in all probability another large deficiency. 


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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.'] 

Thursday, January 15,1874. 

Cardozo expects $2,500 more. We paid another note of Moses’s, held 
by Dennis, amounting to $2,250. 


Thursday, January 22, 1874. 

Sperry called and complained of Jones keeping him back. Consoled 
him by saying that Jones had told me he would make it all right with 
Sperry and Bowley—Bowley was along. They are both hard cases. 
My friends in the Senate to-day went back on me. Resolved to take it 
easy; have done the very best I could for the friends. 


Wednesday, January 28, 1874. 
Gave Minort an order on Symmers for some liquor. 


Sunday, February 1, 1874. 

Wanted to go to church, but could not on account of the pressure and 
demands upon me of both time and money. This vexed question of 
State printing absorbs all my time. Should not wonder if it is yet 
some time all made public, and, if so, the history will be one that neither 
side will care to read more than once. Am willing to let it slumber a 
while longer, if not altogether. The present fight in the House is to 
either bleed us more or to take it out of our hands. Don’t know how to 
take Hurley; he is slippery and requires slippery dealing. There are 
others of the same character and as hard to deal with. 


Wednesday, February 11, 1874. 

The whole printing is getting shaky, and also the Legislature. I am 
glad of it. It is better for the people and better for everybody. The 
printing has had its day; seen its best times. Want to close up and do 
better. 


Thursday, February 12, 1874. 

Smalls don’t like the printing Bill introduced in the House, because 
it takes the award out of the hands of the Committee on Printing. If 
it should go through, good-bye to his perquisites. Bowley called and 


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x [Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

said he thought, as Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, he 
ought to make more than anybody else in the General Assembly. Well, 
Bovvley is beyond reform. 


Thursday, March 5, 1874. 

All the Senators want me to do something for them. Must help Cain; 
he is a capital, clever man, and stood by the printing through thick and 
thin. Smalls appears very much afraid that he will not get anything 
more. If he was but a two-year Senator it would be well to serve him 
as he did me; but can’t do it now. 


Tuesday, March 10, 1874. 

Do not know what Jones will do, but I think there will be a weeping, 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. Cardozo, Nash, Smalls are all hard 
cases. They ought to be satisfied with what they have made out of the 
printing company. Went back this session on their own schemes, for 
which they should not blame me. The whole thing is going up. 


Friday, March 13, 1874. 

Must do Andrews the credit of saying that he stuck by me. He is 
worth all the rest put together. Smalls is as mean as he is treacherous. 
Nash is not so bad, as he has a large family to take care of. One thing, 
the Treasurer gets the lion’s share of everything. Will not give the list 
of attachees, unless the Treasurer agrees to pay those regularly em¬ 
ployed first. 


Friday, May 15, 1874. 

Jones arrived this afternoon and held a long consultation with me. 
We agreed to employ Elliott as our counsel, if possible, but could not. 
Elliott said he was retained on the other side, but was exceedingly sorry 
for it. Spoke to Judge Wright and he agreed to take $2,500, although 
he wanted $5,000; promised great things. Showed Wright all over our 
establishment, and had considerable talk with him; think we got him to 
appreciate our situation. 


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[,Josephus Wdodrvff on Public Printing .] 

Saturday, May 16, 1874. 

Jones and self called on C. D. Melton, relative to our case, and he 
advised that the name of the Republican Printing Company be included 
in the proceedings. Afterwards Jones' and self called on Wright and 
had a long conversation with him. He agreed to look over our matters 
and tell us what he would do. Met him yesterday at the office, and he 
agreed for $2,500 to do it. He thought he ought to get three or five 
thousand dollars, but I guess he will waive that. Don’t know what 
will be done with these things. 


Wednesday, May 20, 1874. 

We have promised to stick by Judge Wright, and shall do so. It’s 
hard, but unavoidable. 


Saturday, May 23, 1874. 

Arrived in Charleston. Puffer and Jones called to day, and, after con¬ 
siderable debate, Puffer left very angry. Told Puffer we had to take 
care of ourselves. 


Tuesday, May 26, 1874. 

Received several notes from Senator Jones to-day asking assistance; 
was compelled to send word it was not in my power to do anything yet. 
Cardozo beats me this year, and I am surprised the Senators expect me 
to help them under such circumstances. They should not press me so 
hard. 


Saturday, May 30, 1874. 

The papers announce that Moses did not appear for trial. That is the 
last of it. Received a dispatch from Hoge, asking me to come up on 
matters of business. Don’t know what that means, but am ready for 
business. Would like a guarantee for the payment of the big job from 
his office. 


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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing.'] 

Sunday, May 31, 1874. 

Hoge called to see me and insisted on my going with him in a carriage 
to Jones’s residence, which I did. Had a long consultation together on 
the situation. Hoge told us that $1,600,000 had been collected, and, 
according to his estimate, we are entitled to at least $25,000 or $30,000. 
That is just what we want to show Cardozo. Was told that Fillebrown 
had a list of all members of the Senate and House who had received 
bribes, furnished by Jackson, our book-keeper. It does not matter much, 
but would appear strange if we keep Jackson after such an expose. 
Shall insist on Jackson staying somewhere else. Don’t need him any 
longer. 


Monday, June 1, 1874. 

Met Chamberlain on the train and told him I would help towards his 
nomination for the Governorship. He did not say anything, but sat 
and listened, and I fear he is too big a hypocrite. Am satisfied that 
Jones and self, since Chamberlain’s desertion, have a much harder tight 
to make, and that I could not have made it without Jones very well, for 
there is a man in the woodpile. Well, we shall not have the millennium 

this vear. 

•/ 


Tuesday, June 2, 1874. 

Whittemore, Owens and others talked with me, all intent on getting 
some money. I could not help them with any thing but Cardozo’s 
promises. Must write to Clinton to the same effect. Trust Clinton will 
be returned from Lancaster County. 


' Friday, June 19, 1874. 

Cardozo afterwards sent for us and promised Jones and self $1,000 
each, but wanted $1,000 for himself, which we were willing he should 
take. 


Saturday, June 20, 1874. 

Received a $1,000 draft from Cardozo to-day. He took $4,500 in 
claims and a $1,000 order on the printing fund, all of which he proposed 
to account to us for. 

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[Josephus Woodruff on Public Printing .] 

Thursday, July 2, 1874. 

Saw Wright. He wanted me to raise him $2,500, and said he would 
give me the decision by 6 o’clock if I would get that amount for him. 
He suggested I should try ex-Governor Scott, but it was no go. Scottsaid 
he did not want the mandamus unless it could be issued for legislative 
expenses as well as for Frazee, Rose and the printing company. Went 
back and told Judge Wright so. Wright asked me to telegraph for 
Jones, and I did so, but failed to bring him. Very much troubled about 
mandamus. 


Friday, July 3, 1874. 

Met Judge Wright again to-day, and told him I was unable to raise 
the money. He urged me to another trial. Found it was nothing but 
a strike of the Judge to get money in advance of the decision, but if the 
Judge can’t trust us we ought not to trust him. Cardozo thought it was 
a monstrous thing for a Court to act so, but it’s hard to beat such a 
monstrosity as Cardozo. I believe he is in concert with Wright to get 
our money and then file an opinion against us. Governor Moses wanted 
$50 for 4th Julv, but I could not raise it for him. 


Tuesday, July 7, 1874. 

Met Judge Wright in street car to day and had a short interview. 
Could not give him any assurance of money. Feel indifferent as to 
whether mandamus is granted or not. 


Thursday, July 9, 1874. 

Met Judge Wright this morning. He said he had the decision in his 
pocket and would let me have if on my giving him the money. Told 
him I was not able to make the ripple. He thought if I went to Colum¬ 
bia it might be done. There may be some game up, and if so I must 
try to steer clear. I know Cardozo wants, or appears to want, to catch 
Judge Wright. He will not do it with my assistance. 


Saturday, July 11, 1874. 

The cry has been raised that the printing is a clear steal, and now I 
am willing to let somebody else try their hand at the same kind of steal¬ 
ing, dealing with official banditti and all that sort of thing. 


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Thursday, July 14, 1874. 

Decision still in doubt. Judge Wright was trying to play a deep 
game with me, but missed fire. Let him side with Willard. Jones 
thinks Wright tried a rascally trick on us. 


TESTIMONY OF LEGRAND BENEDICT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, November 9, 1877. 

LeGrand Benedict, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is LeGrand Benedict. I reside at Lansingburg, County of 
Rensselaer, State of New York, and am now engaged with R. G. Dunn 
& Co., in Philadelphia, and am by occupation connected with the Mer¬ 
cantile Agency, Philadelphia. I came to South Carolina in 1872, and 
on October 23, 1872, I assumed the management of the office of the 
Republican Printing Company. I was business manager, but not a 
partner, and was employed for a stipulated compensation. One day I 
was notified of my appointment as President of the company, and re¬ 
quested, in ail matters connected with the office, to recognize that fact and 
to sign accordingly, which I did. I continued with the company until 
June 1, 187L The company consisted of Josephus Woodruff and A. O. 
Jones, with the exception of a short time during the early part of my 
connection with the company, when J. L. Neagle was a partner. In 
January, 1873, (see journal Republican Printing Company, January 10,) 
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of the $250 000 claim was drawn from 
the State Treasury and deposited in the South Carolina Bank and Trust 
Company, and I drew a check for twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) on 
the fund, payable to order of Hardy Solomon, by instruction of Mr. 
Woodruffi I subsequently understood that this was for Governor Mose9 
for approving the Act appropriating the $250,000. A day or two after, 
I drew checks to the amount of $10,000 for Woodruff and $10,000 for 
Jones, and a check for $3,000 for Cardozo. About this time the com¬ 
pany received from the State at one time $20,000, and at another 
$100,000, which was likewise deposited in Solomon’s bank, and I drew 
checks for Woodrulf and for Jones of $40,000 each. This appears in 
the books of the Republican Printing Company of January 17, 1873. 
I drew other checks about the same time, but do not remember the par¬ 
ticulars independently of the books; but those stated above I remember 
without reference to the books. About the same time an arrangement 
was made with Neagle, by which he was to retire from the concern. The 
term “S. S. Fund,” appearing in the books of the company, originated, 
I think, with Mr. Jackson, the book-keeper, and was defined to mean 
gratuities to legislators and public officials, in furtherance of the passage 



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and collection of the claims of the company against the State. It was 
an abbreviation of the phrase “Sunday School Fond.” It was a stand¬ 
ing agreement between the Republican Printing Company and F. L. 
Cardozo, State Treasurer, that he (Cardozo) was to have and receive ten 
per cent, ou all sums paid the company from the State Treasury; and it 
comes within my personal knowledge that Cardozo, under and by virtue 
of that agreement, did receive ten per cent, on certain sums paid bv him 
to the company. It is also a fact that I, iu receipting to the State Trea¬ 
surer, as the representative of the company under the aforesaid agree¬ 
ment, for the certificates of indebtedness that were due the company, in 
some instances gave a receipt for a larger sum than was given me. The 
following papers were torn from a diary that I kept at the time of the 
receipt, at different times, of the certificates of indebtedness. The first 
receipt that I gave on the books of the Treasury was given December 11, 
1873, but, as will appear by the subjoined, certain payments were made 
before that time, for which simple memoranda receipts were given by me. 

Received from Cardozo, 1873. 


Dec. 5. Paid to Jones. $ 4,250 00 

Paid to B. 17,500 00 

6. Paid to B. 21,250 00 

8. Paid to B. 22,000 00 

9. Paid to B. 1,200 00 

9. Paid to J. W. 1,500 00 

10. Paid to B. 14,900 00 

11. Paid to B. 21,000 00 

Paid to J. W.'.. 2,400 00 


Receipted December 11, R. R. $105,500 00 

Dec. 12. Paid to B. $21,000 00 

13. Paid toB. 16,550 00 

15. Paid to B. 17,500 00 

19. Paid to B. 10,000 00 

20. Paid to B.. 10,000 00 

20. Paid to J. W. 5,000 00 

22. Paid to B. 600 00 

23. Paid to B. 7,900 00 

Paid to F. L. C. 9,750 00 

24. Paid to B. 850 00 

26. Paid to B..... 3,000 00 

27. Paid to B. 1,200 00 

28. Paid to B. 5,2#0 00 

29. Paid to B. 11,932 00 

29. Unsigned. 5,964 00 


$231,996 00 






























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In the month of December, 1873, I paid a large number of certificates 
of indebtedness to the members of the lower house of the General 
Assembly, upon orders made upon me by Mr. A. O. Jones. I paid very 
numerous orders of that description, and every of such payments is a 
matter of record upon the books of the company. I have examined 
some forty or fifty of such orders, presented to my inspection by the Com¬ 
mittee, and am satisfied that they were paid either by myself or Mr. 
Jackson ; and I have examined the account of Mr. Jones, and find entries 
of payments made according to the aforesaid orders—the entries being 
in the handwriting of Mr. Jackson. I find, also, that the initials of the 
names of some of the parties to whom payments were made upon the 
orders stand reversed upon the books of the company, I also find large 
amounts to members of the Senate, upon the orders of Mr. Woodruff, 
and I have examined his account and find it in the same condition as 
that of A. O. Jones, as above explained. I have also examined the ex¬ 
pense account, ou page 24, and find that the entries are in the hand¬ 
writing of Mr. Jackson, and that the amounts were paid out at the time 
the entries were made. I do not doubt that the entries were correctly 
made. At the time I made the payments, as above explained, I did not 
know, in my own mind, for what purpose or with what understanding the 
money was paid. I knew nothing, of my own knowledge, of the consid¬ 
eration of the payments. 

LeGRAND benedict. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 25, 1877. 

Hon. Lawrence Cain, being further examined, deposes on oath as fol¬ 
lows : 

I was a member of the State Senate when the Bill to pay the Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company’s claim in certificates of indebtedness was 
passed. Before the passage, Woodruff came to me and said the claim 
was just, and on my asking him how, he explained that there were the 
immigration report and other contracts for printing, and stated that if I 
would support it I would be taken care of. After the passage of the Bill 
and the issuing of the certificates of indebtedness, Woodruff told me 
one day to go up to the office—that Mr. Benedict wanted to see me. I 
went up and he gave me $1,000 in the certificates of indebtedness. 

LAWRENCE CAIN. 



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I asked several Senators what they got, and they told me. I don’t 
remember the amounts. I remember asking W. R. Jervey and C. D. 
Hayne. I don’t remember the amounts, except that I was surprised at 
Jervey’s amount being larger than mine. 

LAWRENCE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF S. E. GAILLARD. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Hon. S. E. Gaillard, being recalled, says: 

He has served as Senator from the Countv of Charleston since 1871. 

4 / 

Voted for some of the Bills making appropriations to pay the claims of 
the Republican Printing Company; had some understanding with Mr. 
Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate, and a member of the printing company. 
Remembers that Mr. Woodruff made him several presents in money, 
and at one time in certificates of indebtedness. Do not remember of 
ever agreeing to support any claim of the printing company for a given 
amount of money. There was a general understanding between Mr. 
Woodruff and a large majority of the Senators that he would take care 
of the “ friends ” if they would support his claims. I don’t remember 
the amounts presented to me by Mr. Woodruff! 

(Signed,) S. E. GAILLARD. 

In answer to a question as to whether or not he knew of any other 
Senator being paid, Mr. Gaillard says: 

I talked frequently with Senators Jervey, Cain, Jones, Johnston, 
Nash, Clinton, C. Smith and others as to payments made by Mr. Wood¬ 
ruff in the way of presents ; also with Senators White and Martin. They 
all used to complain at times that “Joe” was not standing up to them 
as he ought to do after the Bill passed. I have heard Senator Smalls 
abuse Mr. Woodruff for not carrying out his promises. 

(Signed,) S. E. GAILLARD. 


TESTIMONY OF W. R. JERVEY. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 

H on. W. R. Jervey, being duly sworn, says : 

I reside in Charleston County. I represented my County in the 
House and Senate. I had some kind of a general understanding with 
Mr. Woodruff that he would take care of me if I voted for his printing 




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claims. I did vote for them and he presented me with money on several 
occasions. I suppose he considered it paid to me in consideration of my 
support and influence in favor of his claims. He represented the Re¬ 
publican Printing Company ; was the leading member of it. He man¬ 
aged the Senators in the interest of the company. It was generally un¬ 
derstood by the Senators that Joe would take care of the “friends” 
Joe always spoke to us in that way, calling us “thefriends.” Other 
Senators have admitted to me that they were paid or presented with 
money from Mr. Woodruff on account of the printing. Cain, of Edge- 
field, was one; Senator Gaillard was another. I had a conversation 
with Senator Nash concerning what Joe was giving Senators, and with 
Senator Johnston. Senator White, of York, talked with me concerning 
what he was paid ; also Senator John Lee and others. We used to talk 
of it as a matter of business or in a business-like way. I don’t re¬ 
member the amount of certificates of indebtedness I received, but it was 
at least one thousand dollars. 

(Signed,) W. R. JERVEY. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN LEE. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

John Lee, being recalled, says: 

I reside in Chester County. I represented that County in the Senate. 
Was elected to fill an unexpired term. I voted for the claims of the 
Republican Printing Company. I was a new Senator, and was told by 
several of the old Senators that the claim was all right and a valid one, 
and to see Joe Woodruff about it,—that he would do something for me 
if I would vote for it,—that it was customary for the Clerk to assist the 
Senators. I did see him in his room in the State House; he told me all 
about the claim, and said if I would vote for it he would take care of 
me and make me a present of a thousand dollars. I voted for it, and 
he presented me with about that amount in certificates of indebtedness. 
I heard other Senators talk about how much they received, but don’t 
remember any one in particular. They all seemed to know that Joe 
would do something for them if they stood by him. 

(Signed,) 


JOHN LEE. 



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TESTIMONY OF MOSES MARTIN. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., November 15, 1877. 

Moses Martin, being sworn, says: 

I reside in Fairfield County; am a farmer by occupation; served as 
Senator from the above named County for a short time. I was not very 
well posted as to how printing claims were passed and Senators paid for 
supporting them. Mr. Woodruff spoke to me concerning his claim, and 
said I had an interest in it like the old Senators, and he wanted me to 
vote for it. I did not promise him then whether I would or not. I 
talked with several of the Senators, and they said it was a good claim 
aud that it was customary for the Clerk to help the Senators, and that 
it was necessary for him to do so, as a Senator could not live in Colum¬ 
bia on $600 for a session. After the Bill passed, Mr. Woodruff or Mr. 
Benedict gave me, I think, about one thousand dollars in printing 
money, called certificates of indebtedness. 

(Signed,) MOSES MARTIN. 


testimony of c. d. hayne. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 15, 1877. 

C. D. Hayne, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was State Senator from Aiken County at the time the large claims 
of the Republican Printing Company passed. I supported them and 
received money and certificates of indebtedness from Mr. Woodruff or 
his agent in consideration of my support and non-opposition to the Bills. 
I think most of the Senators were paid by Mr. Woodruff for their sup¬ 
port. There was a general understanding between “Joe” and the Sen¬ 
ators that if they would stand by him and his Bills that he would take 
care of them. He always addressed them as “ the friends;” and in 
making an arrangement with a Senator, he would say: “ There is so 

much in this Bill for each of ‘ the friends,’ ” meaning the Senators. We 
used to talk with one another freely as to how much Joe should give, 
and at times the Senators would form a combination and throw obstacles 
in the way of the claim passing until they were satisfied by Woodruff. 
I think I received $1,000 in certificates of indebtedness for my support 
of the Bill authorizing their issue and payment to the Republican Print¬ 
ing Company. 

(Signed,) 


C. D. HAYNE. 



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TESTIMONY OF A. O. JONES. 

A. O. Jones, being recalled and duly sworn, says in reference to public 
printing: 

I regarded the public printing as one of the most important branches 
of the public service. The Clerks of the two houses, under the rules of 
their respective houses, were charged with the duty of having the print¬ 
ing executed with accuracy and dispatch. In order to facilitate the 
business of the General Assembly, particularly in the consideration of 
the annual reports of the executive department, Committee reports, 
messages and other communications, Bills, &c , it is absolutely necessary 
that the printing ordered should be delivered at the earliest possible 
moment. When a matter came up for consideration and it had not been 
printed, it was usually postponed until printed copies could be laid on 
the desks of the members. In this way measures of the highest 
importance were often delayed and frequently indefinitely postponed. 
From the special session of 1868 to the session of 1870-71, Mr. J. W. 
Denny was State Printer. The vast amount of printing, the difficulties 
and delays to which the two houses were subjected aud the dissatisfac¬ 
tion of members of both houses with Mr. Denny’s management induced 
the passage of a law authorizing the Clerks of the two houses jointly to 
make contract for the public printing. Previous to this Mr. Denny had 
sold out his establishment to the Carolina Printing Company, which was 
organized by Governor Scott, Attorney General Chamberlain, State 
Treasurer Parker, Comptroller General Neagle, State Printer Denny, 
State Auditor Tomlinson, L. Cass Carpenter, editor of the Daily Union, 
and Morris & Fox, editors of the Charleston Republican. With the 
view of obtaining a voice in the management of the State printing, Mr. 
Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate, and I purchased the interest of 
Governor Scott in this company. We soon found ourselves in a hopeless 
minority, charged with the responsible duty of having the State work 
promptly and accurately executed, but unable to accomplish it. After 
the passage of the law referred to, Mr. Woodruff and I entered into 
copartnership and formed the Republican Printing Company, aud, there 
being no other bid received, the contract was awarded to that company. 
This action was approved by both houses without a dissenting vote. The 
Carolina Printing Company discontinued the publication of the Charles¬ 
ton Republican and disposed of the Columbia Union to Mr. L. Cass 
Carpenter. Mr. Woodruff and I purchased the balance of the stock 
and the type and presses and other material used for the State work. 

Then began a fierce fight against the existence of the Republican 
Printing Company. The law regulating the printing provided that 
accounts for printing should “ be paid out of any money in the Treasury 


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not otherwise appropriated.” We were not aware at the outset that this 
fund was looked upon as a source of revenue for State officials and 
influential members of the General Assembly, nor were we aware of 
what was exactly expected of us. I had no conception of the many 
obstacles and fierce opposition we had to meet from those who had 
hitherto controlled the disbursement of the funds covered by those sig¬ 
nificant words. It soon became painfully evident that unless we made a 
feint of submission and an agreeement to distribute the profits we would 
be “ cleaned out.” This necessarily made the bills for work much larger. 
Mr. Woodruff’s experience with the officials was greater than mine. I 
was disposed to be stubborn, but after looking over the field yielded as 
gracefully as I could to the inevitable. We had executed a vast amount 
of printing, including five editions of the Revised Statutes, (making 
about ten thousand copies,) reprinted Volumes X, XI, XII, XIII and 
XIV of the General Statutes, five thousand copies of the Ku Klux 
trials, five thousand copies of the report of the Special Joint Committee 
to investigate the financial condition of the State, and the current and 
permanent printing of the four months’ session of 1870-71. Yet, upon 
the presentation of our bills, we were repeatedly told “that there was no 
money in the Treasury,” while others more fortunate than we were paid 
regularly. We were referred to Mr. J. L. Neagle, Comptroller General, 
who was then purchasing claims against the State at twenty-five cents 
on the dollar. I believed this a combination made by Mr. Neagle with 
Governor Scott and Treasurer Parker. About this time the Blue Ridge 
revenue bond scrip had been made receivable for taxes. Mr. Parker 
intimated to us that our bills might be paid in this scrip. The scrip at 
the time was supposed to have a market value of fifty cents on the 
dollar, and the Treasurer was willing to allow us to add the amount of 
the discount to some of our bills. In order to continue the State work 
and pay pressing debts, we presented bills to the amount of $45,000, to 
which we added an equal amount for discount by Blue Ridge scrip 
received in payment. There was some “little hitch” and we sold the 
bills thus made out to Mr. Neagle for twenty thousand dollars in cur¬ 
rency and received from him his check to our order on the Carolina 
National Bank of the city of Columbia. The greater part of this money 
w r as immediately applied to the payment on account of outstanding obli¬ 
gations of the company. In order to raise the necessary funds to keep 
up our establishment and prepare for the coming session, we were obliged 
to take Mr. Neagle into the company as a special partner. He con¬ 
tinued in the company until the close of the session of 1872-73. 




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When Mr. F. L. Cardozo came into office as State Treasurer he re¬ 
fused to pay any claims not provided for by special appropriation. This 
compelled us to go before the General Assembly with our claims, which 
brought us immediately in conflict with the interest of the Bond and 
Blue Ridge Scrip Rings, whose fierce opposition we encountered inside 
and outside of the General Assembly, and caused us to be lampooned 
by that part of the public press, irrespective of party, which we knew 
to be connected with the chiefs of those rings. Our success in passing 
our claims singled us out as the special objects of attack by an array of 
blackmailers, tricksters and double-dealers, chief amongst which were 
State officials, Senators and Representatives, editors of newspapers, 
lobbyists and other hangers-on of the General Assembly. We were, in 
order to get the mouey appropriated to pay our claims, forced by Gov¬ 
ernor Chamberlain and Treasurer Cardozo to support the Union-Herald 
whilst it kept up the “blind” of a constant abuse of the printing under 
the management of the Clerks. 

We deemed it politic to satisfy, as near as possible, the demands made 
upon us. Instead of following the practice of placing a fund in the 
hands of a few individuals, we undertook to take upon ourselves the dis¬ 
tribution of our favors and to make them general. After the passage 
of the Joint Resolution appropriating $250,000 for printing claims, the 
following amounts were paid out to those Representatives friendly to the 
interests of the company, as is shown by the checks on the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company now in the hands of the Com¬ 
mittee. In some few instances payments were made for the purpose of 
preventing members opposing the Bill, though they voted against its 
passage: 


No. 194, February 27, 1873, Levi Lee.$ 20 00 

No. 187, February 25, 1873, J. C. Tingman. . 25 00 

No. 23, January 23, 1873, Augustus Simkins. 50 00 

No. 65, January 16, 1873, J. C. Wolfe. 50 00 

No. 96, January 16, 1873, D. P. McLaurin. 50 00 

No. 84, January 16, 1873, John Lilly. 50 00 

No. 172, February 19, 1873, John A. Barker. 450 00 

No. 183, February 21, 1873, Charles Simms. 50 00 

No. 5, January 13, 1873, W. H. Frazier. 50 00 

No. 14, January 13, 1873, H. H. Ellison. 50 00 

No. 104, January 22, 1873, John A. Barker. 300 00 

No. 119, January 24, 1873, John A. Barker. 250 00 

No. 121, January 24, 1873, R. B. Artson. ... 50 00 


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No. 126, January 24, 1873, C. Minort.$ 400 00 

No. 98, January 17, 1873, C. Minort. 100 00 

No. 77, January 16, 1873, B. H. Nerland. 50 00 

No. 71, January 16, 1873, Prince Young. 50 00 

No. 47, January 15, 1873, Edward Petty. 50 00 

No. 24, January 15, 1873, D. Graham. 50 00 

No. 66, January 16, 1873, Nelson Davies. 50 00 

No. 94, January 16, 1873, J. Felder Myers. 500 00 

No. 118, January 24, 1873, J. D. Boston. 250 00 

No. 62, January 15, 1873, P. R. Rivers. 100 00 

No. 82, January 16, 1873, Henry Riley. 50 00 

No. 83, January 16, 1873, James Young. 50 00 

No. 29, January 16, 1873, J. T. Gilmore. 50 00 

No. 192, February 25, 1873, N. T. Spencer. 60 00 

No. 44, January 15, 1873, N. T. Spencer. 100 00 

No. 32, January 15, 1873, J. D. Boston. 250 00 

No. 177, February 20, 1873, J. D. Boston. 500 00 

No. 7, January 13, 1873, R. B. Artson. 50 00 

No. 63, January 15, 1873, Paris Simkins.'.. 100 00 

No. 4, January 13, 1873, R. Tarleton. 50 00 

No. 112, January 24, 1873, R. Tarleton. 50 00 

No. 102, January 21, 1873, J. Felder Myers. 500 00 

No. 51, January 15, 1873, Gloster Holland. 100 00 

No. 58, January 15, 1873, R. W. Turner.. 50 00 

No. 3, January 13, 1873, S. Smalls... 50 00 

No. 110, January 24, 1873, S. Smalls. 100 00 

No. 107, January 24, 1873, E. M. Sumpter. 50 00 

No. 45, January 24, 1873, R. B. Artson. 50 00 

No. 91, January 16, 1873, E. M. Sumpter. 50 00 

No. 28, January 28, 1873, E. Cain. 50 00 

No. 34, January 15, 1873, J. C. Wilson. 50 00 

No. 13, January 13, 1873, S. Green... 200 00 

No. 109, January 24, 1873, S. Green. 200 00 

No. 97, January 17, 1873, S. Green. 150 00 

No. 115, January 24, 1873, S. Green. 190 00 

No. 195, February 27, 1873, R. Tarleton. 100 00 

No. 87, January 16, 1873, Wm. Dannerly. 25 00 

No. 20, January 14, 1873, C. H. Sperry. 250 00 

No. 74, January 16, 1873, Richard Bryan. 50 00 

No. 125, January 24, 1873, C. J. Andell. 100 00 

No. 151, January 30, 1873, Thomas Hamilton. 250 00 











































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No. 156, February 6, 1873, R. Bryan....*.$ 10 00 

No. 172, January 16, 1873, Cm3ar Sullivan. 50 00 

No. 10, January 13, 1873, N. B. Myers. 100 00 

No. 73, January 16, 1873, John Boston. 50 00 

No. 100, January 22, 1873, J. A. Bovvley. 4,400 00 

No: 79, January 16, 1873, James Mills. 50 00 

No. 36, January 15, 1873, J. A. Bowley. 300 00 

No. 123, January 24, 1873, C. H. Sperry. 100 00 

No. 48, January 15, 1873, C. F. North.. 50 00 

No. 184, February 22, 1873, S. J. Keith. 50 00 

No. 6, January 13, 1873, S. J. Keith. 50 00 

No. 108, January 24, 1873, S. J. Keith. 150 00 

No. 39, January 15, 1873, S. S. Bridges. 50 00 

No. 140, January 30, 1873, Tim Hurley. 2,500 00 

No. 25, January 15, 1873, Limus Simmons. . 50 00 

No. 55, January 15, 1873, Thomas H. Martin. 25 00 

No. 150, January 30, 1873, N. B. Myers. 200 00 

The above checks are all made out to the orders of the parties named 
and are endorsed by them. 

No. 101, January 21, 1873, LeGrand Benedict.$2,250 00 

This check was given to Mr. Benedict to pay the amount over to Dr. 
B. A. Boseraon. It bears Mr. Benedict’s endorsement. 

No. 103, January 27, 1873, Carolina National Bank.$500 00 

This check was given to take up a note of Mr. Minort’s held by the 
b ank. 

No. 49, January 15, 1873, R. M. Smith, or bearer.$250 00 


This check is marked “loan” in parentheses. It has no endorsement. 

In addition to the above checks, about the same amount was paid to 
members and State officers in currency, of which there is no memoranda. 

The following orders were given to the parties named, (all being 
members of the House of Representatives,) on Colonel LeGrand Bene¬ 
dict, Business Manager of the Republican Printing Company, and were 
paid by him. They were paid in certificates of indebtedness and were 
given subsequent to the passage of the Act authorizing their issue at 
the session of 1873-74: 


A. Collins.. 
A. P. Ford 
J. Prioleau. 


$ 25 00 
75 00 
50 00 

























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Levi Lee..$ 26 00 

A. W. Hough. 40 00 

James Mills. 25 00 

W. A. Grant. 200 00 

J. T. Gilmore. 25 00 

J. C. Wilson. 50 00 

Thomas Hamilton. 800 00 

Cmsar Sullivan. 50 00 

P. Young. 25 00 

S. Smalls. 200 00 

T. IT. Martin. 50 00 

IT. H. Ellison. 75 00 

J. C. Tingman. 75 00 

S. Green.... 300 00 

C. F. North. 25 00 

Ben Scott for Thomas Hamilton. 200 00 

N. T. Spencer. 30 00 

Wm. Black.... 75 00 

Eben Hays. 50 00 

Jacob Allman... 25 00 

James Young. 50 00 

J. W. Johnson. 25 00 

B. F. Thompson. 25 00 

Limus Simmons. 25 00 

M. L. Owens. 100 00 

J. D. Boston. 50 00 

Gloster Holland. 300 00 

C. Simms. 25 00 

John Wallace. 25 00 

J. Felder Myers. 800 00 

D. P. McLaurin. 50 00 

E. TI. Gourdin. 50 00 

G. A. Reed. 50 00 

James F. Peterson. 50 00 

Thomas Pressley. 50 00 

F. Giles. 50 00 

S. J. Keith. 175 00 

R. B. Artsae.^. 550 00 










































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[A. 0. Jones on Public Printing J] 

The following paper is amongst the orders: 

“January 0, 1874. 

“Dear Colonel Benedict: 

“Another one of ‘the friends’ is after the company—Mr. Hamilton, 
of Beaufort. He wants $200 in certificates of indebtedness. Please let 
him have the amount and assure him it is a ‘tight squeeze.’ 

“As ever, yours truly, 

“A. O. JONES.” 

The above amounts and a great deal more, as shown by the books of 
the Republican Printing Company, were paid. On pages 4 and 5 of the 
ledger of the company I find the following entries representing amounts 
paid to the members of the House in consideration of their support or 
non-opposition to the Act passed appropriating $231,000 to the Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company: 


December 8, 1873, T. Hurley...$5,000 00 

December 8, 1873, T. Hurley. 1,300 00 

December 9, 1873, C. Minort. 2,000 00 

December 10, 1873, E. H. Gourdine. 50 00 

December 10, 1873, S. J. Lee. 5,000 00 

December 10, 1873, J. A. Bowdey. 2,000 00 

December 10, 1873, Thomas Hamilton. 800 00 

December 10, 1873, E. H. Gourdine. 50 00 

December 10, 1873, J. Greenwood. 50 00 

December 10, 1873, G. A. Reed. 25 00 

December 10, 1873, D. P. McLaurin. 50 00 

December 10, 1873, Thomas Pressley. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, J. A. Bowlev. 3,000 00 

December 11, 1873, N. B. Myers. 950 00 

December 11, 1873, Fortune Giles. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, James Mills. 25 00 

December 11, 1873, P. Simkins. 250 00 

December 11, 1873, S. J. Keith. 175 00 

December 11, 1873, S. Smalls. 200 00 

December 11, 1873, Gloster Holland. 300 00 

December 11, 1873, J. F. Peterson. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, R. W. Turner. 200 00 

December 11, 1873, R. D. Gaither. 75 00 

December 11, 1873, J. A. Bowley. 1,000 00 

December 11, 1873, Butler Spears. 450 00 



























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December 11, 1873, Charles Simms.$ 25 00 

December 11, 1873, T. H. Martin.. .. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, H. H. Ellison. 75 00 

December 11, 1873, N. T. Spencer.*.. 30 00 

December 11, 1873, S. Smalls. 25 00 

December 11, 1873, J. C. Wilson. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, W. A. Grant. 200 00 

December 11, 1873, J. J. Grant. 25 00 

December 11, 1873, A. P. Ford. 75 00 

December 11, 1873, F. J. Moses, Jr. 800 00 

December 11, 1873, A. W. Hough. 40 00 

December 11, 1873, J. C. Tingman.1. 75 00 

December 11, 1873, Prince Young. 25 00 

December 11, 1873, James Young. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, Henry Riley. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, Gloster Holland , . 175 00 

December 11, 1873, Eben Hays. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, D. Graham..,. 100 00 

December 11, 1873, W. W. Ramsey. 500 00 

December 11, 1873, J. F. Peterson. 50 00 

December 11, 1873, R. A. Tarleton. 100 00 

December 11, 1873, C. C. Puffer. 1,000 00 

December 12, 1873, J. F. Greene. 500 00 

December 12, 1873, J. Crews. 2,000 00 

December 12, 1873, R. M. Smith. 1,000 00 

December 12, 1873, H. A. Wideman. 50 00 

December 12, 1873, C. Sullivan. 50 00 

December 12, 1873, C. H. Sperry. 1,000 00 

December 12, 1873, A. P. Holmes. 200 00 

December 12, 1873, R. B. Artson. 550 00 

December 12, 1873, William Black. 75 00 

December 12, 1873, J. D. Boston. 850 00 

December 12, 1873, Prince Rivers. . . 250 00 

December 12, 1873, J. J. Grant. 100 00 

December 12, 1873, C. F. North. 25 00 

December 12, 1873, B. F. Thompson. 25 00 

December 12, 1873, J. W. Johnson. 25 00 

December 12, 1873, Abram Dannerly. 10 00 

December 12, 1873, William Black. 75 00 

December 12, 1873, Limus Simons. 26 00 

December 12, 1873, J. D. Boston. 50 00 













































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December 12, 1873, A. Simkins.$ 100 00 

December 12, 1873, John A. Barker. 950 00 

December 12, 1873, J. A. Smith. 25 00 

December 12, 1873, R. H. Humbert. 100 00 

December 12, 1873, J. B. Bascomb. 50 00 

December 12, 1873, S. Greene. 300 00 

December 12, 1873, J. A. Bowley. 1,500 00 

December 12, 1873, N. B. Myers. 300 00 

December 12, 1873, Thomas Hamilton. 200 00 

December 12, 1873, C. Minort.. 1,000 00 

December 12, 1873, J. Crews. 200 00 


On page 24 of of the ledger of the company the following exhibits 
are found, the initials ouly of the parties named being used in most 
cases; and in the expense account the letters “S. S. F.” mean “Secret 
Service Fund,” and is the amount paid State officials: 

November 13, 1873, [error—must be December,] “S. S. F.”... $2,600 00 


December 5, 1873, F. L. Cardozo. 250 00 

December 9, 1873, S. L. Hoge. 5,000 00 

December 10, 1873, F. J. Moses, Jr. 3,300 00 

December 19, 1873, F. J. Moses, Jr. 500 00 

December 23, 1873, F. L. Cardozo. 9,750 00 

January 5, 1874, F. L. Cardozo. 7,860 00 

January 13, 1874, F. J. Moses, Jr. 2,250 00 

February 5, 1874, F. J. Moses, Jr. 4,254 50 


The name of E. W. M. Mackey appears on the books of the company 
as having received an amount in certificates of indebtedness. This was 
in exchange for certificates for his pay as a member of the House of 
Representatives. 

These entries were made by Mr. W. H. Jackson, the book-keeper of 
the company. In addition to these amounts, we frequently turned over 
to members and others paper belonging to the company, such as pay 
certificates, certificates of passed claims and other evidences of indebted¬ 
ness. The appropriations made for printing at each session were never 
paid in full. Large deficiencies had to be provided for by new appro¬ 
priations, and thus the same claim was bled by “the friends” over and 
over again, leaving the barest profit for the proprietors, indeed, almost 
none, when these heavy debts were paid, as the expense of carrying on 
the business was very great. 


A. O. JONES. 





















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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, | 

Richland County. \ 

A. O. Jones, on oath, says: 

[Draft of October 1, 1873, drawn by Republican Printing Company 
on F. L. Cardozo, to the order of H. H. Hunter, for one hundred and 
fifty dollars, ninety days after date.] 

I recognize this draft. It was drawn by me; that is, I wrote it and 
signed it on behalf of the Republican Printing Company. It was given 
to Mr. Hunter under the following circumstances: Mr. Hunter had 
been a member of the House of Representatives and of its Committee 
on Public Printing. For his taking care of the interests of the Republican 
Printing Company he claimed one thousand dollars out of a passed claim 
in favor of the company for six thousand dollars, which the company 
agreed to allow him. The company exchanged the passed claim for 
Treasurer’s bills payable for a like amount, which I subsequently 
exchanged for one bill payable for the whole amount of six thousand 
dollars. This, with other State paper, I sold to Mr. Solomon, about or 
previous to the passage of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company’s 
claim for $125,000, at 25 cents on the dollar. This draft was given to 
Mr. Hunter previous to this sale, and was to be paid out of anv sale we 
should make, and was paid out of this sale. This draft was subsequently 
paid by Mr. Cardozo, as State Treasurer, and charged to the account of 
the company on the Treasurer’s books. We subsequently paid Mr. Hunter 
euough money to make up, with the amount of this draft, what was due to 
him as the proceeds of his one thousand dollars of the six thousand dollar 
bill payable. [Letter herewith annexed, marked “A,” dated February 
17th, 1874, signed Rev. H. H. Hunter, refers to the foregoing transac¬ 
tion.] 

A. O. JONES. 


“A.” 

Charleston, S. C., February 17th, 1874. 
Hon. A. O. Jones, Columbia , S. C\: 

Dear Sir —Your favor with draft enclosed of $58.33 came to hand, 
and I can scarcely now believe that you were capable of doing what you 
claim has been in a claim that I was and am so deeply interested in. 
When J. N. Hayne, Esq., could have gotten 60 cents on the dollar you 
demurred, and stated that you could not allow any paper of yours to be 
sacrificed at three-fifths its face value, and now you claim that 75 cents 


[-4. 0. Jones on Public Printing .] 

on its face value you accepted. Sir, I expected that the $1,000 which 
you told us time and again was my share would have netted me at the 
outside $750, and now it’s sold, as you state,—and as it’s sold , it dwindles 
to $833.33 for $208.33. I caunot believe you mean thus to act in this 
matter; but it’s left with you. A base ingrate to friends always meets 
his reward. I was your friend, believed your promises, and expect you 
now in prosperity to make good all you promised when you depended 
upon me and others. Expecting and believing that we all were perpe¬ 
trating a huge joke about this matter, as above, to test my faith in your 
promises, 

Yours truly, 

Rev. H. H. HUNTER, 

56 Radcliffe Street. Charleston. S. C. 

[See House Journal 1870-71, page 38,—H. H. Hunter appointed on 
Committee on Public Printing.] 


TESTIMONY OF A. O. JONES. 

A. O. Jones, sworn, says: 

Lives in Charleston County. Has been Clerk of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of this State from reconstruction to the coming in of the 
Hampton administration. Remembers the Act of 1871 in relation to 
the public printing of the Acts of the Legislature, &c. A contract was 
made with L. Cass Carpenter for the publication of the laws in the 
“Union;” he was the sole proprietor. Contracts produced and said by 
witness to have been executed by the parties whose names are attached 
thereto; thinks the blank of the contract was printed in the office of the 
Republican Printing Company; entered into various contracts with 
newspapers for publishing the laws; gave some more and some less; 
they had carte blanche to publish the laws; the object of the law was to 
publish the law r s in the newspapers, one after another, as a matter of 
information to the people; it was not understood certainly, as a general 
rule, that any law ujas to be published in any one newspaper more than 
once. The Clerks kept no records of the certificates on the back of the 
accounts. The “Union” was the official paper for Richland County 
during its entire existence. The accounts for publishing the laws were, 
as a general thing, certified on faith', sometimes copies of the advertise¬ 
ment were put in, but this was unusual. 

A. O. JONES. 

Columbia, S. C., June 29, 1877. 



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TESTIMONY OF AUGUSTUS SIMKINS. 

Columbia, S. C., October 29, 1877. 

Augustus Simkins, being sworn, says that he is a resident of the 
County of Edgefield and is a farmer; was elected to the Legislature in 
1872 and served two terms. On the 15th day of January, 1873, A. O. 
Jones, then Clerk of the House of Representatives and a member of the 
Republican Printing Company, gave me a check for the sum of fifty 
dollars for voting for the first printing Bill. And in December, 1873, 
he paid me in certificates of indebtedness the sum of one hundred dol¬ 
lars for voting for the second printing Bill. 

A. SIMKINS. 


TESTIMONY" OF R. S. TARLETON. 

October 3, 1873. 

R. S. Tarleton, sworn, says: 

Lives in Colleton County ; was a member of the House for four years, 
commencing in 1870; received money from A. O. Jones, Clerk of the 
House and one of the Republican Printing Company, for his votes on 
printing Bills; recognizes his signature on check No. 195, February 27, 
1873, for $100, signed by Jones. Jones sent me to Benedict at another 
time and he gave me $100 in certificates of indebtedness. 

R. S. TARLETON. 


TESTIMONY OF PRINCE R. RIVERS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 13, 1877. 

Prince R. Rivers, Esq., being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Prince R. Rivers; residence is at Hamburg, S. C., and 
my occupation is at present a farmer. I was a member of the House of 
Representatives from 1868 until 1874—six years. I held the otfice of 
Trial Justice from 1868 till about the 1st day of June, 1877. As to the 
Republican Printing Company, I received $200 for voting for the 
$250,000 claim. I was paid as follows: A. O. Jones gave me an order 
to go down to the office of the Republican Printing Company, and I 
handed the order to LeGrand Benedict, I think it was, and he paid me 
$200 in certificates of indebtedness. Other members were paid in the 
same way. Humbert, of Darlington, was one I met there. 

P. R. RIVERS. 




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TESTIMONY OF ABRAM DANNERLY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

September 27, 1877. 

Abram Dannerly, being further examined, says on oath: 

That while he was a member of the Legislature in 1872 and 1873 he 
was promised and paid money to support the printing Bills by A. O. 
Jones, Clerk ot the House, and by James A. Bowley, a member of the 
' House, and that James A. Bowley was very active in support of the 
printing claims. Caucuses were held at Fine’s building and at Charles 
Minort’s. Bowley was the leading man at these caucuses. 

his 

ABRAM XI DANNERLY. 
mark. 

In presence of: 

S. Dibble, 

Gerhard Muller, 

John R. Cochran. 


TESTIMONY OF C. F. NORTH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 2, 1877. 

C. F. North, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Charleston County and is a carpenter. Was elected 
to the Legislature in 1872 and served one term. I voted for Woodruff 
& Jones’s first printing Bill. Mr. Ford, a member from Charleston, 
brought to me a check on Solomon’s bank for $50, and I went to the 
bank and got the money on it. It was a present from Jones because of 
my vote for the printing Bill. 

C. F. NORTH. 


TESTIMONY OF LEVI LEE. 

Columbia, S. C., November 3, 1877. 

Levi Lee, being sworn, says : 

That he resides at Winnsboro, in Faiafield County, and is a farmer by 
occupation. That he was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and served 
one term. Was a member when the Bill of the Republican Printing 
Company was passed, and voted for it. In consideration of my support 
of the Bill, A. O. Jones, then Clerk of the House, on the 16th day of 
January, 1873, gave me a check for $50 on the South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company, at which place I got the money. 


LEVI LEE. 




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TESTIMONY OF S. J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

S. J. Keith, being sworn, says: 

That he resides at Darlington Court House and is a carpenter and 
farmer. Was elected to the Legislature in 1870 and has been a member 
ever since and now is. I voted for both the first and second printing 
Bills. For my vote for the first Bill, A. O. Jones, then Clerk of the 
House and a member of the Republican Printing Company, gave me a . 
check on Hardy Solomon’s bank for about $75, and I got the money. 
For the second Bill, I received some $175 or $200 in certificates of in¬ 
debtedness from the Republican Printing Company; may have received 
a number of checks from Jones in support of printing Bills generally. 
During the session of 1876-77 Jones gave me a bonanza warrant for 
$100—number 1, as well as I remember, and I traded it to J. S. Fille- 
brown for $30. My colleague, J. A. Smith, received a check for the 
first Bill for the sum of fiftv or one hundred dollars. 

S. J. KEITH. 


TESTIMONY OF R. W. TURNER. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 24, 1877. 

R. W. Turner, being sworn, deposes as follows: 

I am a resident of the city of Charleston, and was elected a member 
of the House from that County in 1872. I supported the claims or Bills 
to pay the claims of the Republican Printing Company. I made no 
arrangement as to what I should receive with Mr. A. O. Jones that I 
remember of. I think the members generally understood that there was 
something in it,—that is that Jones would make the men who voted for 
the claims a present. After the claims passed he gave me a check for, I 
think, about $50, which I collected. I considered it a present or a 
return of favors, as I had favored him in supporting his claim. 

(Signed,) R. W. TURNER. 


TESTIMONY OF DAVID GRAHAM. 

Columbia, S. C., October 29, 1877. 
David Graham, being sworn, says : 

That he is a resident of the County of Edgefield and is a farmer by 
occupation. Was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and served two 
terms. On the 15th day of January, 1873, A. O. Jones, then Clerk of 




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the House of Representatives and a member of the Republican Printing 
Company, gave me a check for fifty dollars for voting for the first print¬ 
ing Bill; and A. O. Jones paid me $100 in certificates of indebtedness 
to vote for the second printing Bill. I received something in the elec¬ 
tion of Comptroller General Dunn, but I forget the amount. 

DAVID GRAHAM. 


TESTIMONY OF BUTLER SPEARS. 

Columbia, S. C., November 2, 1877. 

Butler Spears, being sworn, says : 

That he is a resident of Sumter County, and is now by occupation the 
Jailor of that County. Was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and 
served one term. Voted for the printing claim of the Republican 
Printing Company, and, in consideration of my vote, A. O. Jones, then 
Clerk of the House and a member of the said company, paid me a cer¬ 
tain sum of money, the amount of which I have forgotten. I don’t 
think it was quite one hundred dollars. 

B. SPEARS. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 16, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

When, as Governor, I approved the large printing Bill for the Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company, during the session of 1872-73, I received from 
Mr. Woodruff the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, I think. The money 
was paid in a check drawn by LeGrand Benedict in favor of Hardy 
Solomon, and the sum of money was turned over to Messrs. Seibels & 
Ezell as the first payment on the purchase of the Preston mansion. 

F. J. MOSES. 


testimony of j. j. grant. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

J. J. Grant, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member of the House from Charleston County in 1873 and 
voted for the Bill to pay the claims of the Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany, from which I received from A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House, an 





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order on Mr. Benedict, of the printing office, for certificates of indebted¬ 
ness—the amount I do not recollect—and I got the certificates from Mr. 
Benedict on the order of Mr. Jones. 

JOS. J. GRANT. 

October 18, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF W. W. RAMSAY. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, November 6, 1877. 

W. W. Ramsay, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Sumter County, S. C. Represented the same in 
House of Representatives for seven years. Voted for the claim of the 
Republican Printing Company which authorized payment to be made of 
certificates of indebtedness. Received for my vote and influence $500 
in the certificates of indebtedness from A. O. Jones. Mr. Jackson paid 
them over to me in the building occupied by the printing company. 
The entry on the printing company’s books is correct. 

W. W. RAMSAY. 


TESTIMONY OF CHARLES H. SIMMS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
September 26, 1877. 

Charles H. Simms, being further examined, says, ou oath: 

I was paid either twenty-five or fifty dollars, I don’t remember which, 
in certificates of indebtedness for voting for the printing Bill of the Re¬ 
publican Printing Company. A. O. Jones sent me a card to my seat in 
the House, and I went to the office of the Republican Printing Company 
and Woodruff gave me the certificates for it. 

CHARLES SIMMS. 

September 26, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF JAMES YOUNG. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 17,1877. 
James Young, being sworn, deposes as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County of 
Laurens when the large claims of the Republican Printing Company 





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passed. After the Bills passed, Mr. Jones made me a present of a check 
for a small amount, and at another time gave me an order on some man 
in the printing office for some printing money, which order I delivered 
to the business manager of the company and received, I think, about 
fifty dollars in certificates of indebtedness on account of my support of 
the last large claim. I know that a large number of the members of the 
House were paid by Mr. Jones. It was generally understood that he 
would give the members something if they would vote for the Bills of 
the printing company. The members of the House conversed freely with 
each other about Jones and what he paid. The members were not very 
well satisfied with Jones, as he did not pay the members anything like as 
much as Mr. Woodruff did the Senators. It was no secret that Jones 
paid the members. It was talked of by the members on the streets, at 
the boarding houses and at the State House. 

(Signed,) JAMES YOUNG. 


TESTIMONY OF J. T. GILMORE. 

Booms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 29, 1877. 

J. T. Gilmore, being sworn, deposes as follows: 

I reside in Richland County. I was at one time a member of the 
House of Representatives, and was elected from this County. I was a 
member when the Bills to pay the claims of the Republican Printing 
Company passed. I supported them, and was paid a small amount on 
each claim by Mr. Jones in consideration of my support. Most of the 
members, if not all, who supported his claim, were paid by him, some¬ 
times by a check on the bank and at others by orders on Col. Benedict, 
who had charge of the affairs of the Republican Printing Company. 
The members of the House made no secret amongst themselves as to 
Jones paying them ; it was a general understanding that we were to be 
paid something if we supported the Bills. I have often heard the mem¬ 
bers complain that Jones did not pay them euough; in fact, it was often 
discussed by the members how they could get rid of him if he did not 
pay more liberally. Jones would tell the members of the House that he 
could not pay as much as Mr. Woodruff did to the Senators, because he 
(Woodruff) had only a few Senators to pay, whilst he had near an hun¬ 
dred members to take care of. It was a common occurrence to see 
from five to ten members going together to get their money. 

(Signed,) J. T. GILMORE. 



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TESTIMONY OF J. C. TINGMAN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 31, 1877. 

J. C. Tingman, being sworn, says: 

I reside in the County of Charleston and was elected a member of the 
House from that County in 1872. I was a member when the claims of 
the Republican Printing Company passed the House, and received a gift 
or gratuity from Mr. Jones in consideration of my friendly action towards 
the claim. I received an order from him on a man who had charge cf 
the office of the printing.company. When I presented it he gave me 
printing money for it. 

(Signed,) J. C. TINGMAN. 


TESTIMONY OF C. MINORT. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October, 1877. 

C. Minort, being sworn, says : 

I reside in the city of Columbia 1 , County of Richland. I was elected 
a member to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1872. I sup¬ 
ported the claims or Bills to pay the claims of the Republican Printing 
Company. I received, in consideration of my support and influence, 
payment by check and a considerable amount in certificates of indebted¬ 
ness. Altogether it amounted to two or three thousand dollars. 

(Signed,) C. MINORT. 


TESTIMONY OF N. T. SPENCER. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

N. T. Spencer, being sworn, says : 

I reside in Charleston city, in the County of Charleston. I was a 
member of the House of Representatives from that County in 1872. I 
do not remember of voting for the Bills to pay the claims of the printing 
company. I may have done so. I made no arrangement with Mr. Jones 
to pay me for my support of his or the company’s claims. I remember 
of some one handing me a check after the Bill had passed, aud said it 
was a present from Mr. Jones. I did not consider it in payment of a 
bribe offered me, but as an act of friendship on his part. 

N. T. SPENCER. 




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TESTIMONY OF JARED WARLEY. 

** l 

Columbia, S. C., November 23, 1877. 

Jared Warley, being sworn, says: 

1 reside in the County of Clarendon. I am Senator from that County 
now. I was a member of the House in 1872, and voted for the payment 
of one ot the claims of the Republican Printing Company. Mr. A. O. 
Jones, Clerk of the House and a member of the Republican Printing 
Company, made me a present of, 1 think, about one hundred dollars in 
consideration of my action. 

JARED WARLEY. 


TESTIMONY OF EDWIN FORDE, JAMES II. DISEKER AND E. A. NELSON. 

Columbia, S. C., October 25, 1878. 

Edwin Forde and James H. Diseker, being first duly sworn, each for 
himself, say that they reside in the city of Columbia, in this State, and 
are practical printers by profession, and have been engaged in that busi¬ 
ness respectively for eighteen and twenty-three years. Have been for 
some time employed by the Committee in examining and measuring all 
official advertisements, Acts, Joint Resolutions, &c., &c., ordered to be 
published by the different State officers, and under the contracts with the 
Clerks of the two Houses as published in the Columbia Daily Union— 
editor and proprietor L. Cass Carpenter—and in the Charleston Daily 
Republican, owned by the Carolina Printing Company and others. We 
first went over the files of the papers, took down the title of each adver¬ 
tisement, Act and Joint Resolution. We also measured the exact space 
occupied by each and every advertisement, gave the number of inser¬ 
tions and estimated the cost thereof, according to their advertised rates 
and contracts with the Clerk of the Senate, Josephus Woodruff, and A. 
O. Jones, Clerk of the House of Representatives. We also made memo¬ 
randa of the excessive insertions of each advertisement when marked for 
a certain uumber of insertions, and also the dates of such insertions. 
During these examinations we find that in the Daily Union a large num¬ 
ber of official advertisements were inserted for a longer time than they 
were ordered. The Acts and Joint Resolutions published in the paper 
were measured according to the type in which they were printed ant the 
number of lines given that should have been included in the space occu¬ 
pied by such Acts and Joint Resolutions. We find also that some Acts 
have been published the second time without any change in the phrase¬ 
ology or otherwise. [Contract provided for but one publication.] We 
find that advertisements appeared after the time they were ordered to b^ 

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stopped and where no possible good could result from their publication. 
For instance, the advertisement ordering an election in Chester County 
was inserted several times after the election had been held and for several 
issues after the time fixed for the last publication. We have also made 
a tabular statement of our actings and doings (to which we have affixed 
our signatures) in which is given the title of the advertisement, date of 
first insertion, how many times ordered, when marked, how many times 
inserted, with the dates, number of lines, the rate per line, estimate for 
insertions and estimate for actual insertions. We find that there was due 
L. Cass Carpenter, editor of the Columbia Daily Union, for all official 
advertisements of every description, including the publishing of insur¬ 
ance laws, Acts and Joint Resolutions, and allowing full pay for adver¬ 
tisements every time they appeared in the paper, the sum of $17,174.05 
from November, 1870, to May, 1873. [Amount drawn from the State 
Treasury $59,987.04.] 

We measured all advertisements appearing in the Charleston Daily 
RepuoJican in like manner, and find that, allowing full pay for all official 
advertisements, including insurance laws, Acts and Joint Resolutions, 
that there was due that paper $24,538.20. [Amount paid by the State 
Treasurer, $00,982.14.] 

The Act to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incor¬ 
porated in this State was published in the Columbia Daily Union two 
hundred and twenty-one times. In our experience we have never seen 
so expensive an advertisement published for so long a time ; have never 
seen such an one inserted more than three or four or five times that was 
paid for. Advertisement giving the names of licensed insurance com¬ 
panies doing business in this State was inserted fifty-seven times and 
made four hundred and four lines each time, which was certainly excess¬ 
ive as to number of insertions, and was, in our opinion, useless. We 
have often known such advertisements inserted several times in order 
that the space might be occupied and thereby save expenses in printing 
matter, but never charged for. We adopted the same modus operandi 
with reference to the Charleston Daily Republican as we did in the 
Daily Union. We estimated the rates according to contract for publish¬ 
ing the Acts, and for all other advertisements the rates charged by the 
paper referred to as shown by the advertised rates. We gave full and 
fair measurement, and full prices. We find that the Charleston Repub¬ 
lican was worse than the Daily Union in running advertisements longer 
than they were ordered. For instance, a notice of the organization of 
the Land Commission, marked to be inserted twenty-seven times, was 
inserted one hundred and forty-nine times, and this is a very fair sample 
of the advertisements. Another notice of State Treasurer, with refer¬ 
ence to bills receivable, was marked to go in three times, but was 


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inserted four hundred and seventeen times. Instances of the same 
nature were constantly found by us while examining the files. In esti¬ 
mating amounts due the two papers we allowed full payment for all 
insertions, regardless of the number of times they were ordered to be pub¬ 
lished. We consider the charge of 25 cents a line for advertising the 
Acts and Joint Resolutions a direct fraud upon the State, and the publi¬ 
cation of the insurance laws so often, and collection of accounts for the 
same, a greater fraud than that of charging 25 cents a line for the Acts 
and Joint Resolutions. In our experience an advertisement of the 
length of the insurance law is always contracted for at a lower rate after 
the first insertion. 

EDWIN FORDE. 
JAMES H. DISEKER. 

Columbia, October 25, 1877. 


Personally came before me Edwin A. Nelson, who, being duly sworn, 
says that he is a practical printer by profession and has been engaged at 
that business about eight years. That he assisted the above named gen¬ 
tlemen in the work of measuring the official advertisements published in 
the Daily Union of Columbia, and the Charleston Republican, and the 
amounts due them under their contracts and their advertised rates where 
no contract was made, and that the foregoing statements are true to his 
own knowledge. 

EDWIN A. NELSON. 

Sworn to before me this 26th October, 1877. 

J. C. SHEPPARD, [l. s.] 

Notary Public S. C. 


TESTIMONY OF CAPTAIN F. W. DAWSON. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1878. 

Captain F. W. Dawson, being sworn, says: I reside in Charleston, 
and have beeu since 1867 one of the editors and proprietors of the 
Charleston News, and of its successor, the News and Courier. 

The letter dated January 4, 1868, signed F. W. Dawson, now shown 
to me, is in my handwriting. I cannot, at this moment, tell what is the 
bill referred to, but I am pretty sure that it was for advertising election 
notices or something of the kind. It was the universal practice in 
Charleston to allow a discount of twenty per cent, on advertising ac* 



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counts with regular advertisers. This was the rule in the Courier office 
as well as in the News office. At this very time we allow a discount of 
twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent, on sales of real estate, and on 
all sales by auctioneers and agents. The twenty per cent, alluded to in 
my letter to Woodruff was not added to the account. In no case, at any 
time, has any sum, large or small, been added to any account of the 
News, or the News and Courier, to be taken off afterwards in the shape 
of discount. The discount is an allowance that we make to those with 
whom we deal, and the charge is the same whether we deal with princi¬ 
pals and allow no discount, or with agents and do allow a discount. At 
any time, whatever the rate of charge, we are glad to allow a discount 
for prompt payment. 

The letter shown me, dated November 24, 1868, is in my handwriting. 
I made a sworn statement concerning this letter to the Senate Committee 
in June last, and I ask that this statement, then made, be considered 
part of the testimony now given. The enclosure referred to, if it can be 
found, will show plainly that my only desire was to be just and liberal 
in the course taken by the News towards my political opponents. I 
never asked a favor of any kind from Governor Scott, and never to my 
knowledge received any favor from him. During the greater part of 
his term the News was the most unsparing critic that he had, as the re¬ 
cords show. I was never, at any time, his apologist or defender. Wood¬ 
ruff, at the time the letters shown me were written, was, to the best of my 
recollection, a paid reporter for the News, and as he bore, at that time, a 
good character, I wrote to him with perfect freedom, aud with entire 
confidence that the meaning of my words would not be perverted or mis¬ 
construed. 

The letter of January 30, 1869, is written by me. Our rate for such 
advertising as is referred to was fifteen cents a line. I was willing to do 
it for the State at twelve and a half cents, or even at ten cents. If done 
at the lower rate, I could not afford to allow as large a discount as if 
done at the higher rate. Either way the State got better terms than a 
private advertiser could have had. I frequently make similar arrange¬ 
ments with advertising agents, allowing less than the usual commission 
or discount where the price is reduced. 

The letter of December 13, 1870, is in my handwriting. It refers, I 
believe, to some small, amount for executive advertising. I am positive 
that it was in every way correct. 

The three letters of January 22, 1871, were written by me. I offered 
to do the work at far less than our regular rates, which were fifteen cents 
a line for the daily edition, fifteen cents a line additional for the tri¬ 
weekly edition, and ten cents a line for the weekly edition, making forty 
cents a line # for the three editions. ‘ The rate at which the work was done 


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for the State was twenty cents a line for the three editions, which is far less 
than the price charged private customers for the same kind of work. In 
May last, when these letters were first published, my answer was read on 
the floor of the Senate. The offer of the discount was, as I have already 
testified, in accordance with our business practice. There was the addi¬ 
tional reason that I desired Woodruff 1 to exert himself to collect the 
niQney that would be due. I had no influence with the State officers, 
and he had. The discount was a loss to us, but no loss to the State. 
The offer of discount was not a bribe. No preference was shown to the 
News. The advertising was given to both the News and the Courier. I 
do not know specifically what the arrangements with the Courier were. 
The laws were, in fact, published in nearly all the newspapers in the 
State. I think that no commission was paid Woodruff on account of 
the contract referred to. lie did not collect the money. It was paid to 
us in full, without discount or rebate, by General Gurney, who was 
County Treasurer of Charleston. On all the accounts he did collect, 
Woodruff, I am confident, received his discount. If he did not, it was 
because he refused to take it. Our friendly relations with Woodruff 
lasted until he was proved to be a common thief. Even up to a year ago 
he plied me with threats and promises through third persons. A. O. 
Jones was his usual messenger. My invariable answer was that I had no 
malice in the matter, but that Woodruff* was robbing the State, and I 
should continue to fight him until he was ejected from office and put 
where he could do no more harm. I could at any time have secured 
Woodruff’s favor by agreeing to let him alone. I have never borrowed 
any money from Woodruff for myself or auy other person. I may have 
asked him at one time to advance us some money on account of what 
was due to us by the State, but he said he was unable to do this and I 
thought nothing more of it. I wanted the advance for the firm and not 
for auy individual. There was ample security, outside of our advertising 
accounts, for any money lent us, as we then owned, as we now do, a large 
amount of property in Charleston. Of course I expected to pay back 
every cent I might borrow; Woodruff* so knew. 

The letter of January 25, 1871, was written by me; it confirms what 
I have previously testified. In speaking of the “Newses” I alluded to 
the, copies of* the News furnished daily, by Woodruff’s order, for the 
Senate. As he had ordered these before the Senate had taken any ac¬ 
tion I did not wish him to be the loser if the Senate should disallow the 
claim. 

The letter dated March 18, 1871, is not in my handwriting; I think 
it is in the handwriting of Mr. Riordau, my partner. I know nothing 
about it. 


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I did not have any conversation with Woodruff concerning the reve¬ 
nue bond scrip. I did not request Woodruff to see Patterson and Nea- 
gle and make arrangements to secure the support of the News for the 
bond scrip or for anything else; any such statement, by whomsoever 
made, is shamelessly false; I did not name any amount as the price of 
our support; I did not, I tell you, ever entertain or conceive such a prop¬ 
osition. I did not authorize Woodruff to telegraph to Patterson that I 
would go to Columbia to see him; I did not go as far as Branchville, on 
my way to Columbia, and then return. If Woodruff says that I had, or 
attempted to have, any bargain with Patterson, or anybody else, about 
the Blue Ridge scrip, he again says what is untrue. The News was not 
paid for supporting the sterling loan fund Bill, or any other Bill, nor 
did it seek or expect any payment. Colonel Lathers persuaded me at 
one time that the passage of the loan fund Bill would be advantageous 
to the State if proper Commissioners had control of the whole negotia¬ 
tion; such'Commissioners could not be had, and I opposed the Bill. It 
is untrue that I received a share in some bonds, or the profits on some 
bonds, for anything done or left undone by me in connection with the 
loan fund Bill or any other Bill. Captain Hoffmann was our Colum¬ 
bia correspondent at one time; I do not remember when. 

A proposition was made to me by Woodruff to take Blue Bidge scrip 
in payment of our bills against the State, provided we would double the 
amount of the bills, as the scrip was selling at fifty cents on the dollar. 
I'flatly refused to make any such arrangement, and said distinctly that 
if I accepted scrip at all I would take it at par for the original amount 
of the bills. 

F. W. DAWSON. 


Columbia, S. C., June 8, 1877. 

To the Hon. R. E. Bowen, Chairman Senate Committee: 

Sir —The subjoined telegram reached me yesterday evening: 

Columbia, S. C., June 7. 

To F. W. Dawson, Charleston , S. C\: 

Letters from you to Woodruff; of November 28, 1868, and January 
30, 1869, have been put before the Committee of investigation. If ‘you 
wish to explain, you can do so to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. We 
are about to close. 


R. E. BOWEN, 
Chairman, 


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In response to this telegram I came before your Committee this morn¬ 
ing, and, after examining the letters to Woodruff referred to, asked that 
they be stricken from the record of your proceedings on the ground that, 
as there is nothing in the letters that is directly or by implication dis¬ 
honest, corrupt or immoral, they are not properly before your Committee 
or within the scope of your investigation. Your Committee having 
determined that the letters shall be submitted with the testimony taken 
by your Committee, I now, by your permission, submit the following 
statement: 

When the letter of November 24 was written to Woodruff* that person, 
to the best of my recollection, was a salaried reporter for the Charleston 
News. No charges had been made against him, the excessive appropria¬ 
tions for public printing had not been proposed, and he bore a fair aver¬ 
age character. The letter was written, I presume, in reply to a request 
by Woodruff that I would define the attitude of the Charleston News 
toward the Scott administration. It is such a letter as I would unhesi¬ 
tatingly write at any time. A newspaper is a business undertaking, and 
the object of its publishers, while holding constantly in view its public 
uses and purposes, is, as in any other profession or business, to earn a fair 
return for the skill, labor and capital they employ. They cannot be 
“blind advocates.” They “must be independent.” Upon these princi¬ 
ples I have acted since I have been connected with journalism in South 
Carolina; and only when it can be shown that, in seeking to make 
money, I have been a “ blind advocate” or ceased to be “ independent” 
shall I see any error in my course. There certainly was no idea on the 
part of Governor Scott that I gave him a blind support, for his later mes¬ 
sages contain bitter attacks upon the Charleston News, and in the 
columns of that paper are the most exhaustive and denunciatory expos¬ 
ures yet made of the faults, follies and crimes of his administration. 
The remark in the letter that I desired to be “ posted ” about any scheme 
that wants “puffing or crushing” was jupt what I have constant occa¬ 
sion to say to the gentlemen who now represent the News and Courier 
in Columbia. It is their business to keep us “posted,” and we are gov¬ 
erned in a large degree by their suggestions. When it shall be shown 
that I have, with any corrupt purpose, or regardless of its merits, sup¬ 
ported or opposed any scheme whatever, inferences to my prejudice may 
be drawn from what I wrote to Woodruff. 

The letter of January 30, 1809, confirms the statement made by me 
to the Senate last month, and shows that Woodruff was paid by us for 
the work he did in collecting money due us, and that his instructions 
from me were to pay himself in full first and remit the balance if any. 


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The rate charged by the Charleston News in 1869 for ordinary adver¬ 
tising, such as the Acts, was fifteen cents a line. 1 offered to do the 
work for the State at either thirty-three per cent, or sixteen per cent, less 
than was charged to private persons for the same kind and quantity of 
work. I doubt that many other persons who have done work for the 
State can say and prove as much. I see no impropriety in allowing a 
commission upon the work obtained and money collected, and such a 
practice obtains in every department of' business. What is said in the 
concluding sentence of the letter I now repeat: “ We are willing to give 
a helping hand to any mp-country project, railroad or otherwise, and 
free!” 

For many years I have, with such ability as I could command, and in 
such manner as promised the best results to the State, laid bare the ras¬ 
calities of faithless public servants. In this work I have necessarily 
made many enemies, who are not all members of one political party. 
Threats without number have been made against me. No charges against 
me have been too grave. The hope was that by assailing their accuser 
the thieves might divert attention from themselves. It is some satisfac¬ 
tion to know that they have doubly failed. They have not silenced the 
paper I represent; they have not saved themselves, and they have not, 
when put to the proof, made good any single charge against me. 

The letters on which Woodruff lays so much stress were private and 
confidential business letters from an employer to an agent or employee; 
they were not intended for publication any more than is any other mat¬ 
ter of detail in the management of our business, I see in them nothing 
to regret, except that in writing them I trusted an unworthy and treach¬ 
erous agent, who now endeavors to shield himself from the consequences 
of his subsequent corruption and profligacy by violating the sanctity of 
private correspondence and adding perfidy to his other crimes. 

I respectfully request that my previous statement, read in the Senate 
by the Hon. S. S. Crittenden, be made a part of this reply, and am 

Yours, obediently, 


F. W. DAWSON. 


121 


TESTIMONY OF B. W. RIORDAN. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., May 8, 1878. 

B. W. Riordan, being called and sworn, deposes as follows: 

I reside in the city of Charlesron. I am one of the proprietors of the 
News and Courier. Some time in the year 1872, Josephus Woodruff made 
a proposition to our firm that we receive Blue Ridge scrip in payment of 
our accounts against the State, and that the bills be increased so as to 
cover the loss by the depreciation of the scrip. The proposition was re¬ 
jected by us, and no bill against the State was ever made out or author¬ 
ized by me under any such arrangement or with any such understanding 
as that contemplated in Woodruff’s proposition. 

B. W. RIORDAN. 


EXHIBITS ON PRINTING. 


EXBIBIT E, F, G. 

Showing the cost of printing in South Carolina during Republican 
administration from session 1868-69 to session 1875-76, inclusive, 
together with cost of printing from 1790 to 1868, and cost of printing 
session 1876-77 : 


Session of 1868-69 . $21,124 00 

Session of 1869-70 . 45,000 00 

Session of 1870-71 . 152,465 00 

Session of 1871-72. 173,000 00 

Session of 1872-73. 450,000 00 

Session of 1873-74. 385,000 00 

Session of 1874-75 . 50,000 00 

Session of 1875-76. 50,000 00 


Total cost from 1868 to 1876 .$1,326,589 00 

Total cost from 1790 to 1868. 609,000 00 


Showing an excess of cost for printing during 
eight years of Republican administra¬ 
tion over the seventy-eight previous 

years of..$717,589 00 

11 

















122 


Average cost of printing under Republican administration 

per year.$165,823 00 

Average cost of printing under old regime per year.. 7,807 00 

Cost of printing under Hampton administration one year.... 6,178 00 


EXHIBIT E, F, G.—Continued. 

Showing that the printing in South Carolina for one session under 
Republican administration, 1872-73, cost $171,759 more than the print¬ 
ing for twenty-five years under the old regime , commencing at 1840-41, 
and ending session 1865-66, including payments made during the war in 
Confederate currency. 

Amount appropriated session of 1872-73, Republican admin¬ 
istration... $450,000 00 

Old Regime. 


Amount paid and appropriated 

1840- 

-41. 

....$10,491 

57 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1841- 

-42. 

.... 10,895 

45 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1842- 

-43. 

.... 4,250 

56 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1843- 

-44.. 

... 5,610 

04 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1844- 

-45. 

.... 3,969 

21 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1845- 

-46. 

... 5,028 

48 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1846- 

-47. 

.... 5,505 

88 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1847- 

-48. 

... 6,981 

64 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1848- 

-49. 

... 4,572 

72 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1849- 

-50. 

... 3,741 

39 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1850- 

-51. 

... 9,088 

97 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1851- 

-52. 

... 5,529 

38 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1852- 

-53. 

... 5,021 

78 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1853- 

-54. 

... 8,576 

33 

Amount paid and appropriated 

J 854- 

-55. 

... 9,792 

11 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1855- 

■56. 

... 13,455 

62 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1856- 

■57. 

... 9.434 

96 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1857- 

-58. 

... 13,172 

49 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1858- 

-59. 

... 11,156 

97 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1859- 

■60. 

... 11,177 

78 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1860- 

-61. 

... 15,734 

68 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1861- 

-62. 

... 6,500 

00 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1862- 

-63 (Con- 


federate money). 



.... 16,431 

36 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1863 

-64 (C( 

)U- 


federate money). 


.... 20,000 

00 

Amount paid and appropriated 

1864 

-65 (Con- 


federate money).. 



... 42,141 

63 

Amount paid and appropriated 

i 1865 

•-66 (Orr 


administration). 



... 20,000 

00 


Total for twenty-five years, “old regime .”.$278,251 00 

Excess of cost of printing for one year of Republican ad¬ 
ministration over that of the old regime for twenty-five 
years. ....$171,749 00 



































123 


EXHIBIT E, F, G.—Continued. 

Showing amount appropriated for public printing in South Carolina 
within fifteen months, from December, 1872, to March, 1874: 


Joint Resolution approved December 21, 1872, appropri¬ 
ated for Republican Printing Company....$250,000 00 

Publishing Acts. 75,000 00 

Act approved January 28, 1873, Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany..... 50,000 00 

Act approved February 26, 1873, Republican Printing 

Company. 50,000 00 

Publishing laws. 25,000 00 

Act November 19, 1873, Republican Printing Company. 50,000 00 

Act November 19, 1873, Republican Printing Company. 231,000 00 

Act March 9, 1874, Republican Printing Company. 25,000 0.0 

Act March 9, 1874, Republican Printing Company. 54,000 00 

Publishing laws. 25,000 00 


Total for fifteen months under Republican administra¬ 
tion.$835,000 00 


C- st of printing for seventy-eight years under old regime.... 609,000 00 

$226,600 00 

Excess of cost of printing under Republican administration 
for fifteen months over that of old regime for seventy-eight 
years, as above, $226,000. 

Cost of printing per month under Republican administra¬ 


tion.. $55,666 00 

Cost per month under Hampton administration. 514 80 

















124 


EXHIBIT A, H, D. 

Amount appropriated during one year of Republican 

administration for printing, (1872-73.). $450,000 00 

DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS. 


Cost of printing for one year 

in Louisiana. 

$40,528 

71 

Cl 

« 

CC 

North Carolina 

18,281 

31 

<< 

<( 

u 

Mississippi. 

18,439 

85 

cc 

<c 

Cl 

Florida. 

19,669 

35 

u 

<< 

if 

Alabama. 

17,000 

00 

u 

cc 

Cl 

Tennessee. 

11,402 

60 

cc 

<< 

it 

Georgia. 

12,904 

00 

(( 

cc 

{( 

Texas. 

31,163 

47 

cc 

tl 

K 

Missouri. 

27,000 

00 

ii 

cc 

a 

Maryland. 

25,000 

00 

(C 

cc 

cc 

Virginia. 

29,812 

00 

cc 

a 

(i 

Arkansas. 

13,040 

00 

u 

(< 

u 

Kentucky. 

13,999 

71 


$278,241 00 


Excess of cost of one year’s printing in South Carolina 
over the cost for the same time in the thirteen other 
Southern States. $171,759 00 


EXHIBIT L. 

New Orleans, La., February 12, 1878. 

To His Excellency Francis T. Nicholls, 

Governor of the Stale of Louisiana: 

Dear Sir —Your communication of the 9th instant at hand. Sorry to 
say it did not reach me in time to give you the desired information on 
same day. 

I now have in my possession documents showing the amounts which 
have been paid to the public printer during the years 1868 to 1877, inclu¬ 
sive, and take the liberty to add them to the desired information. The 
figures are taken from the reports of the Auditor and from claims now 
before the Legislature, to wit: 



















125 


In 1868 State paid for printing.$125,343 00 

In 1869 State paid for printing. 439,345 00 

In 1870 State paid for printing. 317,135 00 

In 1871 State paid for printing. 362,493 00 

In 1872 State paid for printing. 154,752 00 

In 1873 State paid for printing. 172,891 00 

In 1874 State paid for printing. 158,801 00 

In 1875 the State appropriated. 200,000 00 

In 1876, appropriation $60,000, claims $88,816.92. 148,816 92 

In 1877, including all printing for all departments. 40,528 71 

Very respectfully, etc., 


LOUIS LEONHARD, 
Chairman Committee on Printing. 


EXHIBIT P. 

A portion of orders given by A. O. Jones on Colonel Benedict to pay 
members of the House of Representatives for their support for the Bill 
appropriating $231,000 for claim of Republican Printing Company 
[See evidence of Jones and Benedict.] 

Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Thos. Hamilton have eighteen hun¬ 
dred dollars (certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December, 10, 1873. 

Mr. Jackson, please pay. 

L. G. B. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Reed have fifty dollars and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 


A. O. JONES. 


December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Gourdin have fifty dollars (certificates 
of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 













126 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Gourdin have fifty dollars (certificates 
of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please pay Mr. McLarin fifty dollars (certificates of 
indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Pressley have fifty dollars (certificates 
of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Martin have fifty dollars (certificates 
of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c. y 

A. O. JONES. 

' December 10,1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Ellison have seventy-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 

$5 due Ellison. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. N. T. Spencer have thirty dollars 
and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


127 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. J. Prioleau have fifty dollars (cer¬ 
tificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Wilson have fifty dollars and 
oblige, 

Yours, Ac., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please pay Mr. W. A. Grant two hundred dollars 
and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Tingman have seventy-five dollars 
and oblige, 

A. O. JONES. 


December 10,1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. P. Young have twenty-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Hays have fifty dollars (certificates 
of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


128 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. J. F. Myers have eight hundred dol¬ 
lars and oblige, 


Yours, &c, 


A. O. JONES. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. J. W. Johnson and Mr. B. F. Thomp¬ 
son have twenty-five dollars each (certificates of indebtedness) and 
oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 19, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Simmons have twenty-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. S. Green have three hundred dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 20, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please pay to Mr. A. Collins twenty-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Gilmore have twenty-five dollars 
and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 

Due Gilmore $5. 


129 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. F. Giles have fifty dollars (certifi¬ 
cates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 


A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Colonel Benedict will please give Mr. Mills twenty-five dollars (certifi¬ 
cate of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Columbia, December 10, 1873. 

Colonel Benedict will please pay to Mr. P. Simkins two hundred and 
fifty dollars (certificates of indebtededness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 


A. O. JONES. 


Charge Jones (J. D. Boston) $50. 


Colonel Benedict will please pay to Mr. S. J. Keith one hundred and 
seventy-five dollars (certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Colonel Benedict will please let Mr. Peterson have fifty dollars (certi¬ 
ficates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &3., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Colonel Benedict will please let Mr. Hollins have three hundred dol¬ 
lars and oblige, 


Yours, &c., 


A. O. JONES. 


130 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. C. Simms have twenty-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. James Young have fifty dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Sullivan have fifty dollars, (cer¬ 
tificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please pay to Mr. R. B. Artson five hundred and 
fifty dollars and oblige, 

A. O. JONES. 

Decemrer 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Black have seventy-five dollars (cer¬ 
tificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 19, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Levi Lee have twenty-six dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 


A. O. JONES. 


December 17, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. North have twenty-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige. 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 17, 1873. 


131 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Bascombe have fifty dollars (certifi¬ 
cates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 19, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Allman have twenty-five dollars 
(certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please pay Mr. Hough forty dollars (certificates of 
indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict, please let Mr. Owens have one hundred dollars (certifi¬ 
cates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10,1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. Ford have seventy-five dollars (cer¬ 
tificates) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


Col. Benedict will please let Mr. John Wallace have twenty-five dol¬ 
lars (certificates of indebtedness) and oblige, 

Yours, &c., 

A. O. JONES. 

December 10, 1873. 


132 


EXHIBIT E, D, 

Showing contract made with the Charleston Republican to print the 
laws at twenty-five cents per line each, in both daily and weekly* 
Also, extract from the same paper showing that their advertised 
rates were only “ fifteen cents per line for first insertion; each subse¬ 
quent insertion ten cents per line ; liberal discount for long and large 
space” 


MEMORANDUM. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Richland County. 

Memorandum of agreement made and entered into this sixteenth day 
of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-two, 
by and between Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate, and A. O. 
Jones, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of South 
Carolina, for and in behalf of the State of South Carolina, and J. Evans 
Britton, business manager of and for the Charleston Republican Printing 
and Publishing Company, and one of the proprietors and publishers of 
the “Charleston Daily Republican ” and the “Charleston Weekly Repub¬ 
lican,” newspapers published at Charleston, S. C., in the County of 
Charleston and State aforesaid. 

Witnesseth that the said J. Evans Britton, business manager, &c , 
hereby agrees to publish and print in the columns of the said newspapers 
all the Acts and Joint Resolutions passed and to be passed by the Gene¬ 
ral Assembly of the State, now in session at Columbia, during the pres¬ 
ent session ; and the said Josephus Woodruff and A. O. Jones, Clerks as 
aforesaid, for and on behalf of the State, and by virtue of and in accord¬ 
ance with an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the publication of 
the Acts, reports, resolutions, Journals and other papers of the General 
Assembly,” approved January 23, 1871, agree to cause to be paid to the 
said J. Evans Britton, business manager, &c., the sum of twenty-five cents 
for each paper per line for all Acts and Joint Resolutions so published 
and printed: Provided , nevertheless , That it is hereby agreed and mutually 
understood by and between the parties hereto that the said Josephus 
Woodruff and A. O. Jones, Clerks as aforesaid, shall in no wise, either 
individually or collectively, be held liable for the payment of the con¬ 
sideration hereinbefore mentioned. 


133 


In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 
sixteenth day ot January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-two. 

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of ^ 

Benn Pitman. C 
Y. J. P. Owens, j 

J. WOODRUFF, [seal.] 
Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. JONES, [seal.] 
Clerk House of Representatives. 

J. EVANS BRITTON, [seal.] 
Business Manager C. R. P. & P. Co. 


Daily Republican, 
Office corner of Meeting and Market Streets. 
Official paper of the United States. 

Official paper of the State. 

Official paper of the city. 


terms : 

Advertisements —First insertion, 15 cents a line; each subsequent inser¬ 
tion, 10 cents a line. Liberal discount for long time and large space. 


EXHIBIT A. 

Joseph Woodruff, being sworn, says: 

I have examined pay certificate claim No. 20, marked Exhibit A, and 
payable to S. J. Lee, Esq. I am not positive, but remember that a claim 
certificate for the amount of $2,575 was issued to S. J. Lee, it being 
claimed as due the Charleston Republican, and issued as such, though 
payable to the order of S. J. Lee. I am satisfied that this certificate 
was issued as a claim of the Charleston Republican; claims were being 
constantly passed to pay real and imaginary claims of the Republican. 
The State did not, to my knowledge, receive any consideration for this 
certificate; it was one of the mistakes—or, as some one would call it, one 
of the steals. Such claims as this were passed from time to time for the 
benefit of members. 


J. WOODRUFF. 



134 


EXHIBIT “A” CERTIFICATE. 


In the Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C., January, 30, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. S. J. Lee twenty-five 
hundred and seventy-four dollars for amount of claim passed the Senate 
and House of Representatives. $2,574. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of Senate pro tem. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

[Endorsed S. J. Lee.J 


This certificate was paid, though the Clerk of the House never 
signed it. 


EXHIBIT J, L. 

Showing that the publication of the insurance laws in the Daily 
Union-Herald by L. Cass Carpenter was without authority, and that the 
money paid him for such publication was a fraud, though the bills had 
not been raised from $500 to $1,000 each : 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C. 

J. L. Neagle, being recalled, says: 

That he frequently forbid Mr. L. Cass Carpenter to continue the pub¬ 
lication of the laws in relation to insurance companies, but without 
avail; and, finding by the State Treasurer’s report to the Comptroller 
General’s office that he was collecting the money for the publication of 
the said Acts, I wrote a letter to Mr. Carpenter on the second day of 
December, 1870, ordering him in writing to discontinue the said adver¬ 
tisement. Mr. Carpenter received the letter and came to me in person 
and begged that I would withdraw it, which I refused to do. He con¬ 
tinued the advertisement and the collection of the money for some time 
afterwards without the shadow of law or my power to prevent it. The 
copy letter of the letter referred to above can be found in copy letter 
book now in the Comptroller General’s office marked “C.” 

J. L. NEAGLE. 



135 


[“ C.”] 

December 2, 1870. 

L. C. Carpenter, Esq., Editor Daily Union, Columbia, S. C.: 

Dear Sir —You will please discontinue until otherwise directed all 
advertisements emanating from this office and oblige, 

Yours respectfully, 

J. D. NEAGLE, 
Comptroller General. 


EXHIBIT Q. 

[The following Joint Resolution purports to pay for printing ordered 
during the sessions of 1870-71 and 1871-72; nevertheless, the vouchers in 
the Treasurer’s office show that the Republican Printing Company was 
more than paid in full for 1870-71, and that during that time vouchers 
of the company were raised from $45,000 to $90,000 and paid for the 
last named amount.] 

JOINT RESOLUTION to Make Appropriation for Expenses of 
Printing Ordered by the General Assembly During the 
Regular Sessions of 1870-71 and 1871-72. 

Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assem¬ 
bly, and by the authority of the same, That the sum of two hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, be, and is hereby, 
appropriated for the payment of printing claims of the Republican 
Printing Company for work ordered by the General Assembly at the 
sessions of 1870-71 and 1871-72. 

Sec. 2. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, if so much be 
necessary, be, and is hereby, appropriated for the payment of outstanding 
claims for the publication of the laws in the various newspapers of the 
State. 

Sec. 3. That the sums hereby appropriated shall be expended under 
the direction of the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of an Act approved 
January 13, 1871, entitled “An Act to provide for the publication of the 
Acts, Reports, Resolutions, Journals, aud other papers of the General 
Assembly.” 


Approved December 21, 1872. 



136 


EXHIBIT Q.— Continued. 

[The Report on Immigration, referred to in the first Section of the fol¬ 
lowing Act, was never printed, though paid for in full. The appropria¬ 
tions in Sections 2 and 3 were unconscionable; the same work could be 
done now for about one-tenth the amount charged. The amount appro¬ 
priated in Section 5 for balance due, $100,589.63, was in keeping with all 
the accounts of the Republican Printing Company,—always claiming a 
balance due.] 

AN ACT to Make Appropriation for the Payment of Expenses 

of Printing. 


Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assem¬ 
bly, and by the authority of the same, That the sum of seventy-five 
thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated for the compilation and 
printing of the Report on Immigration ordered by the General Assembly 
at the session 1872-73. 

Sec. 2. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and is hereby, 
appropriated for the payment of printing the decisions of the Supreme 
Court. 

Sec. 3. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and is hereby, 
appropriated for the printing of the tax duplicates, returns and other 
necessary papers for the assessment and collection of taxes for the fiscal 
year 1873-74. 

Sec. 4. That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized and 
directed to issue to the Republican Printing Company certificates of 
indebtedness to the amount of the above appropriations, and also for the 
balance due said company—one hundred thousand five hundred and 
eighty-nine dollars sixty-three cents—with interest, appropriated by the 
General Assembly for printing at the session of 1872-73. 

Sec. 5. That the sums hereby appropriated be paid on the certificates 
of the Clerks of the two houses, said certificates of indebtedness to be 
receivable in payment of all dues to the State and redeemable at the 
State Treasury out of the incoming taxes, except taxes levied for school 
purposes and interest on the public debt. 

Approved November 19, 1873. 



137 


EXHIBIT Q,.— Continued. 

The following are two of the raised amounts of the Republican Print¬ 
ing Company referred to heretofore. It will be observed that the 
accounts are made out “by discount on revenue bond scrip received in 
payment.” On examination of the records in the Treasurer’s office we 
ascertained that no payments had been made in revenue bond scrip, and 
have attached to this exhibit the receipts in Treasurer’s office showing 
that the accounts were paid in currency, though the accounts are made 
out as if paid in scrip, the endorsements on the back of the accounts 
claimed that the full amounts were due and remained unpaid, and the 
two Clerks so certified. It will be observed that these accounts bear 
date May and June, 1872, and were doubled and paid; nevertheless, 
they were paid again under the Joint Resolution appropriating $250,000, 
approved December 21,1872. The itemized account in one instance was 
for binding three hundred copies Acts General Assembly, (43.50 per 
copy, $1,050,) when it is a well-known fact that other parties did the 
binding and submitted accounts for the same. The itemized accounts 
also bear the following: 

Discount on former bills.$550 00 

Discount on former bills. 880 00 

Discount on former bills. 725 00 

Discount on former bills. 527 00 

showing that the State not only paid raised and fraudulent bills, but the 
amount for which they were discounted. 

[Terms Cash.] 

Republican Printing Company, 
Columbia, S. C., June 13th, 1872. 

J. Woodruff, President. 

C. McJunkin, Manager. 

State of South Carolina, 

To REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, Dr. 

To printing Ku Klux trials ordered by General Assembly, 

thirty-five hundred copies.$22,894 00 

By discount on revenue bond scrip received in payment. 22,894 00 


Endorsed as follows: 

12 


$45,788 0Q 









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We certify that the within account of forty-five thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and eighty-eight dollars is correct and remains unpaid. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. JONES, 

Clerk of House. 

Treasurer’s No., 60; J. Woodruff; $45,788; 30th July, 1872. 

Treasurer’s receipt for the above: 

[No. 60.] 

State Treasury Office, 
Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1872. 

Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South Caro¬ 
lina, the sum of forty-five thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight 
dollars, being for permanent printing account Republican Printing 
Company, certified by Clerks of Senate and House. 

REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, 

Per J. Woodruff, President. 

$45,788. 


REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY’S 
BOOK AND JOB OFFICE , 


J. Woodruff, President, j 
C. McJunkin, Manager '. \ 


[Terms Cash.] 


Columbia, S. C., May 1, 1872. 


State of South Carolina, 

To REPUBLICAN PRINTING CO., Dr. 

To bill rendered as per voucher.$1,214 15 

discount on bond scrip received in payment. 1,214 15 

bill rendered as per voucher. 2,087 25 

discount on revenue bond scrip received in payment. 2,087 25 

bill rendered as per voucher. 1,918 00 

discount on revenue bond scrip received in payment. 1,919 00 

bill rendered as per voucher. 2,184 11 

discount on revenue bond scrip received in payment. 2,184 11 

bill rendered, Acts of G. A. 6,143 34 

discount on revenue bond scrip. 6,143 34 

bill rendered as per voucher. 1,347 70 

discount on revenue bond scrip. 1,347 70 

bill rendered as per voucher. 2,515 36 

discount on revenue bond scrip. 2,515 36 


Total 


$34,819 82 




















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Treasurer’s Nos., 7$ and 81; $34,819.82; 3d July, 1872. 

Eudorsed as follows: 

Account of Republican Printing Company against State.—We certify 
that the within account of thirty-four thousand eight hundred and nine¬ 
teen dollars is correct and remains unpaid. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. JONES, 

Clerk of House. 

No. 71. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., July 3, 1872. 

Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, 
the sum of twelve thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars, being 
for permanent printing account Republican Printing Company. 

REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, 
$12,286.68. Per J. Woodruff. 

No, 8L State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., July 3, 1872. 

Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, 
the sum of twenty-two thousand five hundred and thirty-three T y 4 y dollars, 
being for current printing account of Republican Printing Company. 

REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, 
$25,533.14. Per J. Woodruff. 


Copies of Checks Given by Woodruff & Jones to Members 
of the General Assembly and Referred to by Them in 
Their Evidence. Also, Evidence of L. N. Zealy, Cashier, 
Touching Their Payment. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., June 10, 1878. 

Laurence N. Zealy, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Laurence N. Zealy; residing at Columbia, S. C., and at 
present in charge of R. A. Young’s business. I have been been connected 
with the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company from sometime in the 
latter part of 1872 until the bank closed in July, 1875. While I was in 
the bank, I was at first Collecting Clerk, while Roath was Cashier and 
Jacobs Teller and Book-keeper. When Roath left, Jacobs acted as 
Cashier, T«Uer $od Book-keeper, a»d I was Assistant Book-keeper aud 



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Collecting Clerk. After Jacobs left, I was acting Cashier, Book-keeper 
and Teller. I have examined the following checks, payable to Y. J. P. 
Owens or bearer and order, and find that they have been paid by the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to J. Woodruff 
for Republican Printing Company and J. Woodruff’s individual ac¬ 
count: 

No. — Columbia, S. C., April 26, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Y. J. 
P. Owens, or order, one thousand dollars. 

$ 1 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face Y. J. P. Owens and the figures 138.] 

No. 13. Columbia, S. C., February 21, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Y. J. 
P. Owens, or bearer, one thousand dollars. 

$ 1 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed on the face with the figures 508.] 

No. 28. Columbia, S. C., January 12,1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to Y. J. P. Owens, or 
bearer, one thousand dollars. 

$ 1 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed on the face with the figures 503.] 

No. 63. Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to Y. J. P. Owens, or 
bearer, one thousand dollars. 

$ 1 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed on the face with the figures 504.] 

No. — Columbia, S. C., February 10, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to Y. J. P. Owens, or 
bearer, one thousand dollars. 

$ 1 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

No - — Columbia, S. C., April 26, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Y. J. 
P. Owens, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company, 
[Endorsed on the face Y. J. P. Owens and the figures 138.] 


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No. 25. Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Y. J. 
P. Owens, or bearer, two thousand dollars. 

82,000. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed on the face with the figures 508.] 

I have also examined the following checks payable to James M. Allen, 
bearer, and order, and find that they have been paid by the South Caro¬ 
lina Bauk and Trust Company and charged to account of Woodruff for 
Republican Printing Company and Woodruff individually: 

No. 32. Columbia, S. C., May 8, 1871. 

South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to James 
M. Allen, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face James M. Allen and the figures 138.] 

No. — Columbia, S. C., April 22, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to James M. Allen, or 
bearer, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


No. — Columbia, S. C., February 14, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. M. 
Allen, or bearer, two hundred dollars. 


$ 200 . 


J. WOODRUFF. 


[Endorsed on the face James M. Allen and the figures 504 ] 


I have also examined the following checks paid to L. Wimbush by 
the South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company, payable to order, prop¬ 
erly endorsed, and charged to J. Woodruff, for Republican Printing 
Company, and J. Woodruff, individual account: 

No. 53. Columbia, S. C., May 26, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to L. 
Wimbush, or order, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

[Endorsed on the face L. Wimbush and the figures 139.] 


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No. 58. Columbia, S. C., July 6, 1871. 

South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to L. 
Wimbush, or order, two hundred dollars. 

8200. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face L. Wimbush and the figures 139.] 

No. 30. Columbia, S. C., March 15, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to L. 
Wimbush, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed on the face L. Wimbush and the figures 510.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to Dr. B. Bose- 
mon and Dr. B. A. Bosemon, signed by J. Woodruff, for Republican 
Printing Company, and find that they have been paid by the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to the account of 
J. Woodruff, for Republican Printing Company: 

No. 23. Columbia, S. C., May 2, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Dr. 
B. Bosemon, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$250. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face B. Bosemon and the figures 138.] 

No. 45. Columbia, S. C., July 11, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Dr. 
B. A. Bosemon, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face B. A. Bosemon and the figures 139.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to E. E. Dickson, 
or bearer, signed by J. Woodruff, and find that they have been paid by 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to individual 
account of J. Woodruff: 

No. 12. Columbia, S. C., February 20, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to E. E. 
Dickson, or bearer, three hundred dollars. 

$300. J. WOODRUFF, 

[Endorsed on the face E, F, Pipkspp and the figures 508.] 


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No. 74. Columbia, S. C., January 27, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to E. E. Dickson, or 
bearer, three hundred dollars. 

$300. J. WOODRUFF. 


I have also examined the following checks and note, payable to B. F. 
Whittemore, or order, and bearer, and find that they were paid at the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to account of* J. 
Woodruff, for Republican Printing Company, and J. Woodruff’s indi¬ 
vidual account, except one check, No. 21, dated .January 31st, 1872, 
payable at Carolina National Bank, for $750, and bears evidence of 
having been paid, and, though payable tu bearer, is endorsed by B. F. 
Whittemore, whose signature I recognize: 

No. 16. Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to B. F. 
Whittemore, or bearer, sixty dollars. 

$60. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed on the face B. F. Whittemore and the figures 508.] 


No. 13. Columbia, S. C., March 31, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia pay to B. F. 
Whittemore, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face B. F. Whittemore and the figures 138.] 


No. 21. Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to Hon. B. F. Whittemore, or bearer, 
seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

$750. 


REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, 

Per Woodruff, President. 
[Endorsed on the face B. F. Whittemore.] 


No. —. Columbia, S. C., March 4, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to B. F. 
Whittemore, or bearer, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


[Endorsed on the face B. F. Whittemore and the figures 508.] 


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Columbia, S. C., November 9, 1872. 
Thirty days after date, I promise to pay to , or 

order, one hundred dollars, for value received. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Eudorsed on the face B. F. Whittemore and the figures 591.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to cash and J. N. 
Hayne, or bearer, and order, signed by J. Woodruff and J. Woodruff for 
Republican Printing Company, and find that they have been paid by 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to account of 
J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company and J. Woodruff' indi¬ 
vidually : 

No. 24. 

• Columbia, S. C., May 24, [date altered by Woodruff to 4,] 1871. 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. N. 
Hayne, or order, three hundred and fifty dollars. 

$350. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face J. N. Playne and the figures 138.] 

Friend Jacobs —Please pay. A mistake was made in date. 

Yours, 

JOE. 

No. 33. Columbia, S. C., May 9, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. N. 

Hayne, or bearer, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed on the face with the figures 138.] 

No. 52. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to cash, or bearer, one 
hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

[Endorsed on the face Jas. N. Hayne.] 

No. 11. Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to cash, or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 


[Endorsed on the face J. N. Hayne.] 


J. WOODRUFF. 


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I have also examined the following check, payable to J. Hollinshead, 
or bearer, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company, 
endorsed by George B. King, and find that it has been paid by the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to the account of 
J. Woodruff, for Republican Printing Company: 

No. 8. Columbia, S. C., March 30, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to J. Hollinshead, or 
bearer, eighty dollars. 

$80. 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed George B. King and the figures 138.] 


I have also examined the following checks, payable to cash and W. B. 
Nash, or order, and bearer, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Print¬ 
ing Company and J. Woodruff individually, and find that they have 
been paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged 
to the account of J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company and 
J. Woodruff individually. Check payable to cash or order endorsed by 
William M. Fine: 


No. 58. Columbia, S. C., February 8, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 


J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed William M. Fine and the figures 591.] 


No. 3. Columbia, S. C., March 20, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to W. B. 
Nash, or bearer, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250.00. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 

[Endorsed with the figures 138.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to H. W. Duncan, 
or order, signed by J. Woodruff and J. Woodruff for Republican Print¬ 
ing Company, and find that they have been paid by the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company, and charged to the account of J. Woodruff 
for Republican Printing Company and J. Woodruff individually, except 
check No. 31, dated February 5, 1872, on Carolina National Bank for 
$50, which is properly endorsed, and, from appearances, has been paid: 

13 


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No. —. Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to H. W. Duncan, or 
order, fifty dollars. 

$50.00. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed H. W. Duncan and the figures 548.] 

No. 31. Columbia, S. C., February 5, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to H. W. Duncan, or order, fifty dollars. 
$50. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed IT. W. Duncan.] 

No. 4. Columbia, S. C., March 4, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to H. 
W. Duncan, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed with the figures 138.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to Robert Smalls, 
or order, and R. Smalls, or order, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican 
Printing Company, and find that they have been paid by the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company, and charged to the account of J. 
Woodruff for Republican Printing Compauy, endorsed by Robert Smalls, 
one bearing this additional endorsement: 

“ Pay to the order of J. C. Roath, Esq., Cashier. 

“ NATHAN RITTER, Cashier.” 

Which endorsement indicates that it has passed through bank in 
Charleston for collection : 


No. 19. • Columbia, S. C., April 3, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
Robert Smalls, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed : Pay to the order of J. C. Roath. Esq., Cashier. Nathan 
Ritter, Cashier. Robert Smalls. Also, the figures 138.] 


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^o. 41. Columbia, S. C., July 5, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. 
imalls, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 

[En dorsed Robert Smalls.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to J. L. Jamison, 
or order, and signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company 
and J. Woodruff individually, and find that they have been paid by the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to the account of 
J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company and J. Woodruff indi¬ 
vidually, and properly endorsed: 

No. 3. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. L. 
Jamison, cr order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

* 

[Endorsed J. L. Jamison.] 

No. 16. Columbia, S. C., March 31, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. L. 
Jamison, or order, sixty-five dollars. 

$65.00. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 

[E udorsed J. L. Jamison and the figures 138.] 

No. 33. Columbia, S. C., January 22, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. L. 
Jamison, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed J. L. Jamison and the figures 584.] 

No. 31. Columbia, S. C., June 7, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. L. 
Jamison, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50.00. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company, 
[Endorsed J. L. Jamison and the figures 139.] 


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I have examined the following check, payable to John Wilson, or 
order, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company, and 
find that it has been paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany and charged to the account of J. Woodruff for Republican Print¬ 
ing Company: 


No. 5. Columbia, S. C., March 23, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to John 
Wilson, or order, seventy-four dollars. 

$74. 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed John Wilson and the figures 138.] 


I have also examined the following check, payable to Hon. A. J. 
Ransier, or bearer, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany, and find that it has been paid by the South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company and charged to account of J. Woodruff for Republican 
Printing Company : 


No. 6 . Columbia, S. C., March 24, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Hon. 
A. J. Ransier, or bearer, two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and 
ninety cents. 

$227.90. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed with the figures 138.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to J. B. Dennis, or 
order, and bearer, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany, and find that they have been paid by the South Carolina Bank 
and Trust Company and charged to the account of J. Woodruff for Re¬ 
publican Printing Company, all properly endorsed : 

No. 34. Columbia, S. C., May 8, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. B. 
Dennis, or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed John B. Dennis and the figures 38.] 


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No. 12. Columbia, S. C., March 31, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. B. 
Dennis, or order, one hundred dollars. 

SI 00. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[En dorsed J. B. Dennis and the figures 138.] 


No. 36. Columbia, S. C., May 8, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. B. 
Dennis, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[E udorsed John B. Dennis and the figures 138.] 


I have also examined the following checks, (two,) payable to W. H. 
Jones, or order, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Com¬ 
pany, and find that one has been paid by South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company and charged to the account of J. Woodruff for Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company. One (No. 26) dated February 2, 1872, for 
$250, endorsed by W. IJ. Jones, Jr., and Isaac Sulzbacher, bears evi¬ 
dence of having been paid: 


No. 38. Columbia, S. C., May 9, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
W. H. Jones, Jr., or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed W. H. Jones, Jr., and the figures 138.] 


No. 26. Columbia, S. C., February 2, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to W. H. Jones, or order, two hundred 
and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, 

Per J. Woodruff, President. 

[Endorsed W. PI. Jones, Jr., Isaac Sulzbacher.] 

I have also examined the following check, payable to T. A. Davis, or 
order, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company, and 
find that it has been paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany and charged to the account of J. Woodruff for Republican Printing 


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Company. The following endorsement appears: “T. A. Davis. Robert 
S. Fletcher, Deputy County Treasurer, pay J. C. Roath, Esq., Cashier, 
or order. A. Simonds, President.” Which indicates that it passed 
through First National Bank of Charleston: 

No. 26. Columbia, S. C., May 17, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to T. A. 
Davis, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed T. A. Davis. Robert S. Fletcher, Deputy County Trea¬ 
surer, pay .T. C. Roath, Esq., Cashier, or order. A. Simonds, President. 
Also, the figures 139.] 

I have also examined the following check, payable to Jos. A. Green, 
or order, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company, and 
find that it has been paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany and charged to the account of J. Woodruff for Republican Print¬ 
ing Company. The following endorsement appears: No. 84. Pay 
Citizens’ Savings Bank, or order, for collection. Jos. B. Greene. Citizens’ 
Savings Bank, per H. S. Darby: 

No. 84. Columbia, S. C., April 26, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
Jos. A. Greene, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed: Pay Citizens’ Savings Bank, or order, for collection. 
Jos. A. Green. Citizens’ Savings Bank, per H. S. Darby. Jos. A. 
Greene.] 

I have also examined the following checks, payable to S. A. Swails, 
or order, and bearer, signed by J. Woodruff* for Republican Printing 
Company, and find that they have been paid by the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company and charged to the account of J. Woodruff* 
for Republican Printing Company, one of which bears the following 
endorsement: “S. A. Swails;” another, “ S. A. Swails,” “C. Waring;” 
the other, “Pay to the order of J. C. Roath, Esq., Cashier. Nathan 
Ritter, Cashier.” This last endorsement shows that it has passed through 
one of the banks in Charleston: 


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No. 18. Columbia, S. C., April 1, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. A. 
Swails, or bearer, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Eudorsed S. A. Swails and the figures 138.] 


No. 47. Columbia, S. C., July 27, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. A. 
Swails, or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed: Pay to the order of J. C. Roath, Esq., Cashier. Nathan 
Ritter, Cashier. Also, the figures 139.] 


No. —. Columbia, S. C., April 28, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. A. 
Swails, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed S. A. Swails, C. Waring, and the figures 138.] 


I have also examined the following check, payable to A. L. Singleton, 
or order, properly endorsed, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican 
Printing Company, and find that it has been paid by the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company and charged to the account of J. Woodruff 
for Republican Printing Company: 

No. 53. Columbia, S. C., February 14, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to A. L. 
Singleton, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed A. L. Singleton.] 

I have also examined the following check, payable to W. J. Whipper, 
or order, signed by J. Woodruff for Republican Printing Company, and 
find that it has been paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany and charged to the account of J. Woodruff for Republican Print¬ 
ing Company. Said check bears the following endorsement: W. J. 
Whipper. Pay J. L. Roath, Esq., Cashier, or order. A. Simonds, Presi¬ 
dent. Which shows that it passed through the First National Bank of 
Charleston : 


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No. 35. Columbia, S. C., May 8, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to W. J. 
Whipper, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed: W. J. Whipper. Pay J. L. Roath, Cashier, or order. 
H. Simonds, President. Also, the figures 138.] 

I have also examined the following check, payable to C. P. L., or 
order, signed by J. Woodruff, and find that it has been paid by the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to the account of J. 
Woodruff. Said check bears the following endorsement: 

“Pay to the Carolina National Bank, or order. C. P. Leslie. 

“C. J. IREDELL, 
“Assistant Cashier.” 

No. 30. Columbia, S. C., June 10, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. 
P. L., or order, two hundred dollars. 

$200. J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed: Pay to the Carolina National Bank, or order. C. P. Les¬ 
lie. C. J. Iredell, Assistant Cashier. Also, the figures 519.] 

Upon examination of the following check, dated February 25, 1872, 
on the Carolina National Bank, payable to J. F. Beckman, or bearer, for 
$25, endorsed by J. F. Beckman and signed by J. Woodruff, has the 
appearance of having been paid: 

No. —. Columbia, S. C., February 25, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to J. F. Beckman, or bearer, twenty-five 
dollars. 

$25. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed J. F. Beckman.] 


TESTIMONY OF LAURENCE N. ZEALY. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., June 11, 1878. 
Laurence N. Zealv, being recalled, says: 

I have examined the following check, No. 17, payable to cash, signed 
by J. Woodruff, amounting to five thousand dollars: 



153 


No. 17. Columbia, S. C., January 19, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, five thousand dollars. 

$5,000. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed “ A ” and the figures 584.] 

and find on reference to Journal “A,” page 437, of books South Caro¬ 
lina Bank and Trust Company, on Saturday, January 1873, check for 
five thousand dollars, charged to J. Woodruff. The check bears date 19th 
January, 1873, and, the necessary amount of funds being to the credit of 
J. Woodruff, was charged to his account on Saturday, the 18th January, 
1873, Sunday being the 19th January, 1873. I also find, in individual 
ledger, page 584, as designated on margin of Journal “A,” page 437, the 
same amount charged to J. Woodruff, an 1 that said check appears by 
following deposit slip, viz.: 

SOUTH CAROLINA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, 

Columbia, January 18, 1873. 

Deposited by 

Hon. ROBERT SMALLS. 


Gold. 



Currency. 



Checks W.. 

$5,000 




m 











Total. 







The above having been placed to the credit of Hon. Robert Smalls; 
for, upon examination of Journal B, page 437, Saturday, January 18, 
1873,1 find the following entry: “Hon. Robert Smalls credited five 
thousand dollars.” And by reference to the following number (875) on 
said page, 437 of Journal B, which number (875) refers to the number 
of the page on which the account headed “ Hon. Robert Smalls” appears, 
the following entry is found: “1873, January 18th. By deposit, (No. 
437,) $5,000. (Individual Ledger.)” Said deposit check referred to 
above bears the letter “ W,” after the word “check,” on same line, which 
indicates that the deposit made was a check ; and it was the habit of the 
























officers of the bank, when a check was deposited by any person, to place 
the first letter of the maker of the check’s name upon the deposit slip. 
From the appearance of this letter “W,” and the entry in the books, I 
have no hesitation in saying that it refers to the check of J. Woodruff, 
charged on the same day to J. Woodruff’s account, and placed to the 
credit of Hon. Robert Smalls. 

I have also examined the following checks, and find that they have 
been paid by the South Carolina Bank aud Trust Company and charged 
to the account of J. Woodruff,—eight in number: 

No. 21. Columbia, S. C., January 19, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank aud Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, five thousand dollars. 

$ 5 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 584.] 

No. 22. Columbia, S. C., January 18, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, three thousand dollars. 

$3,000. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 581.] 

4 

No. 2. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two thousand dollars. 

$ 2 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 584.] 

No. 12. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash* 
or bearer, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

No. 13. Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 


J. WOODRUFF. 


155 


No. 24. Columbia, S. C. t January 22, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 584.] 

No. 15. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

No. 30. Columbia, S. C, January 22, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Eudorsed with the figures 584.] 

I have also examined the following checks, five in number, payable to 
cash, or bearer, and signed by J. Woodruff, and find that they have been 
paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and charged to 
the account of J. Woodruff: 

No. 48. Columbia, S. C., February 6, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 591.] 

No. 54. Columbia, S. C., February 14, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

$ 

No. 56. ' Columbia, S. C., February 17, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[En dorsed with the figures 591.] 


156 


No. 64. Columbia, S. C., February 25, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 591.] 


No. 67. Columbia, S. C., February 27, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


[Endorsed with the figures 591.] 


I have also examined the following checks, twenty-four in number, 
payable to W. H. Jones, Jr., J. Lee (three), G. F. McIntyre, H. J. 
Maxwell, J. M. Smith (three), C. Smith, J. Holliushead (two), J. H. 
White (four), E. E. Dickson, S. Ford, R. H. Gleaves, C. D. Hayne, A. 
L. Singleton, W. E. Johnston, signed by J. Woodruff, and find that they 
have been paid by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and 
charged to account of J. Woodruff: 


No. 11. Columbia, S. C\, January 17, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to W. H, 
Jones, Jr., or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed W. IT. Jones, Jr.] 


No. 43. Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. Lee } 
cr order, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed John Lee.] 

No. 7. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. Lee, 
or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 584.] 


157 


No. 35. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. Lee, 
or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed John Lee and the figures 584.] 


No. 42. Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to G. F. 
McIntyre, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 


[En dorsed George F. McIntyre.] 


J. WOODRUFF. 

/ 


No. 9. Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to H. J. 
Maxwell, or order, one thousand dollars. 

$ 1 , 000 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed H. J. Maxwell.] 


No. 60. Columbia, S. C., February 22,1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. M. 
Smith, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed Jas. M. Smith and the figures 591.] 

No. 59. Columbia, S. C., February 18, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. M. 
Smith, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed Jas. M. Smith and the figures 591.] 

No. 22. Columbia, S. C., January 18, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. M. 
Smith, or order, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed Jas. M. Smith and the figures 584.] 


158 


No. 36. Columbia, S. C., January 25, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
C. Smith, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed C. Smith and the figures 584.] 

No. 16. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. 
Hollinshead, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed J. Hollinshead.] 

No. —. Columbia, S. C., February 7, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to J. Hollinshead, or 

i 

bearer, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 591.] 

No. 5. Columbia, S. C., March 23, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. H. 
White, or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 584.] 

Mo. 66. Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. H. 
White, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed J. H. White.] 


No. 23. Columbia, S. C., January 18, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. H. 
White, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed J. H. White.] 


159 


No. 45. Columbia, S. C., February 4, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. H. 
White, or order, twenty-five dollars. 

$25.00. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed J. H. White.] 


No. 5. Columbia, S. C., January 14, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to E. E. 
Dickson, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed E. E. Dickson and the figures 584.] 

No. 32. Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1873. • 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
S. Ford, or bearer, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 584.] 


No. 18. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Hon. 
R. H. Gleaves, or order, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed R. Howell Gleaves.] 


No. 37. Columbia, S. C., May 9, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. D. 
Hayue, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 


J. WOODRUFF, 
For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed C. D. Hayne and the figures 138.] 


No. 69. Columbia, S. C., February 28, 1873. 

Sonth Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. D. 
Hayne, or order, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed C. D. Hayne and the figures 191.] 


160 


No. 10. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. D. 
D. Hayne, or order, five hundred dollars. 

1500. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


[Endorsed C. D. Hayne.] 


No. 25. Columbia, S. C., May 4, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to A. L. 
Singleton, or order, fifty dollars. 


J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed A. L. Singleton and the figures 138.] 

No. 74. Columbia, S. C., March 8, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to W. E. 
Johnston, or order, two hundred and twenty five dollars. 

$225. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed W. E. Johnston and the figures 597.] 

I have carefully examined the following checks, seventy in number, 
drawn on the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, signed by A. 
O. Jones, payable to and endorsed by the following persons, viz.: Levi 
Lee, J. C. Tingman, D. C. Woolf, Aug. Simkins, D. P. McLaurin, John 
Lilly, John A. Barker, Charles Simms, W. H. Frasier, H. H. Ellison, 
R. B. Artson, C. Minort, Prince Young, Edward Petty, D Graham, Nel¬ 
son Davies, J. D. Boston, P. R. Rivers, Henry Riley, James Young, J. 
T. Gilmore, N. T. Spencer, Paris Simkins, Thomas H. Martin, R. Tarle- 
ton, Gloster Holland, J. Felder Myers, R. W. Turner, S. Smalls, E. M. 
Sumter, E. Cain, J. C. Wilson, S. Green, Win. Danuerly, (endorsed A. 
Dannerly,) C. H. Sperry, Richard Bryan, C. J. Andell, Thos. Hamilton, 
Coesar Sullivan, N. B. Myers, John Boston, J. A. Bowley, Jonas Mills, 
C. F. North, S. J. Keith, S. S. Bridges, Tim Hurley, Esq., Limus Sim¬ 
mons. 

I find that all of them have been paid by the South Carolina Bank 
and Trust Company and charged to the account of A. O. Jones. 

Also, the following three checks, payable to the following persons; 
R. M. Smith, Mr. LeGrand Benedict and Carolina National Bank, signed 
by A. O. Jones, which I find have been paid by the South Carolina Bank 
and Trust Company and charged to account of A. O. Jones: 


161 


No. 194. Columbia, S. C., February 27, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Levi 
Lee, or order, twenty dollars. 

$ 20 . 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Levi Lee.] 


No. 187. Columbia, S. C., February 25, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. C. 
Tingman, or order, twenty-live dollars. 

$25. 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed J. C. Tingman and the figures 587.] 


No. 23. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Aug. 
Simkins, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Augustus Simkins.] 


No. 65. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to D. C. 
Wolfe, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed D. C. Wolfe.] 

» 

No. 69. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. , 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to D. P. 
McLaurin, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed D. P. McLaurin.] 


No. 84. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to John 
Lilly, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed John Lilly.] 


14 


162 


No. 172. Columbia, S. C., February 19, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to John 
A. Barker, Esq., or order, four hundred and fifty dollars. 

$450. 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed John A. Barker and the figures 587.] 


No. 104. Columbia, S. C., January 22, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. A. 
Barker, or order, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed J. A. Barker.] 


No. 118. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to John 
A. Barker, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250.. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed John A. Barker.] 


No. 183. Columbia, S. C., February 21, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Charles 
Simms, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 

[En dorsed Charles Simms and the figures 587.] 


No. 5. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to W. 
H. Frazier, or order, fifty dollars. 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed W. H. Frazier and the figures 559.] 

No. 14. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to H. H. 
Ellison, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


[Endorsed H. H. Ellison and the figures 539.] 


A. O. JONES. 


163 


No. 45. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. B. 
Artson, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed R. B. Artson.] 


No. 121. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. B. 
Artson, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[En dorsed R. B. Artson.] 


No. 7. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. B. 
Artson, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


[Endorsed R. B. Artson.] 


A. O. JONES, 


No. 126. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. 
Minort, or order, four hundred dollars. 

$400. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed C. Minort and the figures 587.] 


No. 98. Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. 
Minort, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed C. Minort.] 

No. 71. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Prince 
Young, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


[Endorsed Prince Young.] 


A. O. JONES. 


164 


No. 77. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to B. H. 
Nerland, or order, fifty dollars. 

$ 50 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed with the figures 587.] 

No. 47. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Edward 
Petty, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Ed. Petty.] 


No. 24. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to D. 
Graham, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed Daniel Graham.] 


No. 66. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Nelson 
Davies, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Nelson Davies.] 


No. 118. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. D. 
Boston, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed with the figures 587.] 


No. 177. Columbia, S. C., February 20, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. D. 
Boston, Esq., or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed Joseph D. Boston and the figures 587.] 


165 


No. 32. CoLUMBrA, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. D 
Boston, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. • 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Joseph D. Boston.] 


No. 62. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to P. R. 
Rivers, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed P. R. Rivers and the figures 559.] 


No. 82. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Henry 
Riley, or order, fifty dollars. 

* $50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Henry Riley.] 


No. 83. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to James 


Young, or order, fifty dollars. 


§50. 

A. O. JONES. 

No. 29. 

• 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 


South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. T. 
Gilmore, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed John T. Gilmore.] 


No. 172. Columbia, S. C., February 25, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to N. T. 
Spencer, or order, sixty dollars. 


$60. 

[Endorsed N. T. Spencer and the figures 587.] 


A. O. JONES. 


No. 44. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company; of Columbia, pay to N. T. 
Spencer, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 


[Endorsed N. T. Spencer.] 


A. O. JONES. 


166 


No. 63. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Paris 
Simkins, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed P. Simkins.] 


No. 55. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
Thomas H. Martin, or order, twenty-live dollars. 

$25. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Thomas H. Martin and the figures 559.] 


No. 112. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. 
Tarleton fifty dollars. 

' $50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[En dorsed R. S. Tarleton.] 


No. 195. Columbia, S. C., February 27, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. 
Tarleton, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed R. S. Tarleton.] 


No. 4. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. 
Tarleton, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed R. Tarleton and the figures 559.] 


No. 51. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
Gloster Holland, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Gloster Holland.] 


167 


No. 94. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. 
Felder Myers, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$ 300 . 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed J. Felder Myers and the figures 559.] 


No. 102. Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. 
Felder Myers, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

A. O. JONES. 

[En dorsed J. Felder Myers and the figures 559.] 

No. 58. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. W. 
Turner, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed R. W. Turner.] 


No. 3. Columbia, S. C., January 13th, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. 
Smalls, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed S. Smalls. 


No. 110. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. 
Smalls, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed S Smalls and the figures 587.] 

No. 91. Columbia, January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to E. M. 
Sumpter, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. ■ 


[Endorsed E. M. Sumpter.] 


A. O. JONES. 


f 


m 


No. 107. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to E. M. 
Sumpter, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed E. M. Sumpter and the figures 577.] 


No. 28. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to E. 
Cain, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Everidge Cain.] 


No. 34. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. C. 
Wilson, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed J. Clem Wilson.] 

No. 109. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. 
Green, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Samuel Green.] 


No. 13. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. 
Green, or order, two hundred dollars and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Samuel Green and the figures 559.] 

No. 97. Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. 
Green, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 


[Endorsed Samuel Green.] 


A. O. JONES. 


169 


No. 115. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. 
Green, or order, one hundred and ninety dollars. 

$ 190 . 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Samuel Green.] 


No. 87. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to A. 
Dannerly, or order, twenty-live dollars. 

$25. 


his 

[Endorsed A. M Dannerly. 
mark. 


A. O. JONEvS. 
John S. Wiley, witness.] 


No. 20. Columbia, S. C., January 14, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. 11. 
Sperry, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars.] 

$250. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed C. H. Sperry.] 


No. 123. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. H. 
Sperry, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Chas. H. Sperry and the figures 587.] 


No. 74. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
Richard Bryan, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed R. Bryan and the figures 587.] 


No. 156. Columbia, S. C., February 6, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. 
Bryan, or order, ten dollars. 

$10 

A. O. JONES. 


[Endorsed R. Bryan and the figures 587.] 


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No. 125. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. J. 
Andell, or order, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed: Pay E. E. Dickson. C. J. Andell. E. E. Dickson. And 
the figures 587.] 

No. 151. Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to 
Thomas Hamilton, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed T. Hamilton.] 


No. 72. Columbia, S. C., January 10, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Caesar 
Sullivan, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 


his 


[E ndorsed Caesar M Sullivan.] 

mark 


No. 10. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to N. B. 

Myers, or-, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 


A. O. JONES. 


[End orsed N. B. Myers and the figures 559.] 


No. 150. Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to N. B. 
Myers, or order, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 

A. O. JONES. 

[E ndorsed N. B. Myers.] 


No. 73. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to John 
Boston, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 


A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed John Boston.] 



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No. 100. Columbia, S. C., January 22, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to J. A. 
Bowley, or order, forty-four hundred dollars. 

$4,400. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Jas. A. Bowley.] 

No. 56. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Jas. 
A. Bowley, or order, three hundred dollars. 

$300. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Jas. A. Bowley.] 


No. 70. Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to James 
Mills, or order, fifty dollars. 


$50. 


A. O. JONES. 


his 

[Endorsed James ^ Mills.] 

mark 


No. 48. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. F. 
North, or order, fifty dollars. * 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed C. F. North.] 

No. 184. Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. J. 
Keith, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Samuel J. Keith and the figures 587.] 

No. 100. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, ot Columbia, pay to S. J. 
Keith, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 


[Endorsed Samuel J. Keith.] 


A. O. JONES. 


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No. 6 . Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. J. 
Keith, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Samuel J. Keith and the figures 559.] 

No. 39. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to S. S. 
Bridges, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed S. S. Bridges.] 

No. 140. Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Tim 
Hurley, Esq., or order, twenty-five hundred dollars. 

$2,500. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Timothy Hurley and the figures 587.] 

No. 28. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Limus 
Simmons, or order, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed Limus Simmons.] 

No. 101. Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Mr. 
LeGrand Benedict, or order, twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars. 
$2,250. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed “For B. A. Bosemon.”] 

No. 103. Columbia, S. C., January 27, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to Caro¬ 
lina National Bank, or order, five hundred dollars. 

$500. 

A. O. JONES. 

[Endorsed with the figures 587 and the words: “To take up note of 
C. Minort.”] 


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No. 49. Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1873. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to R. M. 
Smith, (loan,) or bearer, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

A. O. JONES. 


I know that the names of the parties to whom the checks were payable 
were members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. 

L. N. ZEALY. 


OTHER CHECKS, 

TURNED IN BY WOODRUFF AND REFERRED TO IN HIS 

EVIDENCE. 


No. 9. Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to cash, or bearer, eight hundred and 
fifty dollars. 

$850. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

No. —. Columbia, S. C., January 13, 1872. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred and thirty-eight dollars. 

$238. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 548.] 

No. —. Columbia, S. C., January 5, 1872. 

South Carolina Bank, and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

# 

No. —. Columbia, S. G., January 8, 1872. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, two hundred dollars. 

$ 200 . 


[Endorsed with the figures 548.] 


J. WOODRUFF. 




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No. 3. Columbia, S. C., January 19, 1873. 

Carolina National Bank pay to cash, or bearer, one hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

No. 11. Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to cash, or bearer, oue hundred dollars. 

$ 100 . 

J. WOODRUFF. 

No. —. Columbia, S. C., February 19, 1872. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to cash, 
or bearer, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 548.] 

No. 22. Columbia, S. C., May 2, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to H. H. 
Hunter, or order, two hundred and fifty dollars. 

$250. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed: H. IT. Hunter. Pay to the order of J. C. Roath, Cashier. 
Nathan Ritter, Cashier. Also, the figures 38.] 

No. —. Columbia, S. C., January 25, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company pay to F. Arnim.or bearer, 
two hundred and thirty dollars. 

$230. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

[Endorsed with the figures 504.] 

No. 49. Columbia, S. C., January 22, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to G. F. 
McIntyre, or bearer, fifty dollars. 

$50. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed with the figures 138.] 

No. 23. Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1872. 

Carolina National Bank pay to J. A. Bowley, or order, fifty dollars. 
$50.00. 

REPUBLICAN PRINTING COMPANY, 

Per Woodruff, President. 


[Endorsed J. A. Bowley.] 


No. 2. Columbia, S. C., March 20, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to loan, 
(C. P. L.,) or bearer, seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

$750. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed with the figures 138.] 

No. 37. Columbia, S. C., May 9, 1871. 

South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of Columbia, pay to C. D. 
Hayne, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars. 

$150. 

J. WOODRUFF, 

For Republican Printing Company. 
[Endorsed: C. D Hayne. J. H. Beckman. Murphy & Little. Pay 
W. B. Gulick, Cashier, or order, for collection, for South Carolina Loan 
and Trust Company. Also the figures 138.] 


Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Josephus Woodruff, being recalled, says: 

In making payments to Senators, I often drew checks payable to cash 
or bearer. The checks in the hands of the Committee payable to cash 
or bearer, and bearing date January, 1873, February and March of same 
year, are of this class. Each and every one of them were given to Sen¬ 
ators in consideration of their support of the Joint Resolution appro¬ 
priating $250,000 to pay the claims of the Republican Printing Company. 
In most instances where I drew a check of this character I made a note 
of it in my diary, and find that most of the checks mentioned by me in 
my diary are among those turned over to the Committee. The checks 
payable to cash or bearer dated previous to the year 1873 were given to 
Senators under the arrangement made to divide amounts drawn on 
printing pay certificates issued as gratification. Check payable to H. H. 
Hunter, a member from Charleston County, was one of this class. In 
reference to other checks now in the hands of the Committee, not men¬ 
tioned in evidence given heretofore, [ desire to state that each and every 
one of them were given to members of the Senate and House in con¬ 
sideration of their aiding the company by their votes or influence in 
securing appropriations for public printing. 


J. WOODRUFF. 













AT THE REGULAR SESSION 1877-7S. 




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REPORT. 


PAY CERTIFICATES. 


The legislative pay certificate was the fountain-head and nursery of 
many of the frauds, forgeries and perjuries exposed in this report. 
Through this source the most flagrant violations of law were committed, 
whereby the State was annually robbed of amounts ranging from two 
hundred thousand to one million of dollars, including fraudulent print¬ 
ing certificates, which were collected and divided between the officials, 
Senators, members of the House and political hangers-on of the admin¬ 
istration. To perpetuate the power and influence of the Republican party, 
it was necessary to have a ready and unfailing reservoir of funds. No 
simpler or easier way suggested itself than the issuing of pay certificates 
by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. Thus it 
became not only possible but practicable to perpetuate the numerous 
frauds in the public printing and supplies, to which we have already 
referred. Indeed, this, like the famous hydra, threw out its hundred 
heads, encircling and poisoning every department of the government, and 
giving comfort and support to local leaders. In its trail followed the low, 
despicable forgeries and perjuries necessary to effect the end proposed. 
It is not surprising that the poor and ignorant members of the General 
Assembly fell into these practices when they were conceived and brought 
forth by such adroit swindlers as those who led. This immense fund 
produced and nurtured a bond ring, a printing ring and this legislative 
ring—the most popular and at the same time most unscrupulous. It is 
evident, from the testimony, that such a source of revenue as this was 
indispensable to silence any complaint and to pacify the fears of the 
timid and the greed of the avaricious, whilst the other great rings were 
in successful progress. « 

Among the many remarkable and famous leaders in this enterprise, 
without at all intending to disparage the claims of others, your Commit¬ 
tee must mention the names of F. J. Moses, who issued aud sold, and 
John J. Patterson, who became the purchaser. These two stand out 
out in bold relief, as twin stars, shedding a baleful “light” upon all who 
approached them. The evidence which we append will fully justify the 




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conclusion which your Committee has reached. The table submitted 
with this report shows, among other things, that in one session there was 
issued $1,168,255 in pay certificates, (not including printing certificates,) 
every dollar of which was a robbery, except about two hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars due the members of the Senate and House and regularly- 

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elected and appointed attachee3 of the General Assembly. The evidence 
of more than one witness shows that it was a race between the bond 
ring, composed of a limited number, and the General Assembly, as to 
who should receive the most of the money raised by taxation and the 
sale of bonds. It was decided that the greatest good could be accom¬ 
plished by distributing the money to the greatest number, and members 
of the General Assembly, therefore, became the beneficiaries. An unlim¬ 
ited number of certificates were issued on the written or verbal order of 
the presiding officers, and of Chairmen of Standing or Special Commit¬ 
tees. Clerk Woodruff says “that nearly every one who told a tale of 
distress from Ku-Kluxism, or of suffering on account of their politics, was 
given a pay certificate.” In addition to this the contingent fund swelled 
to an enormous amount through the system of furnishing liquors, wines, 
cigars, groceries, jewelry and almost every conceivable article under the 
head of “sundries;” and large numbers of certificates were issued rang¬ 
ing in amounts from $500 to $5,000 each. These were gratification cer¬ 
tificates. This method was resorted to as the best means of harmonizing 
the “friends,” as the leaders were then called. At one session at least 
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars were issued in this way for Senate 
purposes, and when objections were made, they were met by the reply 
that “these are small matters and the State does not suffer from them ; 
that it was only a fight between the representatives of the people and the 
vultures of the bond ring.” 

It appears from the evidence and a large number of certificates in the 
Treasurer’s office that the Clerk often transposed the initials of the 
names of the party receiving these fraudulent certificates. 

Woodruff continues: “The certificate drawn to the order of ‘ L. F. 
Christopher’ for $2,500 is one of this class, and was drawn for the purpose 
of paying the expeuses of a Committee to Washington in opposition to 
one sent by the Taxpayers’ Convention.” 

The taxpayers not only paid their own Committee’s expenses, but 
were made to defray that of the thieves, who plead before the national 
administration for more time and the protection of bayonets to enable 
them to keep up the role of robbery of the people. 

Senator B. F. Whittemore was the spokesman and leading member of 
this Committee. This information is comment enough. 

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Woodruff adds that this certificate was drawn on the order of Lieuten¬ 
ant Governor Gleaves, who said Cardozo would take care of it. The 
initials “L. F. C.” represent F. L. Cardozo. 

This certificate was collected by Ex-Governor R. K. Scott, and bears 
the following endorsement in his handwriting: 

“Mr. Cardozo promises to pay this January first, 1875.” 

Woodruff also says: “The certificate for 82,500, payable to A. B. 
Jordan, was for James A. Bowley, Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means in the House. Another, payable to J. M. Foreman, 
amounting to 82,500, was for Governor F. J. Moses,—the initials in 
each being merely transposed. Such certificates were usually ordered 
after a meeting and consultation of the presiding officers with the State 
Treasurer and Chairmen of the Committee of Ways and Means in the 
House and Finance in the Senate.” 

Thus it will be seen that the Chairmen of the most important Com¬ 
mittees joined in a conspiracy with others to defraud the State. 

He further says that “certificates payable to T. C. Andlow repre¬ 
sented Senator T. C. Andrews; one to D. C. Higby represented Sen¬ 
ator C. D. Hayne.” 

When the witness (Woodruff) was shown the following list, he stated 
that the paper is in the handwritiug of Lieutenant Governor Gleaves 
and represents an order given to draw certificates for the Senators. The 
first column indicates the amount demanded by each Senator; the second 
column the amounts allowed by the Lieutenant Governor. Certificates 
were drawn in accordance with these instructions: 


Amount Allowed. 


Senator T. C. Andrews.8300 

Senator L. Cain. 300 

Senator F’. A. Clinton. 300 

Senator H. C. Corwin. 300 

Senator E. E. Dickson. 300 

Senator C. D. Hayne . 300 

Senator J. C. Hope. 200 

Senator W. R. Jervey. 300 

Senator W. E. Johnston. 300 

Senator John Lee..... 200 

Senator Moses Martin. 200 

Senator C. Smith. 300 

Senator J. M. Smith. 300 

Senator J. H. White. 200 

Senator B. F. Whittemore. 300 


Amount Demanded. 


C. T. Andlow .8500 

L. Crosby. 500 

A. F. Cants. 500 

C. H. Chissom. 500 

Ed. Dillon. 500 

D. C. Higby. 500 

C. J. Herrin. 500 

R. W. Jinkins. 500 

E. W. Johns. 500 

John Leavy. 500 

M. Mas to i,i. 500 

Charles Simeou. 500 

M. J. Lundery. 500 

H. J. Whitecomb. 500 

B. Wharton. 500 

































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Fraudulent certificates were thus issued for fifteen Senators under ficti¬ 
tious names, in which, however, their initials are preserved, and, though 
transposed or reversed, are clearly identified. Mr. Woodruff continu¬ 
ing, says: “That he is satisfied that J. C. Hope did not receive the one 
made out to order of C. J. Herrin.” The Treasurer’s books show that 
Senator W. R. Jervey collected his, and that Governor Scott collected 
those drawn in the name of D. C. Higby, C. T. Andlow, and a few others 
of this lot. Senator John Lee sold his to William M. Fine. (See his 
evidence). The evidence of Messrs. Woodruff and Lee proves that a 
legislative pay certificate, drawn payable to the order of C. L. Frankfort, 
for $4,000, (the initials of which are those of F. L. Cardozo,) was issued 
at the suggestion of Treasurer F. L. Cardozo, and was divided equally 
between Cardozo, Lieutenant Governor Gleaves, Speaker S. J. Lee, 
Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate, and A. O. Jones, Clerk of the 
House. Lee testifies that “ he and Lieutenant Governor Gleaves received 
eight hundred dollars each in certificates of indebtedness of Republican 
Printing Company from F. L. Cardozo, at his (Cardozo’s) house, and he 
told them that he had his own share.” Woodruff testifies “that he re¬ 
ceipted to Cardozo for $2,400 in certificates of indebtedness, and took the 
legislative pay certificates, leaving a balance of $800 each for Clerk 
Jones and himself.” The books of the Treasurer show that the certificate 
was paid February 3, 1874. The books of the Republican Printing 
Company show that on February 5th, 1874, the account of Woodruff 
was credited with $800, and that of Jones for a like amount. Opposite 
the entries is written “on certificate for $4,000.” The credits also 
appear on the day book and ledger in the handwriting of the book-keeper, 
Mr. Jackson. Mr. Cardozo has been tried in this case and convicted by 
an impartial jury, a majority of whom were of his own race and party. 
When the witness (Woodruff*) was shown a certificate purporting to be 
for a claim passed by the Legislature for $1,000, payable to the Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company, he said “it was one of many issued in a batch, 
amounting to $18,741.94, which were divided and shared between the 
company, State officials and Senators.” Among this number we find 
one paid to Senator W. B. Nash. It also appears from the evidence that 
each member of the Committee appointed to annually examine the books 
of the Treasurer and Comptroller General almost invariably received a 
six hundred dollar certificate for work performed in six days, or one 
hundred dollars 'per day. 

The evidence and certificates in the Treasurer’s office prove that many 
thousands of dollars in certificates were issued to defray the imaginarv 
expenses of the “High Old Joint Committee” for clerks, experts, room 
rent, &c., not a dollar of which was an honest claim. We refer to evi¬ 
dence of General Dennis, wherein he says: “This Committee were for 


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a while paid out of the‘armed force fund.’ They departed for New 
York ou the 9th of June, 1871. They called on the Financial Agent, 
Kimpton, and there met Attorney General Chamberlain. After consulta¬ 
tion with them both, it was agreed that Kimpton should pay all expenses 
of the Committee; that in order to give Kimpton a little recreation, 
they took a recess for one month; Hurley went to Boston, Whittemore 
to East Woburn, Massachusetts, Svvails to Elmira, New York, and he 
thinks Gardiner went to Saratoga with Kimpton.” 

Thus our representatives whiled away their hours at fashionable re¬ 
sorts, planning and scheming to rob the people, who were compelled to 
pay their bills. The published reports show that Kimpton paid this 
Committee more than $17,000. General Dennis testifies that “only 
$12,501.32 of this amount was actually paid the Committee, including 
incidental expenses, room rent and clerk hire; that the highest amount 
paid any member by Kimpton was $3,108, and the smallest $1,284.” 
In addition to amounts paid from the armed force fund and from Kimp¬ 
ton, your Committee find that other large sums were paid to the several 
members of the Committee hy legislative pay certificates. Dennis, 
Jones and Woodruff testify that large accounts were made out and ren¬ 
dered against the State for alleged services on this Committee.—some of 
which are in the handwriting of Senator B. F. Whittemore. By adding 
the amounts paid out of the armed force fund and bv Kimpton to that 
paid in legislative pay certificates, we find that the members of this 
Committee were paid for the time actually employed from twenty to 
sixty dollars each per day. Although there was no authority of law to 
justify these payments by the Financial Agent, they were evidently 
inspired and advised by Attorney General Chamberlain—himself a 
member of the Financial Board. A margin of time was necessary to 
“cook the books” of the agency and to make them ready for the inspec¬ 
tion of this virtuous Committee, all the more important, not to avoid 
exposure, but to deprive the members of the opportunity and pretext for 
blackmail. That the books of the Financial Agent were remodeled to 
suit the emergency will appear in another portion of this report. It 
would have been the very height and depth of villainy on the part of 
these creatures to pay for this acquittance out of their own unrighteous 
gains and commissions; but it goes beyond expression when we know 
that every dollar of this expenditure was included in Kimpton’s account 
against the State and balanced in the settlement made with him by 
Scott, Parker and Chamberlain as they left their offices in 1872. 

We now present for your consideration the evidence of General Dennis 
and ex Governor Moses, in which it is shown that fraudulent pay certifi¬ 
cates amounting to $5,000 were issued in the name of J. G. Gershon- 
and were divided between Speaker Moses and Lieutenant Governor 


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Ransier. Dennis says: “The Speaker thought he ought to have some¬ 
thing, and made out a bill for $2,500, which, as Chairman, I approved. 
When the certificate was presented to Lieutenant Governor Ransier, 
President of the Senate, for his signature, he refused to sign it unless he 
(Ransier) could be paid an equal amount. I was sent for, and \vent 
down to the State House and found Ransier and Moses in the Speaker’s 
room. Moses said: ‘Governor Rausier refuses to sign this certificate 
unless he can have one for a similar amount.’ So it was agreed that he 
should have it. The first bill was destroyed, and the following (also 
entirely fictitious) was made out to cover the two amounts for Speaker 
Moses and Lieutenant Governor Ransier:” 

State of South Carolina, 

To JOHN GERSHON, Dr. 

For room rent, fees, &c., for the Joint Special Investigating 

Committee in New York.$5,000 00 

Dennis further says “that the certificates were issued and divided 
between Moses and Ransier; that, an additional compensation of $1,500 
being allowed him as Chairman, bills were made out covering the amount 
and certificates issued and signed by Ransier and Moses.” This evidence 
is corroborated by ex-Governor Moses, Woodruff and Jones, who testify 
that the certificates issued in the name of J. C. Gershon were to pay 
some real or imaginary claims of the “Old High Joint.” The Gershon 
certificates are in the vaults of the Treasurer’s office, cancelled and paid. 

It also appears that a $5,000 certificate was issued to Senator B. F. 
Whittemore, for the purpose of purchasing the portraits of Lincoln and 
Sumner for the Senate. Most of this amount has been paid him, but 
the portraits are not to be found, and it is presumed that Senator Whit¬ 
temore pocketed them when preparing for flight from the State. 

In reference to a passed claim certificate, No. 14, for $2,300, payable 
to the Columbia Union-Herald, Mr. Woodruff says “it was one of the 
‘ mistakes,’ and that he believes J. G. Thompson knew he had no right 
to the money when he collected it.” Woodruff, continuing, says con¬ 
cerning certificates issued to J. N. Dobson for $042 and C. N. Smith for 
$642 as Committee clerks, “ that no such persons served ; if they had, he 
would have known it.” These certificates were collected by Associate 
Justice Wright, and beaf the following endorsements: “ Per C. N. Smith 
for J. J. Wright,” and “Per J. N. Dobson for J. J. Wright.” 

Judge Wright, when summoned before the Committee, testified as 
follows: I know that at one time several years ago I let tw 7 o young 

men, who, as well as I remember, represented themselves as attachees of 
the General Assembly, have some money—about twenty-five dollars to 



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one and fifty dollars to the other—and took as collateral security pay 
certificates from each. I think this was during Parker’s term of office. 
I do not know the names of the parties, nor have I ever seen them since. 
I made inquiry for them but could not find them. I am not positive 
about the handwriting of the endorsement upon the certificates. My 
impression is that it is my signature on the back of the Dobson certifi¬ 
cate, and perhaps on the other, but I do not speak positively. I now 
ask leave to retract what I said in reference to the endorsements since a 
more careful inspection. I could not have written the entire endorse¬ 
ment, for the English is too bad; the language is not mine.” 

Your Committee leave the matter with you to judge where this man 
obtained these certificates, and whether it is a probable story that young 
men who were strangers to him would give him $1,284 worth of State 
paper for 875 without his ever hearing of them again. His testimony 
that he did not know them, and in the next moment saying he made 
inquiry for them, and.his confused statement in reference to the endorse¬ 
ment, together with the fact that he only objected to the “English,” and 
could see nothing wrong in law or in morals in the act of signing 
another man’s name, place him in no enviable light before the public. 

Of the certificates presented, Mr. Woodruff designated more than 
860,000 as “gratification certificates ” issued for the State officials and 
Senators, and named Senators Owens, Whittemore, Nash, Gaillard and 
others as recipients of portions of them. By reference to Woodruff’s 
evidence, it will be seen that a fraudulent certificate was issued to Sen- 
ator Robert Smalls for a large amount. Woodruff testifies that certifi¬ 
cates were issued to various Senators out of the Senate contingent fund 
and divided between them. Senator Cain corroborates this statement in 
his evidence, and implicates Senators B. F. Whittemore, Nash, Jervey, 
Gaillard, J. M. Smith, Dublin I. Walker, J. H. White and himself. 
Woodruff says: “ Certificates were issued for ‘supplies,’ not only for 
necessary articles, but frequently as a bonus or gratification to Senators.” 
On examination of the vouchers, we find that this was true and that im¬ 
mense sums were thus annually expended. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House from 1868 to 1876, says “it was 
made his duty to attest the signature of the Speaker; that he never 
questioned the right of the Speaker to order his warrant on the State 
Treasurer; that the issue of certificates was enormous in number and 
amounts, and the pressure upon the presiding officers by members of the 
Senate and House to have certificates issued to their friends, political 
and otherwise, for sinecures and gratuities increased at every session. 
The issue ran to the highest point at the session of 1871-72, when the 
orders on the State Treasurer, drawn by the Speaker of the House, 
amounted to over a half million of dollars, two-thirds of which were for 
sinecures and gratuities.” 


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“Among the papers of the Committee, of which they desire an explan¬ 
ation, I recognize the following,”—and here he names five certificates, 
purporting to have been given to clerks and messengers, for $405 each, 
collected by Dr. J. L. Neagle, then Comptroller General. 

He says “ he knows no such parties and believes them to be gratui¬ 
ties.” 

Jones makes the same statement in regard to eleven others of a similar 
nature, calling for $486 each, collected by J. L. Watson, Treasurer of 
York County. Sixty odd other certificates, issued by the Speaker of 
the House, ranging in amounts from $321 to $642 each, and aggregating 
$26,000, were presented to him for inspection and he pronounced them 
all gratuities; knew of no such persons as those named in the'certificates, 
and that no service was rendered for them. 

Your Committee only presented to Jones a very few of the large 
number of these certificates in their possession. By reference to his 
evidence, hundreds of names of fictitious persons will be found in the 
body of certificates and described by him as gratuities. Sixty of the 
certificates referred to were collected by F. S. Jacobs, T. J. Coghlan, 
Treasurer of Sumter County, J. B. Lowry and G. W. Waterman, the 
two last being brothers-in-law of Governor R. K. Scott. The certificates 
collected by Waterman and Lowry, according to evidence of F. J. 
Moses, were given to Governor Scott in cancellation of a debt due him by 
Moses, and that he, (Scott,) consenting to this arrangement, allowed 
Crews to turn over a sum of $10,000 due Moses on a bribe promised him 
by Patterson on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad consolidating 
Bill. 

Your Committee cannot refrain from presenting you a literal copy of 
some of the orders given by Speaker Moses, showing, as they do, the 
reckless and dishonest manner of conducting the affairs of State: 


“ My Dear Jones —Please make out for me, and send by bearer, the 
following certificates. I want them by 10 o’clock. I will not ask for 
any more: Clerks—Wm. Nettles, Charles Jones, Waring Mikell, 
Stephen Wilcox. Messengers—Ephraim Simms, Washington Gilbert, 
Jonas Gilmore, Samuel Knox. Pages—Eddie Simms, Tom Burton. 
Please make them all out from November 28th, 1871. 

“ Sincerely, 


F. J. M., Speaker.” 


Again he writes: 

“ My Dear Osceola —Please send me, by bearer, a certificate for 
$4,300 in favor of J. H. & M. L. Kinard for ‘sundries furnished;’ 


and one for $1,500 in favor of Hardy Solomon for * sundries fur¬ 
nished/ and oblige 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker, &c. 

“February 23d, 1872.” 


Again he writes: 


“Dear Jones —Please fix the within for our friend Hurley. 

“ Sincerely, 

“ MOSES.” 


Hurley writes: 

“ Frank, these are the cusses; make an order to A. O. Jones. 

“T. H.” 

“Charles Rede, Messenger. 

“John B. Turner, Clerk. 

“ Amos Baimis, Clerk. 

“ David D. Cooper, Messenger. 

“Andrew Smith, Messenger. 

“Elias Woodrow, Clerk.” 

Jones says the handwriting on the above seems to be that of Mr. 
Hurley. 

“ Dear Osceola —Please make out a certificate for my pet 
“ Sincerely yours, 

“ F. J. M.” 


We also find an order which, Mr. Jones says, appears to be in the 
handwriting of Mr. Briggs, a member from York County, for the follow¬ 
ing: William Riley, Clerk of Committee; R. Finnegan, Clerk ; Giles 
Foxworth, Messenger; Jonas Wilson, Messenger. 

We especially refer you to the testimony of Mr. R. Finnegan, a resi¬ 
dent of Columbia, where he says that B. F. Briggs, whilst a member of 
the House, endeavored to induce him to endorse certificates, which he 
refused to do. Afterwards he insisted on the certificates being destroyed 
in his presence, and Briggs informed him that he had already destroyed 
them. After this he saw them published in a list of claims brought 
before the Senate, whereupon he wrote Clerk Woodruff a letter, which 
is attached to his evidence, marked “ Exhibit B. F.” In said letter 


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he stated “that he denounced the certificates as a fraud, as he had not 
rendered the State any service; again demanding that it be destroyed in 
his presence, and that his name should not be used for the benefit of 
those who desired to steal.” 

We also refer you to the letter of B. F. Briggs, annexed to the evi¬ 
dence, addressed to Senator White, in which he says: “The certificates 
were for Reuben Finnegan and not Robert Finnegan ; forbade White 
delivering the certificates, claiming that he paid a valuable consideration 
for them.” We ouly cite this as one of many hundreds of a like 
nature. 

We call attention to others of a similar kind, referred to in evidence 
of A. O. Jones, especially that payable to W. H. Gardner, member 
from Sumter County. Also to a certificate collected by T. Hurley, 
made payable to T. Harlingford, a fictitious name, the initials of which 
represent T. Hurley. 

Jones, continuing, says: “The joint certificates exhibited, amounting 
to $20,425.56, and the House certificates, amounting to $131,094.30, I 
have examined, and, in my opinion, not one of the joint certificates 
would stand good upon close scrutiny. Of the House certificates, I do 
not regard as valid any that were not issued to some known person. 
This would throw out about thirty thousand dollars as invalid. Of 
those issued in the names of known persons, fifty thousand dollars, at 
least, would not bear too much light.” 

Sergeant Williams, of the House, in his evidence, says: “Out of one 
hundred and fifty certificates issued to persons styled as clerks of the 
House, not one such person served, and every dollar paid on their certi¬ 
ficates was a direct fraud upon the State.” [For names, see his evi¬ 
dence ] They called for amounts ranging from $300 to $642 each, ag¬ 
gregating $76,200. Williams says that “there were only eight porters 
employed.” Yet we find that in one session alone certificates were 
issued to 235 porters. We gave this witness over seventy certificates for 
inspection, made out in the names of persons styled “porters,” in refer¬ 
ence to which he testifies that “ not one of them served ,” adding that “ the 
House only employed about ten messengers.” Notwithstanding this we 
find that during one session certificates were issued to one hundred and 
forty , and at another for two hundred and twelve messengers. Williams 
testifies that “the House actually employed eight laborers and from five 
to ten pages.” Yet we have certificates from the Treasurer’s office show¬ 
ing that as many as 159 laborers and 124 pages were paid during one 
session. For several sessions certificates were issued for about fifty 
pages, many of whom were children of the members. We submitted to 
the inspection of the same witness twenty-five certificates, drawn for the 
payment of “supplies,” under the head of “sundries,” aggregating about 


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$68,000. On a close examination, he said that “ the State received no 
consideration for them ; no such persons ever performed any service or 
furnished any supplies to the State. I have examined a large number 
of certificates drawn in my name and pronounce nine out of ten 
fraudulent.” 

From the testimony before us, we find that the largest transaction of 
the kind at any one time was between John J. Patterson, who never 
made two bites at one cherry, and Speaker F. J. Moses. The latter 
testifies as follows : 

“Some time during the session of 1871-72, John J. Patterson came to 
me and proposed that if I would turn over to him blank pay certificates 
he would have them filled up with fictitious names to the amount of 
$30,000, and if I would sign them as Speaker and have Jones attest 
them as Clerk he would pay me $10,000, he to keep the certificates. 
I accepted the proposition, delivered to him a batch of blank pay certifi¬ 
cates, and he returned them to me filled out, I think in the handwriting 
of F. S. Jacobs, Cashier of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany, to the amount above stated.” 

The evidence further shows that they were duly signed, and that Pat¬ 
terson paid Moses in cash $7,000 at one time and $3,000 at another. 

Moses was recalled, and says: 

“Certificates shown me I recognize as some of those to which I have 
just alluded; the names are all fictitious, and I do not know that such 
persons ever existed.” 

The number, date, amount, &c., are as follows: 


Number. 

Date . 

A mount. 

To Whom Payable 

R. 

December 16, 1871. 

$1,537 47 

Joseph Myer. 

C. 

December 20, 1871 . 

8+3 19 

Peter Emmiuger. 

S. 

December 18, 1871..... 

973 23 

John Schuze. 

D. 

December 10, 1871. 

1,494 31 

Joseph Richards. 

G. 

December 21, 1871. 

1,962 50 

Robert Mathews. 

H. 

December 21, 1871. 

1,726 50 

P. Haggerty. 

G. 

December 23, 1871. 

2,234 76 

Robert Kepple. 

Q. 

December 23, 1871 . 

1,462 58 

Samuel Barnes. 

I. 

December 15, 1871. . 

784 72 

J. A. Hoffman. 

A. 

December 15, 1871. 

893 26 

George Howell. 

N. 

May 7, 1871 .. 

1,440 00 

W. Tippet. 

B. 

January 15,1871. 

1,440 33 

George Single. 



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From the entries made in the books of the Treasurer and on the backs 
of these certificates, we find that they were paid to F. S. Jacobs. On the 
examination of the individual ledger of the South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company, it will appear that on or about the day the collections 
were made the amounts were placed to the credit of John J. Patterson. 

The following letter is in the possession of the Committee : 

Dear Jones —I received enclosed orders from General Moses last 
evening. Please make out certificates immediately so I can forward 
them to him for his signature, as he is in a hurry for them. Is every¬ 
thing lovely this morning ? 

“ Youry truly, 

“ F. S. JACOBS.” 

The orders referred to were for the appointment of thirty clerks and 
messengers, and accompanying them were thirty fictitious names. In 
the evidence of Jones, under the head of legislative pay certificates, 
these orders appear verbatim. 

Moses testifies as follows concerning these orders: “Certain orders are 
now shown to me, all in Jacobs’s handwriting, which I identify as signed 
by me as Speaker. I distinctly recognize them as having been given by 
me in carrying out the contract referred to as between Patterson and 
myself.” Jones corroborates Moses as to the handwriting of Jacobss, 
the issuing of the certificates and their delivery to Jacobs. We refer in 
this connection to the evidence of John Williams. 

Mr. Tappan, a clerk in the office of Treasurer Parker, examined the 
certificates paid to F. S. Jacobs, and gave his opinion as follows: “The 
handwriting in the body of the certificates, as well as the endorsements 
on the back, is that of Mr. Jacobs; although the writing is disguised, 
some of the endorsements are unquestionably made by Jacobs.” 

The evidence shows that strangers often came to Columbia, sometimes 
from other States, who would remain a day or two with their office-hold¬ 
ing friends, receive a legislative pay certificate and leave. 

S. J. Lee (ex-Speaker) testifies that certificates were issued in pay¬ 
ment for carriages and horses, and designates "some such certificates in 
his evidence. 

s 

S. J. Keith, a member from Darlington, says in his evidence before 
the Committee, “that Senator B. F. Whittemore collected a number of 
fraudulent certificates through the Treasurer of that County.” 

Your Committee also have evidence that between twenty-five and 
thirty thousand dollars worth of fraudulent certificates were issued and 
delivered to Hardy Solomon, which he collected and distributed to vari¬ 
ous State officers and members through what was known as the “claims 


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of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company,” under which head 
you will find the evidence iu reference to this most infamous swindle. 

By way of comparison, we refer to tabular statement marked “Exhibit 
J, O, H,” in which it is shown that during one session certificates were 
issued to four hundred and seventy-five Committee clerks, and to more 
than four hundred other officers and attachees of the General Assembly, 
while at the present time there are only fifty employed. By Act passed 
during special session, 1877, the number is reduced to less than thirty. 
Through this nefarious practice, legislative expenses absorbed almost 
every dollar of the tax moneys, and made serious inroads on the pro¬ 
ceeds of the sale of bonds, leaving every department of government 
without a dollar. During one session alone certificates were issued to 
the amount of $1,168,255.16, and more than $900,000 of this amount 
was receipted for on the books of the Treasurer during that fiscal year. 
Allowing $175,000 as the legitimate expenses, and deducting $102,960, 
being $660 per diem and mileage for one hundred and fifty-six members, 
there remained $72,040 for the regularly-appointed officers and attachees 
actually employed and incidental expenses necessarily incurred. De¬ 
duct this from the amount actually issued and the result is the enormous 
sum of $993,255.16 robbed from the State iu one term for the avowed 
purpose of “ uniting and harmonizing the friends.” 

The following are a few extracts from Mr. Woodruff’s diary bearing 
on the matter of issuing pay certificates: 

Wednesday, January 8, 1873. 

Cardozo informed me that Owens had drawn that $1,387 certificate. 
The rascal did not tell me that. Gave Owens a joint certificate to col¬ 
lect. I expected to get half of that. 


Thursday, January 9, 1873. 

Left a $675 certificate with McKinley, which Cardozo promised to pay 
to-morrow. That will relieve me to this extent: I will send Ivlinck, 
Wickenberg & Co. draft for $485, and Jamison $151, making $646. 
The rest I will keep for loose change. Received a letter from Klinck, 
Wickenberg & Co. stating they had shipped goods to Mr. Johnston. 


Wednesday, January 22, 1873. 

Figured up contingent expenses of the Senate since commencement of 
session. They amount to thus far about $25,000. That is pretty stiff. 
Gave Jamison a cheek for $100, which makes him $300. Received a 
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letter from Leslie relative to his safe. Cannot do anything for him. 
Will probably have to let Charles P. severely alone this time. He is 
out of office, and therefore no good. 


Tuesday, January 30, 1873. 

Owens wants me to make up more pay certificates, but I don’t want 
to do it. 


Monday, February 10, 1873. 

Made out certificate for the President of $200. Told John Owens I 
would draw those he ordered as soon as possible. 


Thursday, February 13, 1873. 

Cardozo says Jones and myself will be responsible and legally bound 
for any over issue of pay certificates. If so, our printing appropriation 
would be exhausted before actually passed. Luckily we have no bonds¬ 
men for the wolves to go to. The liquor bills are very heavy, and I am 
puzzled what to do about them. 


Tuesday, December 9, 1873. 

Took or receipted for $2,400 from Cardozo to day, in the nature of a 
certificate from Frankfort for $4,000. 


Friday, January 23, 1874. 

Got Cardozo to cash a pay certificate for $500 for postage stamps for 
Senators. 


Saturday, January 24, 1874. 

It is strange, but my experience is that colored men are inclined to be 

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ungrateful to their best friends. But Bowley is not much of a specimen 
of a man—rather more of the orang outang. 


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Saturday, February 7, 1874. 

The pressure on Gleaves and myself' is immense. I hope he will 
resist like a man and refuse to issue certificates for Smalls, Mclntvre and 
the rest. 


Friday, February 12, 1874. 

Will get the certificates for Whittemore and will ask the President to 
let me draw them. Do not know what Owens, as Chairman of Finance 
Committee, will want. 


Tuesday, March 3, 1874. 

Do not like Smalls’ idea of renewing an old certificate for $2,000 of 
last year for one of this year. McIntyre wants the same thing. Both 
members of Committee to examine into sinking fund, and desire to sink 
a little more in their pockets. 


Tuesday, March 10, 1874. 

Received a threatening letter from Finnegan, who says his name has 
been used in a certificate without authority; that he knows all about it, 
and that Briggs got them for him. I know nothing about it. The cer¬ 
tificates were put in amongst the rest. I remember this Briggs making 
a reform speech, intended simply for effect in-his County of York. The 
reform question appears to be taking hold of the politicians in the Legis¬ 
lature, and each will now try to outstrip the other. I suppose I will 
have to pay Whittemore’s expenses this session. Will tell Jervey that 
President Gleaves declines to sign so many certificates. Cardozo wants 
a $1,400 certificate. That is pretty rough. I think Cardozo can afford 
to let that alone, but I suppose it will have to be drawn. 


Wednesday, March 11, 1874. 

Was unable to keep much memoranda this day in consequence of rush 
upon me for certificates. At times I was puzzled to know what to do 
or think. 


Friday, March 13, 1874. 

Do not know what to do for Whittemore. Will have to make out 
certificates bv the bushel, I suppose. 


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Saturday, March 14, 1874. 

The Senators appear determined to do something against Gleaves. 
It’s all wrong. Even Sperry, of' the House, wants something out of the 
contingent fund of the Senate. He will not get it. If such men come 
back next year, there will be a terrible fight over the spoils. 


Sunday, March 15, 1874. 

Must try to take care of some Senators. Want to do something for 
Holcombe and Dunn. Am sorry now that the claim bill did not pass ; 
but as Symmers, Berry, Howie & Allen and others have got their claims 
through, I trust we will not see their long faces around the General 
Assembly again. Signed a number of pay certificates and promised to 
do all I could for each Senator. All seemed to be surprised about 
financial matters. Senator White should not complain, for he got the 
certificate for Bristow Davidson. Corwin appears easy ; he is not a hard 
man, by any means. What are the prospects of business? Cardozo 
seems willing to pay with no money in the Treasury—entirely too will¬ 
ing. If there were any he would be unable to do anything. 


Tuesday, March 17, 1874. 

Signed and gave out certificates to a great number to-day. Almost 
signed the State away. I did hope that Gleaves and Lee would be able 
to stand the pressure. It’s just awful! 


Wednesday, March 18, 1874. 

Settled with Dunn and Holcombe satisfactorily to-day; gave them a 
certificate of Republican Printing Company, for which they can get cer¬ 
tificates of indebtedness. Nash is mad at somebody. Can’t help him, 
and I suppose he will continue-mad. Gave a great many parties their 
certificates to-day. I suppose they really amount to nothing. 


Tuesday, March 24, 1874. 

Called on Cardozo to-day and gave him an order for $2,500 for the 
Governor; also, another order on the permanent fund of the regular 
session printing. Trust these will close his mouth for the balance of his 
term. He shall not have another red cent out of me. 


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Wednesday, May 27, 1874. 

Senator 'W hittemore called and talked for some time, but it amounted 
to nothing. Met Senator Jones and informed him of my impecuniosity, 
that I was unable to help him, &c. He was disappointed, angry, and 
threatened to vote against me next time for Clerk of the Senate. Well, 
I have done my best for all of them. 


Wednesday, June 3, 1874. 

Proposed to stand by the friends. Think such Democrats as Senator 
Holcombe my best friends. Trust Mr. Holcombe will be returned to 
the Senate. 


Thursday, November 26, 1874. 

Gave Patterson $1,045 in pay certificates, for which he gave me a re¬ 
ceipt for one year’s rent of his home. Promised to call and see him at 
half past nine o’clock to-morrow. 


Friday, January 15, 1875. 

Wrote a letter to General John A. Wagner relative to charter of 
Carolina Mutual Insurance Company. Will get it through for him and 
not cost the General a dollar. Sent certificates to President Gleaves to 
sign ; got them signed. Will send them also to Gaillard. Must try to 
get something out of them to pay my account. Received check from 
Cardozo for $1,250, which I turned over to Jackson to deposit for office. 
Could do nothing with my contingents. Got all contingent certificates 
signed by the President and Gaillard. Gleaves and Cardozo came near 
having a serious quarrel. Crews and Owens are on the war path. 
Things looked squally. 


Friday, February 5, 1875. 

The members of the Committee on Contingent Accounts think Gail¬ 
lard did not tote fair. 


Thursday, April 1, 1875. 

Arrived in Columbia this morning. Utter told me a fuss had been 
made aboid Smalls’ claim; that Nash ivas blowing about it, and others. 


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The claim has been made out for $2,250 and sold to General Gardner 
for $900. He agreed to take $1,400 in certificates for it. Gave him 
$1,000 certificate issued for contingent accounts and a $400 certificate 
issued to myself. Canceled the certificate for $2,000 and issued one to 
Smalls for $250. Elliott claimed $5,000 for his services. Jones kicked 
and agreed on $2,500. I thought that a big sum, but Elliott got mad 
and said the whole thing could go. Elliott said he could get the Gov¬ 
ernor to sign the tax Bill, and that he would do it to-morrow. 


[A joint certificate for passed claim for $2,250, of which only $250 
had been passed, was issued to Robert Smalls and disposed of by him. 
Smalls was arrested, but Woodruff took up the certificate from the pur¬ 
chaser aud Smalls was released. Nevertheless, Smalls was subsequently 
paid the $2,000 as well as the $250.J 


Monday, May 10, 1875. 

Cardozo agreed to accept $1,000 passed claim printing certificate and 
carry it until the South Carolina Railroad Company paid its taxes. 
Gave Willie one of $500 and a memorandum relative to what I had 
loaned Cardozo. The latter made out it was a present , so I had to 
promise to send him a $500 claim from Charleston. 


Thursday, May 20, 1875. 

Returned from Florida. Received a dispatch from Jones asking me 
to come to Columbia immediately. Heard that Smalls had been arrested 
and given bail for his appearance at Court in October. 


Monday, June 7, 1875. 

Saw Patterson, who wanted me to cash his rent certificates; declined 
to do it out of the printing fund. Am satisfied that Cardozo has beaten 
me out of $1,250, and that Minton had made a mistake in his entries if 
he put that $1,000 passed claim certificate to the debit of the printing 
fund. 


Friday, June 18, 1875. 

Read a decision in Tweed’s case in New York Herald. Must watch 
these proceedings, as they may have some slight bearing in South Caro¬ 
lina proceedings. 


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February 4, 1876. 

Gave Jim Thompson a certificate for big bonanza amounting to $3,755. 
Gave it to get his assistance to help through the claims I held and 
registered with the Bonanza Commission. 

We call attention to evidence of T. J. Coglan, ex-Treasurer of Sumter 
County, and a letter from Governor Scott annexed thereto, showing that 
“ Governor Moses was compelled to visit Washington on important political 
business ,” and asking Coglan to cash some of Moses’s pay certifi¬ 
cates. In this connection we also refer to evidence of T. B. Johnstone, 
of Sumter, who loaned Moses money on a batch of fraudulent pay certifi¬ 
cates at or about the time he visited Washington in the interest of the party. 

We refer to evidence of J. H. McDevitt, which implicates certain mem¬ 
bers from Edgefield, having in their possession fraudulent printing pay 
certificates, described by Woodruff iu his evidence. Also, to evidence of 
Paris Simkins, member from Edgefield, admitting certain personal ac¬ 
counts were paid with fraudulent legislative pay certificates of ex Gov¬ 
ernor Moses, showing the manner in which fraudulent certificates were 
issued for the use of State officials, members of the Senate, House of 
Representatives and the local leaders of the party. 

The annexed table (marked Exhibit J, O, H.) shows the expend¬ 
itures on account of “Legislative Expenses” for the several sessions 
of 1870-71, 1871-72, 1872-73, 1873-74, under Republican rule, as 
contrasted with the like expenditures, session 1876 and 1877, under 
Democratic rule. Not a word of comment is necessary beyoud the 
statement that under the Radical government this amount of public 
expense (exclusive of printing) averaged the enormous sum of $585,365.29 
annually, whilst under the administration of Governor Hampton the 
figures, under greatly adverse circumstances, reached only the sum of 
$77,119, including the printing. It should be observed that these fraud- 
ulent'expenditures were effected by resort to all manner of devices 
other than the regular method of appropriations. In the sessions from 
1870-71 to 1873-74, inclusive, the whole amount of appropriations for 
these purposes is $1,085,000, less the printing, whilst the actual expendi¬ 
tures reached $2,341,461.16. 

For further information we have annexed to this report verbatim 
copies of some of the fraudulent certificates isssued and paid. (See Ex¬ 
hibit N, O, P.) 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman. 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

Of the Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 


Of the House. 


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TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee. 

Columbia, S. C., July 12, 1877. 

Josephus Woodruff, being first duly sworn, deposes as follows: 

I am Clerk of the Senate, and have been such Clerk since July, 1868 
It was part of my duty to attest the signature of the presiding officer of 
the Senate to all Senate and joint pay certificates. In relation to claims, 
my duty was as follows: A passed claim is an account or claim against 
the State, passed by one house and concurred in by the other branch. 
The Clerks signed passed claim certificates, jointly, in the following form : 

“ We hereby certify that-dollars (according to amount) was allowed 

on claim of-, (naming the party) passed by the House 

of Representatives and concurred in by the Senate;” (or vice versa.) It 
was then dated the day of passage in the house in which it was origi¬ 
nally presented, and then officially signed by both the Clerks. The class 
of pay certificates based on contingent accounts of the Senate were pre¬ 
sented against the Senate, and were generally, though not always, referred 
to the Senate Committee on Contingent Accounts. Sometimes an account 
of this kind was referred to some other Committee of the Senate. They 
were most always referred to some Committee, reported back, acted on by 
the Senate, and, when ordered paid, a Senate pay certificate was issued. 
I did not regard myself as responsible for the issue of pay certificates. 
Their steady increase induced the Clerks to seek legal advice. It was 
held that the Clerk’s signature was a mere attestation of the genuineness 
of the signature of the presiding officers; that their duty was to obey 
orders. Acting under this advice, I drew certificates, whenever ordered 
by proper authority, without question. It was also urged that it was a 
race between a bond ring composed of a limited number and the Legisla¬ 
ture, as to who should have the most from the receipts of taxes and sale 
of bonds, and that the greatest good could be accomplished by distribut¬ 
ing the money to the greatest number—the members of the General 
Assembly. The certificates were generally issued, after the passage of an 
Act making appropriations for pay of members, officers, employees and 
incidental expenses, upon concurrent resolution of the two houses and 
orders of the presiding officers or Chairman of a standing or special 
Committee, or upon an order of a special joint Committee of the two 
houses. 

Previous to the session of 1873-74 the number and pay of officers, 
attachees, clerks and laborers was limited only by the pleasure of the 
presiding officers and members of the General Assembly, and the issue of 
pay certificates unlimited. Nearly every one who told a case of distress 
from Ku Kluxism or of suffering on account of their politics was given 





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a pay certificate. In addition *to this, the Senate contingent account 
swelled to an enormous amount through the system then inaugurated of 
furnishing liquors, wines, cigars, groceries, jewelry, and almost every 
conceivable article, under the head of stationery and sundries. This was 
all kept up, and increased at every session, until the session of 1873-74 
and the passage of an Act to regulate the manner iu which public funds 
shall be disbursed by public officers, the special tax levy Act and the 
Act to regulate the number and pay of attachees, introduced by Senator 
Cochran, who received the hearty co-operation and support of the Clerks 
in the passage of these measures through the two houses. I knew that a 
large number of the certificates issued were in fictitious names and drawn 
for the benefit of State officials, as well as for the presiding officers and 
members of the two houses. It is impossible to explain all the certifi¬ 
cates presented, or to specify all the parties for whom they were drawn, 
as my memory does not serve me. 

The issue of joint certificates, in amounts ranging from five hundred 
to five thousand dollars, and given to State officials, presiding officers 
and members of the two houses as gratification, was resorted to as the 
best method of harmonizing “the friends,” as the leaders were then 
called. 

I cannot pretend to state the largest amount of joint certificates issued, 
but think the issue made in fictitious names reached the highest point at 
the session of 1871-72, when I suppose at least $150,000 was issued in 
this way and $100,000 more for attachees and contingents for the Senate. 
Any objection made to these issues was met by the reply that they were 
small matters ; that it was not from these things the State suffered, and 
that it was a fight and race between the representatives of the people 
and the vultures of the bond ring. I drew the joint certificates on an 
understanding with Jones, Clerk of the House, that as his branch was a 
much larger body it was but right to relieve him of that labor. When 
joint certificates were drawn in fictitious names I often suggested that 
the name used should have the initials reversed of the real name of the 
party for whom such certificate was issued. The certificate for L. F. 
Christopher was of this character. I was told to draw it for $2,500; 
that it was to pay the expenses of a Committee to go to Washington ; 
that Mr. Cardozo was to be a member of the Committee and would see 
that the certificate was paid, and in order to indicate and fix the matter 
definitely the initials of the name represented the initials of the name of 
F. L. Cardozo. The initials of the C. L. Frankfort certificate for $4,000 
also represented the initials of the name of F. L. Cardozo. It was 
drawn by order of Mr. Cleaves on an understanding, as he told me, with 
Mr. Cardozo, that there was a balance of $4,000 of the legislative appro- 
propriation of $75,000 that could be drawn against and divided between 


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himself and the officers of the two houses. I had my doubts about the 
division and payment and suggested the name to be used so that the 
initials should represent the initials of F. L. Cardozo. Subsequently, I 
paid or receipted to him for $2,400 in Republican Printing Company’s 
certificates of indebtedness and turned in the Frankfort certificate to the 
company; it was paid in the following February out of the incoming 
taxes. 

Of a somewhat similar nature were joint certificates to A. B. Jordan 
for $2,500, the initials of which were used to represent, the name of 
James A. Bowley, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means ; to J. 
M. Foreman for $2,500, the initials of which represented the name of F. 
J. Moses, Jr. Such certificates were usually ordered after a meeting 
aud consultation of the presiding officers with the State Treasurer, Chair¬ 
man of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Chairman of the Com¬ 
mittee on Finance of the Senate. 

The certificates to D. C. Higbv and C. T. Andlow, exhibited by the 
Committee as vouchers found in the office of the State Treasurer, I 
recognize as certificates of a similar character,— D. C. Higby, for $300, 
representing Senator C. D. Hayne; C. T. Andlow, for $300, representing 
Senator T. C. Andrews. The lists in the handwriting of Mr. Gleaves, 
as shown by the Committee, are all of this character. The initials of 
the fictitious names reversed represent the names of Senators, as follows* 
[See stubs in joint certificate book, 1874:] 

C. T. Andlow, laborer, $300, indicates Senator T. C. Andrews. 

L. Crosby, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator L. Cain. 

A. F. Cants, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator F. A. Clin¬ 
ton. 

C. IT. Clissen, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator H. C. 
Corwin. 

Ed. Dillon, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator E. E. Dick¬ 
son. 

D. C. Higby, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator C. D. 
Hayne. 

C. J. ITorrin, legislative expenses, $200, indicates Senator J. C. Hope. 

R. W. Jenkins, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator TV. R. 
Jervey. 

E. W. Johns, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator W. E. 
Johnston. 

J no. Leary, legislative expenses, $200, indicates Senator John Lee. 

M. Maston, legislative expenses, $200, indicates Senator M. Martin. 

Chas. Simeon, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator C. Smith. 

M. J. Sundv, legislative expenses, indicates Senator J. M. Smith. 


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H. J. Whitcomb, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator J. H. 
White. 

B. Wharton, legislative expenses, $300, indicates Senator B. F. Whit- 
temore. 

Of my own knowledge, I am satisfied Mr. Hope did not receive the 
certificate drawn to C. J. Horrin, but that it was placed in the hands of 
another Senator for collection. Nor do I believe that Mr. Hope had 
any knowledge of the transaction. 

Senate pay certificate dated Columbia, 8. C., January 18, 1872, issued 
to John R. Mitchell, for $1,125, on account of sundries. Does not know 
any such party, nor that any such person furnished goods to the Senate. 
It was probably issued as gratification for the benefit of a Senator and 
turned over to Mr. George Symraers in payment of some account of his 
for groceries and supplies furnished. 

Passed claim certificate No. 24, dated February 26, 1873, for $1,000, 
issued to Republican Printing Company, was on account of passed 
claim for printing of the executive departments, amounting to $18,- 
741.94, [see page 1107, Reports and Resolutions, 1873-74.] The amount 
was divided and shared between the company, State officials and Sen¬ 
ators. No. 24 was one of two or three of certificates of same amount 
given to Senator W. B. Nash. 

Joint pay certificate No. 13, dated March 9, 1874, issued to Prince 
Milletts, laborer, for $330. Does not know any such person. Suppose 
it was issued by order of President Gleaves for a Senator in accordance 
. with a previous understanding. Does not know what Senator received it. 

Pav certificate to D. McPherson, laborer, $330. Does not know any 
such person, and believes it to be of the same character as the preceding 
paper. The endorsement appears to be in the handwriting of Senator 
Gaillard. 

Joint pay certificate to Wm. J. Bowen, for legislative expenses, $985.75. 
Does not know any such party nor believe there was any other consider¬ 
ation than gratification for the issue of such certificate. 

Joint certificate No. 8, J. C. Oliver, for $330, was issued for gratifica¬ 
tion, as I know of no such persou. 

Joint certificate No. 77, dated March 17, 1874, issued to Republican 
Printing Company, for $179.05, was, I think, for some account passed and 
ordered to be paid out of the Senate contingent fund, but was probably 
given for gratification to some Senator or State official. Have no 
memorandum of that particular amount that I cau bring to my recollec¬ 
tion. 

Passed claim certificate No. 17, dated February 26, 1873, is another 
certificate issued on account of Republican Printing Company’s claim of 
$18,741.94, heretofore referred to, was given to some Senator as gratifi¬ 
cation. 


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Joint pay certificate dated March 9, 1874. for $330, issued to R. W. 
Jenkins, was one of a lot, some fifteen or sixteen, drawn by the order of 
President Gleaves for certain Senators, the initials of the fictitious 
names to be the initials of the name of the Senator to whom the certifi¬ 
cate was to be delivered. In this case the initials are intended to repre¬ 
sent Senator W. R Jervey. 

Joint pay certificate dated March 17,1874, for $2,500, issued to J. M. 
Foreman, was one of a lot drawn by order of President Gleaves for the 
benefit of certain State officers, the presiding officers of the two houses, 
Messrs. Gleaves and Lee, and for Chairman of the Committee of Ways 
and Means of the House and Chairman of the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate. As in the preceding case, the initials of the fictitious 
names used were the initials of the name of the person for whom the 
certificate was intended. In this case the certificate was issued for Gov¬ 
ernor F. J. Moses. 

No. 3, Senate pay certificate, dated March 9, 1874, for $2,000, was 
issued to Senator Robert Smalls, in lieu of a certificate for the same 
amount issued to Senator Smalls at the session of 1872-73 for services 
as member of the Special Joint Committee of Investigation appointed to 
inquire into the management of the Sinking Fund. The last named cer¬ 
tificate remained unpaid at the commencement of the session of 1873-74, 
and at the request of Senator Smalls the first named certificate was issued 
by order of President Gleaves, Senator Smalls having informed the Presi¬ 
dent that Treasurer Cardozo had promised to pay the amount out of the 
legislative appropriation for the session of 1873-74. The original certificate 
was retained by Senator Smalls and presented as a claim. A certificate of 
passed claim was issued for the amount; but, as a question was made as 
to whether the claim passed the House of Representatives, I redeemed 
the passed claim certificate from the party who purchased it and had it 
canceled. Senator Smalls was subsequently tried and acquitted on a 
criminal charge preferred against him in connection with this matter. 

Joint pay certificate for $1,000, issued to W. J. Whipper for account as 
Solicitor to the Special Joint Committee of Investigation appointed to 
inquire into the affairs of the Bank of the State. This Committee was 
appointed during the session of 1873-74, and Messrs. Whipper and Stone 
elected Solicitors. [See reports and Resolutions 1873-74, pages 819, 820, 
821, &c.] Mr. Whipper was a member of the House from Beaufort 
County during the session of 1875-76, having been elected to fill a 
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of N. B. Myers. 

Account of Republican Printing Company, $3,500, for preparing 
copies of Acts for newspapers, indexing, &c., dated April 30, 1873. The 
company advanced the money, I think, for the work done out of the ap¬ 
propriations for current and permanent printing, and rendered the above 
account for payment of the advance so made. 


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Joint certificate No. 55, dated March 17, 1874, to H. C. Harkness, for 
$1,023.35, is another of a number of certificates drawn by order of the 
presiding officers for their own benefit. Did not know any such person 
as H. C. Harkness, and believe this one was delivered to Speaker S. J. 
Lee. 

Pay certificate to J. Thompson, dated February 26, 1870, for $140, 
was given to Mr. Whittemore, but drawn or collected by myself at his 
request. Did not know J. Thompson, nor that such a person rendered 
any service to the Senate. Believe it was one of a lot issued to Senator 
Whittemore as gratification. 

Joint pay certificate No. 138, S. J. Simmons, for $950. Do not know 
any such person as S. J. Simmons, but suppose it was issued by order of 
presiding officers for the benefit of one of said officers, though the en¬ 
dorsement has more the appearance of the handwriting of Senator Gail- 
lard than that of Speaker Lee. 

Pay certificate No. 58, to E. H. Smith, for $688, sundries furnished 
Senate, was issued in payment of a liquor bill for liquor ordered from 
Charleston, E. S. Jennison, agent. The liquor was a superior article of 
wine and brandy. 

Pay certificate No. 64, dated January 28, 1873, issued to Republican 
Printing Company, $1,952.36. The company furnished a vast amount 
of stationery, and this may have been issued on account, but turned over 
as gratification to oue of the Senators. 

Joint pay certificate to John Morgan, $518, for services as special 
clerk. The first endorsement on the back, “pay to John A. Moroso,” 
has the appearance of my handwriting, but the signatures John Morgan 
and John A. Moroso are not mine. I do not remember under what pe¬ 
culiar circumstances the certificate was issued. 

Pay certificate No. 165, dated March 9, 1874, issued to Y. J. P. Owens, 
for $540, was given for Mr. Owens’s services on the special Committee to 
examine the books of the State Treasurer and Comptroller General, and 
is for ninety days’ service. This pay w 7 as claimed by members of the 
Committee by virtue of a provision in the Revised Statutes, which says: 
“The members of the Committee shall receive the same compensation 
for service and travel required to be performed by them as is allowed to 
members of the General Assembly.” Since the change was made by 
law to an annual salary of $600 and mileage, the members of this annual 
Committee have been receiving the $600, with the addition of mileage. 

Joint pay certificates dated January 15, 1872, for $930, $882, $310, 
$500, $1,575, were issued to Senator B. F. Whittemore on account of 
services for experts and others rendered the Joint Special Financial Com¬ 
mittee, commonly known as the “High Old Joint,” appointed at the 
session of 1871-72 to inquire into the affairs of the State Treasurer, 


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Comptroller General and Financial Agent. Did not know of any 
experts myself, but issued certificates generally by written order of the 
Chairman or members of the Committee, with the consent of the pre¬ 
siding officers. Believed the most of them to be fictitious, but thought I 
had no right as Clerk to object or disobey orders. 

Joint certificate No. 27, dated December 17, 1872, for $3,887.44, was 
issued to Republican Printing Company on account of stationery said to 
have been furnished the “High Old Joint,” but was turned over to 
Senator Owens for gratification. 

Pay certificate No. 39, for $2,767, issued to Republican Printing 
Company for stationery furnished, was also given to some official either 
as a loan or gratuity; I do not remember which. 

Joint pay certificate No. 132, for $1,750.55, issued to D. C. Warner, is 
another drawn to order of presiding officer, for which no service was 
rendered, and no such person in attendance that 1 know of. 

Pay certificate No. 5, for $1,521, legislative expenses, issued in Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company, was an account for a Senator, to be included in 
Senate contingent accounts. It was turned over to Senator W. B. 
Nash. 

Passed claim certificates Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14R 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 26, 
31, were issued on accouut of claim of Republican Printing Company 
of $18,741.94, heretofore alluded to as having been divided into various 
amounts and shared between the company, members of the General As¬ 
sembly and State officials. 

Joint pay certificate No. 36, dated December 17, 1872, for $5,893, 
was issued to E. R. Stokes, for binding, stationery, &c. The binding in¬ 
cluded, I suppose, Revised Statutes, Seuate and House Journals, and the 
stationery furnished the engrossing and enrolling departments and At¬ 
torney General’s office. 

Joint certificate No. 86, for $5,000, was issued in accordance with con¬ 
current resolution, adopted bv both houses, authorizing the purchase of 
life-size portraits of Lincoln and Sumner. The certificate was delivered 
to Senator Whittemore, but the portraits when last heard from were on 
exhibition at the New York Academy of Design. 

Pay certificates No. 59, for $404, and No. 65, for $1,000, were issued 
to me for account of Senate contingent expenses. I paid them over to 
Captain William H. Gardner in exchange for a passed claim certificate 
issued to Senator Smalls by me through mistake. The passed claim cer¬ 
tificate was redeemed and cancelled with the above, and a passed claim 
for $250 to Senator Smalls issued in lieu thereof. 

Pay certificates Nos. 51, 57, 60, for $500, $332, $1,078, were issued on 
account of Senate contingent expenses and divided amongst the members 
of the Committee on Contingent Expenses of the Senate by direction of 
the members. 


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Pay certificate No. 62, for $184, was issued to me for contingent ex¬ 
penses of Senate, and, to the best of inv recollection, turned over to Sen¬ 
ator Owens for collection, to be credited to amounts due him by 
myself. 

Pay certificate No. 22, dated December 17, 1872, for $1,367, was 
issued to Republican Printing Company and turned over to Senator 
Owens as gratification. 

Pay certificate No. 3, for $2,263.81, was issued to Republican Printing 
Company and turned over to LeGrand Benedict in discharge of a debt 
of the company to him. 

Passed claim certificate No. 14, for $2,300, to Columbia Union-Herald, 
dated March 13, 1874, I think was certainly issued by mistake, as I find 
no record of a passed claim to that amount in either the journals or 
reports and resolutions. The mistake was no doubt made in the haste 
and pressure of business at the close of the session, and I believe Mr. 
J. G. Thompson knew at the time he had no right to ask for or collect 
that amount from the Treasury. The amount passed for the Columbia 
Union-Herald at that session was $1,053. 

Pay certificate No. 57, dated December 22, 1874, for $1,000, was 
issued in my name for contingent expenses, and I think was intended to 
pay for the rent of Senator Patterson’s house, which had been engaged 
by the Senate Committees on Finance and Claims. 

Pay certificates dated June 29 and 30, 1872, one for $1,980, legis¬ 
lative expenses, and one for $480, legislative expenses, were issued to 
Senator Y. J. P. Owens as gratification, by order of the presiding officers 
and Chairman of the Committee of Investigation, (High Old Joint.) 

Joint pay certificates to James G. Gershon, dated January 25, 1872, for 
$2,500, $1,250, and one to T. Hurley, dated January 19, 1872, for $546, 
were all ordered by the Chairman of the Special Committee of Investi¬ 
gation, (High Old Joint,) and I suppose as gratification for the parties for 
whose benefit they were drawn. Do not know who they were specially 
intended for. Know no such person as James G. Gershon. Mr. Hurley 
was a member of the Committee. 

Joint pay certificate, dated March 13, 1872, for $1,750, was issued to 
Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer, for interest on advances made by bank 
to the Legislature. 

Pay certificate to G. H. Silcox, dated February 17, 1871, for $1,321, 
was issued, I think, in payment of furniture ordered by Senator Leslie. 

Pay certificate dated December 7, 1871, for $3,350, issued to E. T. 
Williams for sundries. This was no doubt a fictitious person, and the 
certificate issued as gratification. 

Pay certificates dated February 15, 1872, and March 13, 1872, one 
for $1,535 and the other for $1,500 were issued to A. W. Chambers, a 


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fictitious personage, I think, but ordered by the Chairman of the Special 
(High Old Joint) Committee of Investigation. I do not know to whom 
they were delivered. 

Pay certificates dated March 2, 1872, for $1,500, and one for $3,000, 
December 1872, were issued to James M. Allen for account of repairs in 
Committee rooms, &c. Do not think the work done bv Mr. Allen in the 
Committee rooms cost more than one-tenth (if that much) of the amount 
of these certificates. Mr. Allen very rarely itemized his bills, which 
were all large, and frequently rendered largely in excess of work done. 

Pay certificate dated March 6, 1872, for $750.54, was issued to Isaac 
Sulzbacher, and was one of many of this and larger amounts for jewelry, 
wine, cigars and other articles. These orders were almost always given 
direct to Mr. Sulzbacher by the presiding officers or Senators individu¬ 
ally, and were supposed to be included in Senate contingent fund. 

Joint certificate to G. A. Glover for $512.50 for legislative expenses. 
Do not know such a person, and thiuk it was one of the myths ordered 
by the “High Old Joint” Committee. 

Pay certificates dated March 6 and March 13, 1872, for $1,657.50, 
$1,631.50, $1,852.75, $1,962, were issued to Hardy Solomon for sundries 
furnished, including liquors, cigars, &c., some of the Senators, I believe, 
giving their orders outside of the Senate. 

Pay certificate for $120 to B. T. Williston, endorsed B. T. Williston. 
Do not know of any such person. The endorsement has the appearance 
of the handwriting of Senator Whittemore. 

Pay certificate dated January 30, 1872, for $2,574, payable to S. J. 
Lee, for legislative expenses. I have no knowledge of what the expenses 
were. It was no doubt one of the usual character, drawn to order for 
the benefit of the presiding officer. 

Joint pay certificates to J. D. McPherson for $3,928.90; M. E. Carter, 
$230.60; G.T. Bronson, $1,585.90; T. M. Atkinson, $1,780; S. J. Wells, 
$3,474; P. D. Smith, $3,575.50; J. S. Hoffman, $1,650.80; Cato Sim¬ 
mons, $1,500 ; were all, to the best of my knowledge, fictitious names used 
to represent State officials, presiding officers and members of the General 
Assem bly. 

I do not remember any such person as C. N. Smith or J. N. Dobson 
as Senate Committee clerks. The regular Committee clerks always 
reported to me, and if there had been any such persons rendering service 
as clerks I would certainly have known them. 

These certificates appear to have been collected by Associate Justice 
Wright. I think he was a member of the Senate at the time the certifi¬ 
cates were issued. They were certainly issued as gratification. 

The Legislature, up to the time heretofore alluded to, did not limit 
either house in its contingent or incidental expenses, and these certifi- 


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cates were issued without reference to the amount of the appropriation 
made by the General Assembly for legislative expenses. It was often 
the case that pay certificates of this class were issued not only for 
unnecessary articles in the usual course of legislation, but frequently as a 
bonus or gratification to some Senator for his personal use. Supplies 
were furnished that were wholly unnecessary to the proper working of 
the houses or either house, or to the departments of the State govern¬ 
ment. 

Committee rooms over Stork’s, Greenfield’s, South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company and over Fine’s, (at his old stand, on the East side of 
Richardson street,) were furnished by M. H. Berry and Fagan Bros., and 
pay certificates issued for payment of the furniture by order of the Chair¬ 
man or acting Chairman of Committees. Refreshments, such as liquors 
and cigars, were furnished by Hardy Solomon, George Symmers, Klinck, 
Wickeuherg & Co., (of Charleston,) and by A. Brookbanks and others, 
through orders of a Chairman or acting Chairman of a Senate or Joint 
Committee, or of a Senator, and pay certificates issued therefor, nearly 
always after reference of the account to a Committee, report and action 
of the Senate. These refreshments were used by Senators, Representa¬ 
tives and their guests. Sometimes the certificates were issued on the 
orders of Chairmen and acting Chairmen without action of the Senate. 
I had vouchers for nearly all these claims, and have most of them in my 
office in the State office. I have also vouchers for claims presented 
originally in the Senate and passed upon by the Senate; also for claims 
passed as contingent accounts in the Senate. I cannot say that I have 
vouchers for every pay certificate issued. I know I have not. Very 
frequently pay certificates were issued on the verbal order of a Chairman 
or acting Chairman of a Committee, or of the presiding officer, and in 
such cases I never had any vouchers. I have not all the stubs for pay 
certificates signed by me as Clerk of the Senate. I have the most of 
them. Some of them have been lost, mislaid or stolen. 

(Signed,) * J. WOODRUFF. 


TESTIMONY OF W. M. FINE. 

Columbia, December 18, 1877. 

William Fine, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Columbia and is by occupation a keeper of a 
restaurant. Says he purchased a legislative pay certificate from Senator 
John Lee. The certificate was made out in the name of John Leary, 


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and for two hundred dollars. I turned the above named certificate over 
to the Bonanza Commission. 

W. M FINE. 

[The initials of John Leary are the same as those of Senator John 
Lee. See list of such certificates and the evidence relating thereto.] 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Josephus Woodruff, being recalled, says: 

I cannot give with certainty the number of clerks and attachees em¬ 
ployed in the Senate during the sessions. I think I can safely say that 
there were never more than from twenty-five to thirty-five at any one 
session actually employed. Certificates were issued to ten times that 
number probably. The Senators, in addition to the certificates given 
them as gratification, would demand and receive certificates for their 
friends in their respective Counties—none of them serving a day, and 
but few of them ever seen in Columbia. Most of the local leaders in 
the Counties would receive pay certificates, though they rendered no 
service to the State. Generally about the close of the session men . 
would arrive in Columbia from the various Counties and call for their 
pay certificates, receive them and depart in peace. If refused, they 
would remain here until one was given them, though they knew there 
was not a dollar in the Treasury to pay it. Through the system of issu- 
ing pay certificates to State officials and members of the General Assem¬ 
bly as gratification, and to their friends, the local leaders, and persons 
claiming to have been persecuted on account of their politics, the entire 
tax would be absorbed for legislative expenses. When the Treasury was 
empty and no money there to pay with, the holders of the certificates 
would demand that the State Treasurer endorse them, to be paid by his 
(the holder’s) County Treasurer, and that it be made receivable for 
taxes. Several hundred thousand dollars would be paid in this way, 
and the members receive the money for their fraudulent pay certificates. 

I often remonstrated with the officers and leading members, and would 
protest against the issuing of such an unlimited number of fraudulent 
certificates, but to no purpose; and, as before stated, the evil was onlv 
checked by the passage of the Act fixing their number and regulating 
their pay, it being made a felony to issue a certificate in excess of the 
number fixed in the Act. The Act referred to was passed during the 
time Moses was Governor, and was a law in force when Mr. Chamber- 
lain was elected Governor, and, to my knowledge, was fully and faith¬ 
fully observed and enforced by the officers after its passage. This was 



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during Mr. Elliott’s term as Speaker. I am satisfied no fraudulent cer¬ 
tificates were issued during that time. 

(Signed,) J. WOODRUFF. 


TESTIMONY OF S. J. LEE. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Hon. S. J. Lee, being recalled, says: 

I served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1868 to 
1874; served as Speaker of the House for two years. It was made a 
part of my duty to sign legislative pay certificates issued for the payment 
of expenses by the House of Representatives and certificates known as 
joint certificates. I recognize certificate payable to the order of C. L. 
Frankfort as a joint certificate issued by order of Lieutenant Governor 
Gleaves; it bears my signature, and the amount is for $4,000 for legisla¬ 
tive expenses, and bears date November, 1873. I remember distinctly 
for whom this certificate was issued, and the circumstances connected 
with it. Some time after the adjournment of the special session in 1873, 
Lieutenant Governor Gleaves sent for me to come to his office or room 
in the State House, now occupied by the Committee. When I arrived 
there, I found Mr. Gleaves and Mr. Cardozo, the State Treasurer, there, 
who informed me that there was a balance of four thousand dollars due 
and unpaid on one of the legislative appropriations; it was immediately 
after the issuing of the certificates of indebtedness, and I think it was to 
pay the balance of that appropriation, though I am not positive. It was 
agreed that a certificate should be drawn to cover it, and that Mr. 
Gleaves should have it prepared within a few days. It was prepared 
and signed. I afterwards went with Lieutenant Governor Gleaves, in 
his carriage, to the house of F. L. Cardozo, and we received our portion 
of the certificate as had been agreed upon, namely, $800 each, in certifi¬ 
cates of indebtedness. Cardozo said he would give Jones and Woodruff 
their share, and he had his own. The pay certificate was made out in 
the name of a fictitious person, and was known among us as the 
Frankfort-on-the-Main certificate. The initials of the C. L. Frankfort 
certificate represent those of F. L. Cardozo. At the time I met Gleaves 
and Cardozo in the room of Mr. Gleaves, it was agreed that the 
certificate should be divided in five equal parts, giving each man eight 
hundred dollars who signed the pay certificate, and Cardozo, who was to 
pay it, the same amount. Gleaves, President of the Senate, and the 



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Clerk of the Senate, Josephus Woodruff, myself as Speaker and A. O. 
Jones as Clerk of the House signed the Frankfort certificate. 

(Signed,) S. J. LEE. 


TESTIMONY OF J. WOODRUFF. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Josephus Woodruff, being recalled, says: 

Was Clerk of the Senate since 1868. It was made my duty to attest 
legislative pay certificates. I recognize my signature attesting the cer¬ 
tificate payable to the order of C. L. Frankfort,—amount, $4,000. I 
issued it upon the order of Lieutenant Governor Gleaves, who said it 
was to be divided between five of us, namely, S. J. Lee, Speaker of the 
House, Lieutenant Governor Gleaves, A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House, 
Cardozo, State Treasurer, and myself. Gleaves said it was all arranged 
with the State Treasurer, who would pay it, as there was an unexpended 
balance of $4,000 on one of the appropriations and this certificate 
would balance the accounts. I delivered the certificate to Gleaves; 
afterwards saw it in the hands of Cardozo. I received the $4,000 cer¬ 
tificate from him and receipted to him for $2,400 in certificates of indebt¬ 
edness which I did not receive. This amount was to be paid to Gleaves, 
Lee and Cardozo. I was to keep the certificate until the taxes came in 
and then Cardozo was to pay it, and Jones and myself would receive 
our $800 each,—being the difference between the $2,400 receipted for 
and $4,000, the amount of the certificate. Cardozo, by having my 
receipt for $2,400, collected his own, Lee’s and Gleaves’s portion. When 
the taxes were collected, the certificate was paid to the business manager 
of our company in full, and I was credited, I think, on the same day it 
was paid, on the books of our company with $800, and the same amount 
credited to A. O. Jones. I made a memorandum in my diary on the 
day I receipted to Cardozo for the $2,400, as follows: 

“ December 9, 1873. Took or receipted for $2,400 from Cardozo to¬ 
day in the matter of certificate from Frankfort for $4,000.” 

On examination of the books of the Republican Printing Company, 
I find the following entry on |>age 5 of Ledger, individual account of 
A. O. Jones, credit side: “1874, February 5. By cash, $800, on cer¬ 
tificate for $4,000.” On page 7, same book, I find that I was credited 
on same date for a like amount. 


J. WOODRUFF. 



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- if 

TESTIMONY OF FRANCIS L CARDOZO. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., July 19, 1877. 

Frauds L. Cardozo, being further examined, deposes on oath as fol¬ 
lows : 

I don’t recollect any attachees of the House named A. J. Simmons, 
Thomas Murchison, William Andrews, Andrew Smith, George A. Adams, 
James Stebbings, C. P. Brume, F. Marsh, Peter Turner, Hal Mitchell, 

E. R. Azmond, H. Landies, Thomas Ivingsman, as attachees of 1871-72. 
Don’t recollect any parties bearing those names. Don’t recollect such 
men as P. B. Smith, J. D. McPherson, G. T. Bronson, C. T. Lee, M. E. 
Carter, P. M. Atkinson, whose names appear on joint certificates for 
supplies furnished. There was a very large number of attachees when 
Mr. Lee and Mr. Gleaves presided, and until General Elliott was 
Speaker, when the number was limited by law. I don’t recollect any 
such persons as Berry Brune, John Cross, A. Washburn, A. Brown, 
(there were some Browns here); nor do I know C. L. Frankfort nor 

F. L. Christopher. I don’t remember any connection between the C. L. 
Frankfort certificate nor the F. L. Christopher and a Committee going to 
Washington ; nor do I know Tom Benton, John Wilcox, Jackson Smart, 
Nelson Monroe, Willis Come, William Scott, (there was a member 
named Scott,) William Nettles, Wilder Dennis, James Hemphill, 
William Rodgers, Eddie Thompson, Stephen Wilcox. I think it possi¬ 
ble that they may have been here and I not remember them. There were 
a great many attachees. My memory is bad for names unless associated 
with faces. I don’t remember any such persons as S. J. Wells or James 
Gershon as experts of High Joint Committee, nor J. H. Muller; have 
heard of the name of Muller in Charleston. 

F. L. CARDOZO. 

July 19, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF C. C. M’KINNEY. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ^ 

Richland County. ) 

C. C. McKinney, on oath, says: 

I live at present in Washington; have lived there since some time in 
August. For about nine years previous I lived in Columbia. From 
1868 to 1872 I was chief clerk in the office of Secretary of State, and 
from 1872 to 1877 I was chief clerk in the Treasury. 



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Four pay certificates, attached, being shown to witness, he says: 

No part of the endorsement is in ray handwriting. The number in 
red ink, 1643, is the number of the receipt in the Treasurer’s receipt 
book for the payment of the amount of the four pay certificates, and the 
same number is marked on the back of them as constituting the voucher 
for the payment. The endorsement, “1463, LeGrand Benedict, $4,465, 
February 5, ’74,” appears to be in the handwriting of T. J. Minton, who 
was book-keeper in the Treasury at that date, and whose duty it was to 
put such endorsements on vouchers for payments. This endorsement, I 
think, indicates that LeGrand Benedict was paid $4,465 on the 5th 
February, 1874, for these four certificates. I mean that that amount 
was paid to him by the State Treasurer. I do not recognize the hand¬ 
writing of the name of “C. L. Frankfort,” written below the endorse¬ 
ment I have described. I do not recognize the endorsement in lead 
pencil, “ pay” scratched out and “ paid $2,400 in Rec’s.” I do not know 
any person of the name of C. L. Frankfort; I never heard of such a 
man. 


October 24, 1877. 


c. c. McKinney. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS 

Some time early in the Summer of 1870, says that his connection with 
the Adjutant General’s office called him frequently to the Treasurer’s 
office. One day he went there, and Ladd, the Chief Clerk, and Joe 
Crews were talking very privately; and two or three times same day was 
in there, and each time would find Crews and Ladd in conversation in 
an undertone, just inside of a little room that had been partitioned off in 
one corner of the office. Again, later in the day, he went into the Trea¬ 
sury, and he noticed that the receipt book was not in its accustomed 
place; it usually was kept out where any one that happened into the 
office could look at it if they should so choose. He says he looked all 
around, and in the little room in the corner, but the book was not to be 
seen. This created a suspicion in his mind that all was not right, and 
that those undertone conversations between Ladd and Crews had some¬ 
thing to do with it. He stepped into the back room leading to the vault 
into what is now the passage way or connecting room between the Trea¬ 
surer’s office and what has lately been known as his private office, and on 
a shelf there was the receipt book. Upon opening it and looking at the 
leceipts of that day, saw one Captain W ilson, ostensibly one of the paid 
militia Captains, had receipted for $2,500. He was convinced that Crews 
had drawn that money, and that was what he and Ladd were talking 



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about when seen in conversation so often during the day, Does not 
remember from which fund the money was paid, but it was from one of 
the three accommodating appropriations—armed force, purchase of arms 
or enrollment and organization of the militia, He thinks the Treasurer, 
Parker, was absent from the State at this time. This money, having 
been paid out ostensibly for the militia purposes of the State, should have 
been paid through the office of the Adjutant General, and as it was not 
done so it had a still more suspicious look, and he says he thought to 
himself that he would make an effort to be re-elected to the Legislature 
for the express purpose of getting a Committee appointed to examine 
this transaction with Captain Wilson, as he knew there was no such man 
in the militia service of the State as Captain Wilson, and he knew that 
Crews must have personated the above named Wilson. He says that at 
that time he considered himself a resident of Charleston, although in 
this city nearly all the time attending to his duties in the Adjutant Gene¬ 
ral’s office. When the County nominating convention was called and 
met, he went down to Charleston and was renominated for the Legislature 
and was re elected. Some time during the session of 1870 and 1871, he 
offered a concurrent resolution that a Committee of three on the part 
of the House and -on the part of the Senate be appointed to in¬ 

vestigate the Treasury and Financial Agency. The resolution passed 
the House and went to the Senate and was concurred in and the blank 
space filled with two. Senators S. A. Swails and B. F. Whitternore were 
appointed on the part of the Senate. The Speaker of the House did not 
make his appointment on the Committee until the last day of the session 
of the Legislature. He then appointed witness, William H. Gardner, of 
Sumter, and Timothy Hurley, of Charleston. Soon alter the adjourn¬ 
ment of the Legislature, the Committee met and organized by the elec¬ 
tion of the witness as Chairman. 

After the organization of the Committee, they proceeded to the Gov¬ 
ernor’s (Scott’s) office to consult with him about the best method of pro¬ 
ceeding with the investigation and the probable manner in which the 
expenses of the Committee were to be paid. The Governor finally con¬ 
cluded that they could be paid by borrowing from one of the convenient 
funds heretofore mentioned, and thereupon gave orders for the payment 
to them of one month’s per diem all around. After the examination of 
the Treasurer’s books and vouchers had been going on some time, they 
again called upon Governor Scott for another month’s pay, but the Gov¬ 
ernor did not seem at all willing to encourage them by any further drafts 
on the Treasury. The Chairman of the Committee then called upon the 
Attorney General, D. H. Chamberlain, to see if he could devise some 
way whereby the Committee could be paid for its labors. His advice 
was to have no more to do with Governor Scott about it, but wait until 



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they should go to New York, and Kirapton, the Financial Agent of the 
State, would advance whatever should become necessary to meet the 
expenses of the Committee. The arrangements for the Committee being 
in a fair way to be made, the Committee departed for New York on the 
9th day of June, 1871. Upon arriving in New York, they called upon 
the Financial Agent and met the Attorney General there. After consul¬ 
tation with them both, it was agreed that Kimpton should pay all the 
expenses of the Committee, but, as he was somewhat worn down by his 
recent arduous labors, he requested the Committee to take a recess of 
about a month, to allow him a little recreation before commencing the 
examination of his office. To this the Committee cheerfully assented, 
and witness went up to New Haven, Connecticut; Hurley went to Boston ; 
Whittemore went to East Woburn, Massachusetts; Swails went to Elmira, 
New York; and Gardner, he thinks, went to Saratoga with Kimpton. 

The Committee had appointed as Clerk T. J. Minton, and Sergeant-at- 
Arms J. E. Green, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. They after¬ 
wards employed E. M. Stoeber as clerk to assist in the Land Commission 
records. As a great deal of money had been paid out for lands, it was 
considered by the Committee to come under the financial part of the 
investigation. B. G. Yocom was also employed as a clerk for a short 
time, and C. C. Bowen was appointed counsel for the Committee. Wit- 
nesss says while in New York he drew from H. H. Kimpton the sum of 
82,773.39. Of this amount, a part went to pay necessary room rent and 
other incidental expenses of the Committee. W. H. Gardner drew 
83,108; Timothy Hurley drew the sum of 81,740; B. F. Whittemore, 
81,380; S. A. Swails, 81,284; J. E. Green, Sergeant at-Arms, 8738; T. 
J. Minton, clerk, 8918; B. G. Yocom, clerk, 8180; E. M. Stoeber, clerk, 

8-; Hon. C. C. Bowen, counsel, 8180. 

The Committee on reassembling in New York, about the 5th of July, 
did not at first make any great headway with the examination of Kimp- 
ton’s books. There seemed to be a disposition on the part of Kimpton 
to throw obstacles in the way of the Committee by withholding his books 
from them under one pretense and another. It was during one of these 
delays that Mr. Bowen came to the Chairman of the Committee and said 
it put in a way to do so he could get some very valuable information for 
the Committee relative to the Sterling Loan Bonds, and it was then that he 
was appointed counsel for the Committee. He found out through a former 
clerk of his named Smith, whose father was employed by the American 
Bank Note Company, of the city of New York, that six million dollars 
worth of the sterling loan bonds had been printed, and part of them 
bearing the lithographed signature of the Governor of the State. Savs, 
with the counsel for the Committee, Mr. Bowen, he called at the office of 
the aforesaid Bank Note Company and requested to know the number 



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and amount of bonds which they had printed for the State of South 
Carolina. At first the manager declined to give the information, saying 
Governor Scott and Treasurer Parker had told them to give no informa¬ 
tion at all; but, upon being told that legal measures would be resorted to 
in order to compel him or them to give the information sought, and upon 
his ascertaining that the Committee had a right to ask for the informa¬ 
tion, he consented and made out a statement of all the bonds printed 
and to whom they had been sent and at what times. It was by this that 
the startling discovery was made of the enormous amount of debt that 
had been created by the financial officers of the State. (83,500,000.) 
Three million five hundred thousand dollars of the sterling loan bonds 
had already the signature of the Governor lithographed upon them. 
Parker was there ready to put his signature upon them, and Cardozo, 
the Secretary of State, was also there with the great seal of the State to 
put to them as soon as the signatures were complete, in order that there 
might be no delay in placing this “State blessing” upon, the market. 
The aforesaid $3,500,000 were put out, or, in other words, were 
delivered, and the Bank Note Company succeeded in having them 
returned to its office. It was then seen that they were complete, having 
upon them the signature of the Governor and Treasurer of the State and 
the great seal of the State. But for this information obtained from Mr. 
Bowen and the prompt action taken thereon, the whole of the aforesaid 
six million dollars worth of b mds would to day be a debt of the State. 
The Committee succeeded in having these bonds sent to South Carolina, 
where they were, the following Spring, in accordance with resolution of 
the Legislature, destroyed or canceled. By the action of this Commit¬ 
tee, the financial operations of the Financial Board were so checked that 
it was impossible to create any new debt against the State. Says he 
knows nothing about the five thousand and odd dollars referred to in 
Kimpton’s report as having been paid to the Committee in excess of the 
sums previously mentioned as having been paid to members of Committee 
and the clerks, &c. He says that after the Committee returned from New 
York they kept on with their labors until discharged by the Legislature 
some time in 1872, i. e. during the session of 1871 and 1872. Each 
member of the Committee claimed further compensation for their work 
and certificates were issued to them—joint certificates, as per bills pre¬ 
sented, of which the following is a copy of one : 

Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1872. 

State of South Carolina, 

To \V. H. GARDNER, Dr. 

For services rendered as member of the Joint Special Investigat¬ 
ing Committee, ninety-two days, at $6 per day.$552 00 

Mileage from New York to Columbia. 330 00 


$882 00 





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For this amount a certificate was issued to Gardner, and I suppose he 
got the money on it. A similar account was made out by each member 
of the Committee. He cannot say that they were for exactly the same 
amounts, but thinks they were nearly so, for which certificates were 
issued. He does not know whether the parties received the money for 
their certificates or not. Cannot tell as to whether he did or not; thinks 
he did not, as he was not as successful in getting money cn his certificates 
as some others were, and thinks nearly all his certificates were turned 
into the Treasury and notes taken for them, known as “Parker’s Trea¬ 
sury notes,” and they in turn put before the Big Bonanza Commission, 
who allowed some of them in full and others were cut down to five cents 
on the dollar, and warrants for one half of that only given by the Comp¬ 
troller General. He further says that they had kept General Moses in 
New York to obtain his testimony on the arms, purchases, &c., and that 
he (Moses) thought he ought to be paid for his services. He was then 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. He made out his bill for 
$2,500 against the Committee, which bill was approved by witness as 
Chairman. It needed a joint certificate, which was made out and signed 
by the Speaker and Clerk of the House and Clerk of the Senate. The 
President of the Senate and Lieutenant Governor, A. J. Ransier, refused 
to sign the certificate unless he himself could be paid an equal arnouut. 
He, witness, was sent for, and went down to the State House and found 
Ransier and Moses both in the Speaker’s room. Moses said : “Governor 
Ransier refuses to sign this certificate unless he can have one of a similar 
amount; ” and it was agreed that he could have it, and the following bill— 
an entirely fictitious one—made out to cover the two amounts for Gov¬ 
ernor Ransier and Speaker Moses ; and the first bill made out by Moses 
for services, he thinks, was torn up or destroyed some way : 

Columbia, South Carolina, January 23, 1872. 
State of South Carolina, 

To JAMES C. GERSHON, Dr. 

For room rent, fires, &c., for the Joint Special Investigating 

Committee in New York.$5,000 00 

For which account two pay certificates were issued for $2,500 each, and 
Governor Ransier took one and Speaker Moses the other, and they each 
received the money from the Treasury for them. Witness says that at 
the time the certificates were given to Governor Ransier and Moses, he 
said : “Well, I think I am entitled to something for extra services as Chair¬ 
man of the Committee,” and an additional compensation was agreed upon 
for him of fifteen hundred dollars, and a bill for said amount made out 



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and the certificates for same issued, signed by Ransier and Moses as 
President of Senate and Speaker of House, respectively. He thinks 
that went with his other certificates. Witness was asked if any person 
or persons were employed as experts for the Committee of which he was 
Chairman. He answered no; no expert was employed. Was then 
asked if experts could not have been employed without his knowledge, 
as the resolution under which the Committee was appointed authorized 
the employment of experts. He replied that no clerk or expert could 
have been employed by the Committee without his knowledge, as he was 
the Chairman of the Committee and would have had to give the appoint¬ 
ment. Witness was then shown the following paper, or one of which 
the following is a copy: 

Columbia, S. C., April 7, 1871. 

State of South Carolina, 

To JOINT SPECIAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, Dr. 
For the services of “ an expert,” as authcrized by the concur¬ 
rent resolution appointing the said Committee, for thirty- 
two days, at $10 per day, from March 7th, 1871.$230 00 

This account is in the handwriting of B. F. Whittemore. Witness 
says that he never saw it or heard of it before, and as the Committee 


had no expert in their employ, the account is a palpable fraud. 

A similar account, in the same handwriting, dated June 7th, 

1871, for sixty-one days’ service of an expert, sixty-one 

days.$610 00 

Also one dated August 7th, 1871, for same purpose, in same 

handwriting, and for the same time, sixty-one days.$610 00 

Also one dated October 7, 1871, for same purpose, in same 

handwriting, for the same time, sixty-one days.$610 00 

And also another dated December 7, 1871, for same purpose and 

same time, and in the same handwriting, sixty-one days.$610 00 


All these in the handwriting of B. F. Whittemore, and witness further 
says that, like the first one, he never saw them or heard of them before, 
and they are fraudulent accounts. 

Another account for A. W. Chambers for services as an expert on the 
Committee, dated January 1st, 1872, and for $3,000, was shown witness; 
says from the signature he sees that he approved the account, but cannot 
recall it, and cannot explain it; also that he cannot explain the account 
to Charles Williamson for $630, nor the account to William L. Garland 
for $1,000. 

He says that $180 before spoken of is all the money that Mr. C. C. Bowen 
ever received through the Investigating Committee as counsel fees or 







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otherwise. Says that early in 1872 Mr. Bowen asked a settlement with 
the Committee for his services as counsel, &c., and proposed to leave it 
to the Chief Justice and to the Attorney General, D. H. Chamberlain, as to 
what would be a proper charge for his services. The Chief Justice said 
that, owing to the great service he had rendered the State in ascertain¬ 
ing about the $6,000,000 sterling loan bonds and preventing this amount 
of bonds from becoming a burden to the State, in connection with his 
other service, that he thought $5,000 a very reasonable compensation to 
allow him; Mr. Chamberlain agreed with him. Mr. Bowen said he was 
satisfied with $2,500, and a bill was accordingly made out and approved 
by the Chairman of the Committee for said amount. A certificate was 
given Mr. Bowen for the amount of his bill, $2,500, but that he thinks 
Mr. Bowen never was able to realize anything upon it. Says he thinks 
all of the accounts above mentioned made out against the Joint Special 
Investigating Committee, and for which certificates were given, with the 
exception of the accouuts for an expert made out in the handwriting of 
Senator B. F. Whittemore, and those before mentioned, of which he can 
give no explanation, were put before the Legislature as contingent 
accounts, and were passed lor payment. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

After the High Joint Special Investigating Committee returned from 
the North, after pursuing their investigations there, and while the Legis¬ 
lature was in session,—at which session the movement was made to im¬ 
peach Governor Scott,—I received from the said special Committee, for 
my attendance in New York, two warrants for twelve hundred and fifty 
dollars each. A pay certificate (joint) was made out for it, but A. J. 
Ransier, then Lieutenant Governor and ex officio President of the Senate, 
refused to sign it unless he received one for a similar amount. There¬ 
upon another was made out for him. He then signed mine and signed 
his, and I received the money oil mine and suppose he did on his. 

F. J. MOSES. 



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The certificates now shown to me I recognize as the certificates I 
referred to in the above. The certificates are as follows: 


Number. 

Date. 

Amount. 

To Whom Payable. 


January 25, 1872. 

$1,250 00 

James C. Gershon. 


January 25, 1872.;. 

1,250 00 

James C. Gershon. 


January 25, 1872. 

2,500 00 

James C. Gershon. 


The two certificates each for twelve hundred and fifty dollars were 
collected from the Treasury by F. S. Jacobs, and the certificate for 
twenty-five hundred dollars was collected from the Treasury by Niles 
G. Parker. 


F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF J. J. WRIGHT. 

Judge J. J. Wright, sworn, says: 

He resides in Columbia; is one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme 
Court. Pay certificate dated March 13, 1872, issued to J. N. Dobson 
for $642 for services as Committee clerk of the Senate, and certificate of 
same date to C. N. Smith for same amount, shown to witness. I know 
that at one time, several years ago, I let two young men, who, as well as 
I remember, represented themselves as attachees of the General Assembly, 
have some money—about twenty-five dollars to one, and, as well as I re¬ 
member, fifty dollars to the other,—and took as collateral security pay 
certificates from each. This, I think, was during Parker’s administration. 
I don’t know the names of the parties, nor have I ever seen them since. 
I made inquiry for them but could not find them and kept the certificates 
for several years. I do not now distinctly recall what I did with these 
certificates,—whether I traded them to John B. Dennis, or Mr. Greenfield, 
or whether I received a Treasury note for them. I do remember that at 
one time I had a Treasury note, the amount of which I now forget, and 
deposited it with the Carolina National Bank as collateral security for a 
loan for which Parker, Neagle and Patterson became responsible. But 
I do not remember whether I received that Treasury note from the cer¬ 
tificates above described. This Treasury note was filed with the Big 
Bonanza Commission by R. K. Scott. I never received the money on 
these pay certificates from the State Treasury. I am not positive about 
the handwriting of the endorsement upon these certificates; my impres¬ 
sion is that it is my signature on the back of the Dobson certificate, and 





























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perhaps on the other, but I do not speak positively as to that. I now 
ask leave to retract what I say in reference to the endorsement, since a 
a more careful inspection, for I only see one indication of my handwrit¬ 
ing and that is the letter “R” in the surname of the Dobson certificate; 
but I could not have written the entire endorsement, for the English is too 
bad. The language is not my own. 

J. J. WRIGHT. 

Columbia, August 9, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 25, 1877. 

Hon. Lawrence Cain, being further examined, says: 

That it comes within his knowledge that pay certificates were issued 
for the use of the members of the House and Senate, and without any 
consideration whatever being given to the State for them. Was to have 
received oue on the furniture claim, but took fifty dollars for his interest 
in it from General John B. Dennis. Knows that pay certificates were 
issued on the contingent fund of the Senate and the money collected and 
divided up between the members; remembers distinctly of one being 
divided between himself, Senator Nash, of Richlaud, Senator Jervey, of 
Charleston, Senator Gaillard, of Charleston, Senator J. M. Smith, of 
Barnwell, Senator Walker, of Chester, and Senator White, of York. 

LAWRENCE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF A. O. JONES. 

Columbia. S. C., July 17, 1877. 

A. O. Jones, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I reside in Charleston, in this State. Was Clerk of the House of 
Representatives from July, 1868, until the inauguration of Governor 
Hampton’s administration. It was a part of my duty to attest the sig¬ 
nature of the presiding officer to pay certificates. Pay certificate March 
13, 1872, No. 0299, in favor of Thomas Murchison, for $642, shown to 
witness. His signature acknowledged; do not know such a man; never 
knew such a man; the certificate is genuine; the body of the certificate 
is in my handwriting. Certificate, same date, 0306, to A. J. Simmons. 
Do not know such a man; never knew such a man to remember him; 
the signature is my own; the body of the certificate is in my hand¬ 
writing. The certificate is genuine. In saying that the certificates are 




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genuine, I do not mean to say that any consideration was given the State 
tor them or that they are not fraudulent; I only mean to say that they 
are not forgeries. Certificate 0304, same date, to William Andrews, 
signed by me; the body of the certificate also written by me; the certifi¬ 
cate is genuine. I never knew such a man to remember him; don’t 
know such a man now. Certificate, same date, No. 0312, to Andrew 
Smith. The signature is my own; the certificate genuine; don’t know 
such a man; never knew such a man to remember him. 

Certificate, same date, 0256, to George A. Adams. A genuine certifi¬ 
cate; the signature my own; don’t know such a man; never knew such 
a man to remember him. Don’t remember to have delivered certificates 
to the Speaker about that time. I think it was not an unusual thing 
for other parties than those named drawing the certificates, and some¬ 
times the Speaker himself would take the certificate as if to deliver to 
the parties. It was not usual for the Speaker to endorse the certificates. 
In saying that the certificates are genuine, I only mean that they are 
not forgeries. I do not remember that services were rendered by any 
such parties as those above named. 

Certificate March 12, 1872, No. 169, to Jas. Stebbings. A genuine 
certificate, attested by myself; body of the certificate in ray handwriting; 
know no such man; never knew such a man. When I would putin the 
word “messenger” in any certificate, I would only do so upon the order 
of the Speaker. The Speaker made the appointment of attachees, and 
no record was kept or required to be kept at that time of their names. 
My attestation was required to certificates. Whenever the Speaker 
requested me to attest a certificate I did so without making any inquiry 
as to the party or parties. Don’t remember that any supplies were ever 
delivered by such a party as Jas. Stebbings. Very often there were no 
vouchers for a certificate, and I signed them only upon the Speaker’s 
order. I don’t kuow that the Stebbiugs claim was a good one; never 
made any inquiry into the consideration for which a certificate was issued. 

The Speaker of the House had the power to issue certificates ad lib¬ 
itum , and it was my duty to attest his signature properly. I don’t think 
I ever refused to attest any certificate that bore Moses’s signature. At 
the time these dirferent certificates were issued J. B. Dennis was Chair¬ 
man of the Committee on Contingent Accounts. Do not know that all 
these accounts were connected with the furniture bill. Stewart,Sutphen 
& Co’s were, as also the claim of Nicol & Davidson. Certificate, March 
12th, 1872, No. 154, to Stewart, Sutphen & Co., is a genuine certificate; 
the body of it is in my handwriting; think the amount in this instance 
came directly from the Committee on Contingent Accounts. All the 
certificates that have been exhibited to me are in my handwriting; 
generally I filled out the certificates. I might often have attested certifi- 


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cates that ought not to have been issued, but it was not my duty to stop 
the Speaker, and I made no inquiries iuto such things. I know Joseph 
Crews, J. B. Dennis and M. J. Calnan: also know Kinard; don’t know 
any other parties out of the fifteen certificates embraced in the Trea¬ 
surer’s No. 1707. I do not know C. P. Bruce; don’t know anything about 
him; don’t remember that he ever furnished any supplies ; signed a joint 
certificate issued to him for $->,500,—at least it was payable to his order. 
Don’t know William Campbell; signed certificate issued to him for $1,500. 
Don’t know F. Marsh; signed certificate to him for $642; don’t remem¬ 
ber that he acted as clerk. Don’t know Peter Turner; signed a certificate 
to him for $642; don’t know that he performed the services. Don’t know 
Hal Mitchell; signed a certificate to him for $535. Don’t know E. R. 
Osmond; signed a certificate to him for $535. Don’t know H. Landis; 
signed a certificate to him for $636. The bodies of the last jive certifi¬ 
cates are in my handwriting. When I was attesting these certificates I 
feared that Moses, as Speaker, was abusing his authority. 

Certificate No. 1651, to Thomas Kingsman, is genuine; don’t know 
the man; don’t know any circumstance connected with it. 

Certificate No. 265, to T. S. Johnson ; don’t know the man, nor have I 
any recollection of any circumstance connected with the certificate. 

Certificate (joint) 150, to P. D. Smith, for $3,575.50; don’t know the 
man and have no recollection of any circumstance connected with the 
certificate. 

Certificate 156, to J. D. McPherson, for $3,928.50; don’t know the man 
nor any circumstance connected with the certificate. 

No. 155, (joint) to G. T. Brown, for $1,585.50; don’t know any cir¬ 
cumstance connected with the certificate. 

No. 153, to C. T. Lee, for $1,475.60. Same as above; know nothing, 
except that they are genuine, so far as the issuing is concerned. 

No. 154, to M. E. Carter, $1,230.60. Same as above; know nothing. 

No. 152, to P. M. Atkinson, for $1,780. Same as above. 

I am satisfied they were issued as gratuities. 

I attested the signature of the Speaker to joint certificates. Don’t 
have any recollection of Jacob Small ; signed a certificate to him for 
moneys as Clerk for $642. Don’t know John* Simons; signed the 
certificate to him for $535. When I say I don’t know* a party, I 
mean in every instance that I have no recollection of him. Don’t know 
Robert Dickerson ; signed a certificate to him for $535. Don’t know 
Berry Brume; signed a certificate to him as messenger, $535. Don’t know 
John Cross; signed a certificate to him for $535. The three last cer¬ 
tificates were filled out in my handwriting. Don’t know that T. Hurley 
ever furnished any supplies to the House, but I signed the joint certifi¬ 
cate to him for $546. It is probable that John Williams furnished 


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supplies to the House; I signed the certificate to him for $300 for 
supplies. 

No. 152, no attestation to Speaker’s signature, to Nicol & Davidson, 
for $2,573.04. No. 151, to Nicol & Davidson, for $2,573.04. No. 141, 
to A. Washburn, for $700. No. 142, to A. Brown, for $600. No. 
119, to Berry Brown, for $1,500. No. —, Senate, to J. Sulzbacher, 
for $750.50. No. 88, to John B. Dennis, for $2,100. Don’t remem¬ 
ber any circumstance connected with auy of the last seven certificates* 
and don’t know any of the persons to whom they were issued except 
Sulzbacher and Dennis. Don’t know C. L. Frankfort; don’t know that 
he ever furnished any supplies; signed a certificate (joint) to him for 
$4,000. 


Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 

Certificate 


No. 324, to Tom Benton, February 16, 1872, for $121. 

No. 577, to John Wilcox, February 16, 1872, for $486. 
No. 575, to Jackson Smart., February 16,1872, for $486. 
No. 578, to Nelson Monroe, February 16,1872, for $486. 
No. 576, to Willis Come, February 16, 1872, for $486. 
No. 581, to William Scott, February 16, 1872, for $486. 
No. 580, to Maxcy Scott, February 16, 1872, for $486. 

No. 315, to William Nettles, February 16, 1872, for $486. 
No. 579, to Wilder Dennis, February 16,1872, for $486. 
No. 538, to James Hemphill, February 16,1872, for $486. 
No. 339, to William Rodgers, February 16, 1872, for 


$486. 

Certificate No. 323, to Eddy Thompson, February 16, 1872, for 
$121.50. 

Certificate No. 318, to Stephen Wilcox, February 16,1872, for $486. 

All the thirteen above certificates, except the one to James Hemphill, 
are in my handwriting and are genuine. I have no recollection of any 
circumstances connected with any of the certificates and know none of 
the parties. None of the parties named served as clerks or attac.hees to 
nov knowledge. Don’t know whv I did not attest the certificate to J. W. 
Havne, for $5,000, issued for legislative expenses,—don’t remember any¬ 
thing about the certificate. Don’t know James C. Gershon, to whom a 
certificate was issued for $1,250, although I signed the certificate; have 
no recollection of any circumstance connected with the certificate. I 
knew a Mr. W. H. Gardner, formerly of the County of Sumter. Don’t 
know any circumstance connected with a certificate issued to him for 
$2,574, January 30, 1872, for legislative expenses. Mr. Gardner was a 
member of the House at the time of the date of the above certificate. 
[ know Hardy Solomon. 1 have no knowledge that he ever furnished 
any supplies for the use of the House. Certificate No. 81, January J 7th, 
1873, was issued to him and signed by me. The body of the certificate 


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is in my handwriting. Have no recollection of any circumstance con¬ 
nected with the certificate; and the same case with certificate No. 64, 
for $1,480; and the same testimony as to certificates Nos. 45 and 46, 
issued to John Johnson, for $1,550 and $1,450, respectively, on the 17th 
January, 1873; and the same as to No. 264, to H. C. Harkuess, Feb¬ 
ruary 26, 1873, for $4,960.23. Have no recollection of anything con¬ 
nected with any of these certificates; the same as to No. 151, joint cer¬ 
tificate, December 17th, 1872, to 8. J. Wells, for $3,474; and the same 
as to certificate (joint) No. 149, December 17th, 1872, to B. M. Patter¬ 
son, for $2,550.50. 

Certificate No. 109, March 2d, 1871, to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, for 

$500. 

Certificate No. 99, February 22d, 1871, to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, for 

$500. 

Certificate No. 99, February 22d, 1871, to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, for 
$500. 

Certificate No. 99, February 22d, 1871, to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, for 
$500. 

Certificate No. 99, February 22d, 1871, to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, for 
$644.61. 

The five certificates above are in my handwriting and are genuine. 
Do not know anything about the consideration for which these certifi¬ 
cates were issued, and have no recollection of any circumstance con¬ 
nected with their issuance. Mr. Kinard kept a dry goods store in 
this city. The same testimony as to certificate No. K, February 
24th, 1872, to same parties, for $4,300; as, also, the same as to cer¬ 
tificate No. 158, March 2, 1872, to Stewart, Sutphen & Co., for 
$925.50; and the same as to certificate No. 152, to Nicol & Davidson, 
March 2, 1872, for $1,647.57, except that the word “bearer,” in the cer¬ 
tificate of February 24th, 1872, for $4,300, is not in my handwriting, 
and was evidently placed there after the delivery of the certificate. 


No. 54, B, February 16,1872, to Wilson Glover, for.$405 00 

No. 338, B, February 16, 1872, to James Wilson, for. 405 00 

No. 320, B, February 16, 1872, to Washington Gilbert, for. 405 00 

No. 541, B, February 16, 1872, to Jackson Simonds, for. 405 00 

No. 539, B, February 16, 1872, to Robert Gilliard, for. 405 00 

No. 592, B, February 16, 1872, to Edward Maloy, for..... 405 00 

No. 589, B, February 16, 1872, to Harry Wines, for. 405 00 

No. 590, B, February 16, 1872, to Winfield Harris, for. 405 00 

No. 585, B, February 16, 1872, to Jacob Cobb, for. 405 00 

No. 586, B, February 16, 1872, to Baker Spears, for. 405 00 

No. 591, B, February 16, 1872, to Duncan Ferris, for. 405 00 

No. 587, B, February 16, 1872, to Donaldson Singleton, for. 405 00 

No. 322, B, February 16, 1872, to Samuel Knox, for. 405 00 















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The thirteen certificates above set forth are all in my handwriting, ex¬ 
cept those to Wilson Glover, Jackson Simonds and Robert Gilliard, 
and are made out for Committee clerks. I attested each of them. All 
of them are genuine. I knew none of them, and do not remember that 
any of them were ever in the employ of the House. If they had 
served I would have, in most instances, remembered them. 


No. 135, February 7, 1873, to James Parkins, for.$ 948 00 

No. 136, February 7,1873, to Lewis Barnes, for.8,000 28 


The same testimony as to the certificates next above. In attesting 
this large issue of certificates, I often feared that Mr. Moses, as Speaker, 
was abusing his authority, and I frequently remonstrated with him. In 
some instances names and amounts and the occupation of the parties 
were given to have certificates issued and delivered according to order, 
sometimes to the Speaker in his own person, and sometimes to his agent 
or agents. 

[Testimony suspended here.] 


Columbia, S. C., July 17, 1877. 


A. O. JONES. 


testimony of a. o. jones.— Continued . 

Columbia, S. C., August 21, 1877. 

A O. Jones, being recalled, deposes as follows: 

.1 was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives at the special 
session of July, 1868, and continued in office until the recent change in 
the State government. In addition to other matters, it was made my 
duty by law to attest the signature of the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives to all official records of the House of Representatives, 
and to pay certificates issued to members, officers, employees and for in¬ 
cidental expenses of the House; also to joint certificates issued for ex¬ 
penses common to both houses. I never questioned the authority of the 
Speaker to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer, nor did I consider 
that I had the right to refuse any attestation to his signature. Under 
the rules of the House, certificates were issued upon the order of the 
House or upon the order of the Speaker. Rule 75 reads thus: “It, shall 
be the duty of the Clerk to issue pay certificates to members for per diem 
and mileage, and to officers and employees, when the two houses shall 
have ordered the same by concurrent resolution, and for incidental ex¬ 
penses, upon the order of the House or of the Speaker; the signature of 
the Speaker being attested by the Clerk.” At the session of 1870-71, 





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during the second term of office of Hon. F. J. Moses as Speaker, the 
issue of pay certificates was increased to an enormous extent. I remon¬ 
strated with the Speaker against what I believed to be an abuse of his 
authority, but without effect. I made such remonstrance frequently in 
the presence of the Assistant Clerk, Mr. W. J. Etter. From Mr. Josephus 
Woodruff, the Clerk of the Senate, I learned that the issue of pay certi¬ 
ficates by that body was as great as that of the House of Representatives. 
We concluded to seek legal advice regarding the matter, and obtained 
the opinion that the attestation of the signatures of the presiding officers 
being but an authentication of the genuineness of the paper , the Clerks were 
in no wap legally responsible for the issue. The pressure upon the presiding 
officers and members of the Senate and House to have pay certificates 
issued to their friends, political and otherwise, for sinecures and as 
gratuities, increased at every session. The issue rose to the highest point 
at the session of 1871-72, when the orders on the State Treasury drawn 
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives amounted to over a 
half million of' dollars; two-thirds of which, it is safe to assert, were for 
sinecures or gratuities. This abuse, though in a little milder form, con¬ 
tinued through the sessions of 1872-73 and 1873-74, when Hon. S. J. 
Lee was Speaker. At the session of 1873-74, the evil was remedied by 
the passage of “An Act to regulate the number and pay of officers, at- 
tachees, clerks and laborers of the General Assembly and to provide the 
manner of electing, appointing and paying the same,” approved March 
17, 1874. The Clerks heartily co-operated with the author of the Bill 
(Mr. Johu R. Cochran) in its passage, and hailed it as a signal measure 
of relief, not only to the State, but to themselves. Previous to the pas¬ 
sage of this Act, pay certificates were hawked on the streets of Columbia 
at ten cents on the dollar and were a drug at that figure. This Act, 
with the special levy tax Act and the Act to regulate the disbursement 
of public funds by public officers, effectually checked the great evil. 
There was very little regularity observed in the orders for pay certifi¬ 
cates. Orders were often given by the Speaker verbally, and some upon 
slips of paper, many of which were easily lost or mislaid; the only 
record, in most cases, being the stub book of the Clerk. When the Clerks 
were required to certify that certificates were “regularly and properly 
issued” under the Bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims 
against the State, such certificates only implied that the pay certificate 
to which it was attached was genuine. Amongst the papers in the hands 
of the Committee, of which au explanation is required, I recognize the 
following: 


ATTACHEES. 


No 583, February 16, 1872, order of Robert Mays, messenger...$405 00 

No. 584, February 16, 1872, order of Frank Small, messenger... 405 00 

No. 588, February 16, 1872, order of Hugh Williams, messenger. 405 00 

No. 582, February 16, 1872, order of Thomas Rhodes, clerk. 486 00 

No. 542, February 16, 1872, order of William Knox, messenger.. 405 00 


The papers appear to have been collected by J. L. Neagle, then 
Comptroller General. I do not know any such persons, and believe 
them to be gratuities. , 


No. 324, February 16, 1872, order of Tom Renton, page. 

No. 577, February 16, 1872, order of John Wilcock, clerk. 

No. 575, February 16, 1872, order of Jackson Smoot, clerk. 

No. 578, February 16, 1872, order of Nelson Monroe, clerk. 

No. 576, February 16, 1872, order of Elias Carn, clerk. 

No. 581, February 16, 1872, order of William Scott, clerk. 

No. 580, February 16, 1872, order of Maxcy Scott, clerk. 

No. 315, February 1(5, 1872, order of William Nettles, clerk. 

No. 579, February 16, 1872, order of Wilder Dennis, clerk. 

No. 538, February 16, 1872, order of James Hemphill, clerk_ 

No. 339, February 16, 1872, order of William Rodgers, clerk... 

No. 318, February 16, 1872, order of Stephen Wilcock, clerk... 


SI 21 50 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 
486 00 


The papers appear to have been collected by J. L. Watson, County 
Treasurer of York, and brother-in-law of J. L. Neagle. I do not know 
that any such persons rendered service for these certificates. I believe 
them to be gratuities. 


No. 54, February 16, 1872, order of Wilson Glover, messenger..$405 00 
No. 338, February 16,1872, order of James Wilson, messenger... 405 00 
No. 320, February 16, 1872, order of Washington Gilbert, mes¬ 
senger. 405 00 

No. 541, February 16, 1872, order of Jackson Simouds, mes¬ 
senger. 405 00 

No. 539, February 1(5, 1872, order of Robert Gaillard, mes¬ 
senger. 405 00 

No. 592, February 16, 1872, order of Edward Malloy, messenger.. 405 00 

No. 586, February 16, 1872, order of Harry Wiucus, messenger... 405 00 

No. 590, February 16, 1872, order of Winfield Harris, mes¬ 


senger...... 405 00 

No. 585, February 16, 1872, order of Jacob Cobb, messenger. 405 00 


No. 586, February 16, 1872, order of Baker Spears, messenger.. 405 00 


















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No. 591, February 16,1872, order of Duncan Ferris, messenger..8405 00 
No. 587, February 16, 1872, order of Donaldson Singleton, mes¬ 
senger... 405 00 

No. 322, February 16, 1872, order of Samuel Knox, messenger.. 405 00 

I do not know such persons. Believe them to be gratuities. 

No. 0299, March 13, 1872, order of Thomas Murchison, clerk...8642 00 


No. 0306, March 13, 1872, order of A. J. Simmons, clerk. 642 00 

No. 0304, March 13, 1872, order of William Andrews, clerk. 642 00 

No. 0296, March 13, 1872, order of George A. Adams, clerk. 642 00 


No. 0312, March 13, 1872, order of Andrew Smith, messenger... 535 00 

These papers appear to have been collected by Mr. T. J. Coghlan, 
County Treasurer of Sumter. I do not know of any such persons per¬ 
forming the services for which these orders were drawn. Believe them 


to be gratuities. 

No. 0305, March 13, 1872, order of Jacob Small, clerk.8642 00 

No. 0301, March 13, 1872, order of dohn Simonds, messenger... 535 00 
No. 0297, March 13, 1872, order of Richard Dickenson, mes¬ 
senger. 535 00 

No. 0303, March 13,1872, order of Benjamin Browne, messenger.. 535 00 
No. 0302, March 13, 1872, order of John Cross, messenger. 535 00 


These papers appear to have been collected by Mr. T. J. Coghlan, 
County Treasurer of Sumter. I never knew' of any such persons render¬ 
ing service. Believe them to be gratuities. 


No. 0272, March 13, 1872, order of F. Marsh, Clerk .8642 00 

No. 0275, March 13, 1872, order of Peter Turner, Clerk. 642 00 

No. 0258, March 13, 1872, order of Hal Mitchell, Messenger. 535 00 

No. 0265, March 13, 1872, order of E. R. Osmond, Messenger... 535 00 

No. 0260, March 13, 1872, order of H. Landis, Messenger. 636 00 


These papers appear to have been collected by Mr. J. B. Lowry, 
brother-in-law of Ex-Governor Scott. I believe these orders to be 
gratuities. 


No. 0278, March 13, 1872, order of J. Crowley, Clerk.8642 00 

No. 0276, March 13, 1872, order of B. E. Gray, Clerk. 642 00 

No. 0255, March 13, 1872, order of H. R. Sellers, Clerk. 636 00 

No. 0256, March 13, 1872, order of T. A. Braxton, Clerk. 636 00 

No. 0269, March 13, 1872, order of Z. Herst, Clerk. 642 00 

No. 0279, March 13, 1872, order of R. F. Roller, Clerk. 642 00 



















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No. 0280, March 13, 1872, order of John Thompson, Clerk.$642 00 

No. 0277, March 13, 1872, order of R. Z. White, Messenger. 535 00 

No. 0259, March 13, 1872, order of Saucho Corlies, Messenger... 535 00 

No. 0268, March 13, 1872, order of V. Bronson, Messenger. 535 00 

No. 0273, March 13, 1872, order of P. W. Clark, Porter. 321 00 

No. 0261, March 13, 1872, order ot* John Hunt, Porter. 321 00 

These papers appear to have been collected by Mr. George W. Water¬ 
man, brother-in-law of Ex-Governor R. K. Scott. I do not know any 
such persons. Believe them to be gratuities. 

\ 

No. 523, March 13, 1872, order of Jeffrey Long, Clerk.$264 00 

Do not know that such a person rendered service. 

No. 0282, March 13, 1872, order of T. W. Parmele, Clerk.$156 00 

No. 263, January 4, 1872, order of T. W. Parmele, Clerk. 228 00 

These and other like orders were issued to Mr. Parmele. Do not 
know that he performed any service for them. 

No. 0271, March 13, 1872, order of J. Copel, Messenger.$535 00 

No. 0270, March 13, 1872, order of J. Hollenback, Messenger... 535 00 

These papers appear to have been collected by Mr. C. H. Baldwin. 
Do not know any such persons. Believe them to be gratuities. 

No. 0162, March 13, 1872, order of L. T. Tingraau, Clerk.$156 00 

No. 572, February 16, 1872, order of George Johnson, Clerk. 258 00 

No. 571, February 16, 1872, order of John Smith, Clerk. 258 00 

Have no knowledge of these parties rendering service. 

JOINT CERTIFICATES. 

No. 9, March 9, 1874, order of D. McPhersou, laborer.$330 00 

N 0> — f March 9, 1874, order of J. C. Oliver, laborer. 330 00 

No. —, March 9, 1874, order of Prince Willets, laborer. 330 00 

Do not know that these parties rendered any service. 

No. —, January 28, 1872, order of William Wallace, Clerk.$360 00 

No. —, February 16, 1872, order of Hugh Hudson, Clerk. 486 00 

No. —, February 16, 1872, order of Clarke Jones, Clerk. 486 00 

No. —, February 16, 1872, order of Jonas Glover, Messenger.... 405 00 
No. —, February 16, 1872, order of Enoch Lloyd, Messenger.... 215 00 
No. —, January 28, 1872, order of W. G. Groves, Clerk. 360 00 





















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No. —, February 16, 1872, order of Ephraim Sims, Messenger ..$405 00 
No. —, February 16, 1872, order of Waring Mikell, Clerk 486 00 

I do not know any such persons. Believe them to be gratuities. 

No. 611, February 16, 1872, order of Charles Kleckly, Clerk....$486 00 

No. 614, February 16, 1872, order of Clark Fielding, Clerk. 486 00 

No. 616, February 16, 1872, order of Willis Cooke, Clerk. 486 00 

No. 613, February 16, 1872, order of Thomas T. Jones, Clerk... 486 00 

No. 612, February 16, 1872, order of William Clapp, Clerk. 486 00 

No. 703, February 16, 1877, order of George Campsen, Clerk. .. 486 00 

No. 0254, February 16, 1877, order of John Stouffer, Clerk. 636 00 

No. 0251, February 16, 1877, order of J. Frank, Clerk. 636 00 

I do not know that any such persons performed service. Believe 
them to be gratuities. 

The following are specimen orders of the Speaker appointing Commit¬ 
tee clerks and other attachees of the House and orders from him for the 
issue of pay certificates: 

“Dear Jones —Please send certificates for three messengers, James 
Jamison, James Dunlap and Robert Green, throughout the session. 

“ Sincerely, 

“ MOSES.” 

“ Dear Jones —I received enclosed orders from General Moses last 
evening. Please make out certificates immediately so that I can forward 
them to him for his signature, as he is in a great hurry to get them. Is 
everything lovely this morning? 

“Truly yours, 

“F. S. JACOBS.” 

The following are all in Mr. Jacobs’s handwriting and signed by Mr. 
Moses officially: 

“Hal. Mitchell is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“ H. Landis is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Representa¬ 
tives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker, 

“November 28 ? 1871 ” 








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“ P- E. Gray is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“ R- Z. Witty is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker H. of R. 

“ November 28, 1871.” 

“John Capel is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“ November 28, 1871.” 

“ F. Marsh is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Representa¬ 
tives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“Z. Hurst is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Representatives 
of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“R. F. Roller is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“John Crowley is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“Peter Turner is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“Charles Peiffer is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

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“B. W. Clark is hereby appointed a porter in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871,” 

“V. Bronson is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 

“ F. Damond is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“E. R. Osmond is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“L. R. F. Schad is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“ B. F. Blount is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“John Hunt is hereby appointed a porter in the House of Represent¬ 
atives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 


“ Elias Legget is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 


“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“ November 28, 1871.” 

“E. Hollenback is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives of South Caroliua. 


a 


“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 


November, 28, 1871.” 


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“ Sancho Corlies is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“John Thompson is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“ November 28, 1871.” 

“ John Stouffer is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“ H. Sellers is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Representa¬ 
tives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“ H. Baxter is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Representa¬ 
tives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“ November 28, 1871.” 

The certificates were made out in accordance with the orders and de¬ 
livered to Mr. Jacobs in compliance with request. 

“ Charles Axom is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives until the close of the session. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

“ Speaker of H. of R. 

“ November 28, 1871.” 

“E. Judge is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives until the close of the session. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

“ Speaker of H. of R.. 

“November 28, 1871.” 

“ John Hellichamp is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives of South Carolina until the close of the session. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

“ Speaker H. of R.” 


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“Henry Minton is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives until the close of the session. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
“Speaker of H. of R.” 

“William Rodgers is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives of South Carolina. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 

“ L. A. Sheddon is hereby appointed a porter in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

\ “F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 

“ J. Mar is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Representatives. 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 

/ -• 

“Dear Jones —Please give my pet, the bearer, a certificate as mes¬ 
senger from the 5th of January to the close of the session. 

“ Your9 truly, 

“F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 

“My Dear Jones —Please make out for me and send to me by bearer 
the following certificates. I want them by 10 o’clock. I will not send 
for any more: 

“Clerks—William Nettles, Clarke Jones, Waring Mikell, Stephen 
Wilcock. 

“Messengers—Ephraim Simms, Washington Gilbert, James Gilmore, 
Samuel Knox. 

“ Pages—Eddy Simmons, Tom Benton. 

“ Please make them all out from 28th November, 1871. 

“ Sincerely, 

“ F. J. M., Speaker.” 

“ My Dear Osceola —Please send me by bearer a certificate for 
$4,300 in favor of J. H. & M. L. Kinard ‘for sundries furnished/ and 
one for $1,500 in favor of Hardy Solomon ‘for sundries furnished/ and 
oblige, 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker, &c. 

“ February 23, 1872.” 

“Dear Jones —Please fix the within for mutual friend Hurley. 

“ Sincerely, 


“ MOSES.” 


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“ Frank, these are the cusses. Make an order to A. O. Jones. 

“ T. H.” 

Charles Reade, messenger. 

John B. Turner, clerk. 

Amos Barnes, clerk. 

Daniel D. Cooper, messenger. 

Andrew Smith, messenger. 

Elias Woodrow, clerk. 

The handwriting on the above paper seems to be that of Mr. Hurley. 

“Dear Jones —Please fix these for Bowen. They were promised ever 
since the session and he never got them. 

“ Sincerely, 

“MOSES.” 


George A. Adams, clerk. 

Richardson Dickerson, messenger. 

Benjamin Cooper, messenger. 

Thomas Murchinson, clerk. 

A. Williams, clerk. 

John Simmons, messenger. 

John Cross, messenger. 

Benjamin Brown, messeuger. 

William Andrews, clerk. 

Jacob Small, clerk. 

A. J. Simmons, clerk. 

George Anderson, clerk. 

John M. Adams, messenger. 

Orders for the issue of certificates to the following were sent to me, all 
of them dated November 28, 1870, and signed by Hon. F. J. Moses, Jr., 
Speaker. They were, I think, for some member of the House: 

John Logan, messenger. 

John Noland, messenger. 

William Smith, messenger. 

John Andrews, messenger. 

Abram Randolph, messenger. 

The following list of names was furnished for certificates. The hand- 

© 

writing appears to be that of Mr. B. F. Briggs, of York, who was Chair¬ 
man of the Committee on Agriculture : 

William Riley, clerk to the Committee. 

R. Finnegan, clerk. 


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Giles Foxworth, messenger, January 5, 1872. 
Jonas Wilson, messenger, November 28, 1871. 
They are appointed by the Speaker. 


The following orders for certificates were sent and were intended for 
reporters of the press : 

“John Morgan is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 


“Benjamin Wallace is hereby appointed a clerk in the House of 
Representatives. 


“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker.” 


The following orders are in the handwriting of Mr. F. S. Jacobs, 
dated November 28, 1870, and signed by Mr. Moses officially : 

R. Whitfield, messenger. 

John Thompson, messenger. 

Monroe Johnson, messenger. 

West Roller, messenger. 

West Roller, messenger. 

T. Morrison, messenger. 

The above orders were to continue through the session, and the certifi¬ 
cates were delivered to Mr. Jacobs. 

“ Daniel McCliuch is hereby appointed a messenger in the House of 
Representatives of South Carolina. 

“ F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

“ February 4, 1872.” 

Columbia, S. C., March 12, 1872. 

A. O. Jones, Esq., Clerk of House of Representatives: 

The following named persons have been retained as officers of the 
Legislature: 

F. Caldwell, clerk. 

H. S. Pierce, clerk. 

W. C. Porter, messenger. 

R. A. Hampton, porter. 

Respectfully, 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker. 

The certificates were delivered to Mr. W. H. Gardner, who was a 
member of the House from Sumter County. 


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Of the names on these certificates, or in the orders, not one is known 
to me, except the note or order of Speaker Moses to give “ his pet ” a 
certificate as messenger. The person referred to was Mr. W. J. Corbett^ 
who did perform service of some kind. The certificates exhibited 
amount to $39,213.50. I feel quite sure that the State received no 
benefit whatever for the expenditure. Certificates were issued always 
upon the receipt of the orders mentioned and delivered to whoever the 
Speaker sent for them. Sometimes they were delivered to the Speaker 
in person. As has already been stated, the custom of issuing pay certifi¬ 
cates indiscriminately was continued throughout the terms of Speakers 
Moses and Lee, but no such thing was done during Mr. R. B. Elliott’s 
term. The law regulating the issue of certificates was passed at the session 
of 1873-74, and was enforced at the sessions thereafter. 

Mr. F. S. Jacobs, who received so many certificates upon the orders of 
Speaker Moses, was believed to be the confidential friend and agent of 
Colonel John J. Patterson. Of the large issue of 1871-72, (more than 
a half million dollars,) two-thirds of which I regard as sinecures and 
gratuities, the Speaker and many members were undoubtedly directly 
interested in and benefitted thereby. 

A. O. JONES. 


TESTIMONY OF A. O. JONES. 

A. O. Jones, being recalled and duly sworn, says, in reference to 

LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES, ETC. 

The following papers are certificates issued for “ Legislative Expenses,” 
“ Sundries,” etc.: 

[No. —, P.] March 1 , 1872. 

Order of Paul Brown. $1,800 00 

[No. —, Q.] February 29, 1872. 

Order of Patrick Dunner. $1,000 00 

These papers appear to have been collected by the Treasurer of Beau¬ 
fort County. I do not know any such persons, nor of any supplies having 
been furnished, as these papers purport. They were evidently “gratui¬ 
ties,” and were issued upon the order of Speaker Moses. 1 do not know 
to whom they were delivered. 





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No. 86, January 13, 1872, order of M. H. Berry.. $12,319 50 

(Furnishing hall of House of Representatives aud Committee rooms.) 

No. H, January 13, 1872, order of M. H. Berry. $5,145 50 


The certificate No. 86 is one of those connected with the furnishing, 
under the direction of Mr. John B. Dennis, at the session of 1870-71, 
and was probably issued in lieu of a former certificate. That lettered 
“H” was given for “furniture for House and Committee rooms,” and 
has the printed words on the certificate “audited and passed” marked 
through with the pen. This was always done when a certificate was 
issued upon the order of the Speaker without the usual examination by 
a Committee and action of the House thereon. 

I originated the printed form of the certificates used by the House of 
Representatives. 

No. 140, March 7, 1871, order of M. H. Berry, $833, for sundries fur¬ 
nished as per account of Sergeaut-at-Arms. This account seems to have 
been regularly audited and passed. The paper appears to have been 
collected by Mr. M. H. Berry. The Sergeaut-at-Arms gave orders fre¬ 
quently on Mr. Berry for furniture. I know nothing further concerning 
the matter. Believe that much of the furniture was for the members of 
Committees. Have understood that orders were given for a great many 
articles of furniture which could not be necessary for the use of the House. 
I had no means of knowing whether the articles were really furnished or 
where they went. I had a personal account with Mr. Berry and always 
paid him by check and have his receipts. 


No. 172, March 14, 1872, order of M. IT. Berry. $1,519 20 

No. 67, January 24, 1872, order of M. H. Berry. 2,771 50 

No. 91, February 13, 1872, order of M. H. Berry. 50 00 

No. 27, December 20, 1872, order of M. H. Berry...;. 542 00 

These certificates were all issued for “furniture for Committee rooms.” 
No. 98, February 22, 1871, order of John B. Dennis.$550 00 


This certificate is one of many issued to Mr. Dennis to cover the 
account for fitting up the hall of the House aud Committee rooms, passed 
at the session of 1870-71. 


No. K, February 24, 1872, order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard....$4,300 00 

This certificate was issued upon the order of Speaker Moses and sent 
to him as per request, and purports to be for “ legislative expenses.” 
The Messrs. Kinard were dry goods merchants of the city of Columbia. 
I know of no consideration given for the certificate. 









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No. 158, March 2, 1872, Stewart, Sutphen & Co., or bearer $ 925 50 

No. 152, March 2, 1872, Nicol, Davidson A Co., or bearer. 1,647 50 

These certificates were issued “for interest, &c.,” and the accounts 
seem to have been regularly audited and passed. The accounts were 
probably in larger amounts and the certificates issued in fractional parts. 


No. 91, February 22, 1871, order of John B. Dennis.$1,000 00 

No. 81, February 22, 1871, order of John B. Dennis. 1,350 00 

No. 95, February 22, 1871, order of John B. Dennis. 1,000 00 


These certificates were issued to Mr. Dennis for “ fitting up the hall of 
the House and Committee rooms.” 

A Joint Resolution was approved January 29, 1873, authorizing and 
requiring the State Treasurer to pay and cancel the notes and certificates 
issued in payment of the different debts contracted for the furnishing of 
the hall of the House of Representatives in the following amounts: 
Nicol, Davidson & Co., $23,828.32; Stewart, Sutphen & Co., $21,294,69; 
M. H. Berry, $4,350.70, with interest from the dates when the respective 
debts were contracted. (See Volume XV, General Statutes, page 465.) 

A special Committee submitted a report at the session of 1870-71 
recommending the payment of accounts amounting to $90,556.31 for 
fitting up the hall of the House of Representatives and Committee 
rooms. The report was adopted and certificates in various sums to the 
amount of the aggregate in the report were delivered to Mr. John B. 
Dennis. These certificates embraced those afterwards provided for by 
the Joint Resolution referred to. Joint certificates 


No. —, January 25, 1872, order of James G. Gershou.$2,500 00 

No. —, January 25, 1872, order of James G. Gershou. 1,250 00 


These certificates were issued for real or imaginary “ legislative ex¬ 
penses.” I do not know such a person. Believe the certificates to 
have been issued for some expense of the Special Joint Investigating 
Committee of 1870-71, appointed to investigate the financial condition 
of the State. 

No. 101, February 13, 1872, order of Daily Union.$418 75 

This certificate was issued for newspapers furnished the House of 
Representatives. 

The Charleston and Columbia daily papers, and weekly papers pub¬ 
lished in other parts of the State, were furnished State officials, the mem¬ 
bers, officers and attachees of the House, and pay certificates issued to 
the proprietors or their agents for the same. 

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No. 23, December 20, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon.SI,680 00 

No. 22, December 20, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon. 1,629 00 

No. 81, January 17, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon. 1,623 00 


These certificates were issued for “sundries furnished the House of 
Representatives.’’ Mr. Solomon is a grocer in the city of Columbia, and 
furnished liquors, cigars, &c., to the Committees and members upon the 
order of the Speaker, the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Chairmen of Com¬ 
mittees. 

No. 61, January 17, 1873, order of I. Sulzbacher.S619 75 

This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses and sundries.” It 
appears to have been regularly audited and passed. Mr. Sulzbacher 
kept a jewelry store in Columbia, and, as far as my knowledge goes, fur¬ 
nished gold pens, gold pencils, pen knives, clocks and articles of fine sta¬ 
tionery for the use of the members of the House of Representatives. 

No. 67, January 17, 1873, order of L. Cass Carpenter.$933 00 

This certificate was issued for “stationery.” Mr. Carpenter furnished 
some fine jewelry and books upon the order of the Speaker for the 
Speaker and other members. 


Pay certificate No. D, December 10, 1871, order of Joseph 

r Riehardsou....,. $1,494 31 

E, December 21, 1871, order of Robert 

Matthews. 1,962 50 

H, December 21, 1871, order of P. Hag¬ 
gerty. 1,726 50 

G, December 23, 1871, order of Robert 

Kepple. 2,234 76 

Q, December 23, 1871, order of Samuel 

Barnes. 1,462 58 

J, December 15, 1871, order of J. A. 

Hoffman. 784 72 

A, December 15, 1871, order of George 

Howell. 893 26 

M, March 7, 1871, order of Mr. Tippett.. 1,440 00 

R, December 16, 1871, order of Joseph 

Moyer. 1,537 42 

C, December 20, 1871, order of P. M. 

Swinger.. 843 93 

S, December 18, 1871, order of John 

Sturge. 973 23 


B, January 15, 1871, order of George 
Singer..... 


1,440 00 


















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These papers appear to have been collected by Mr. F. S. Jacobs. The 
writing in the body of the certificates is not mine nor that of any of my 
assistants. The blanks for these certificates were furnished the Speaker 
(Mr. Moses) upon his order, and presented to me made out and duly 
signed by him for my attestation. I do not know of any such persons 
as are named in these certificates. The certificates are all issued for 
“ contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.” I do not know 
of any supplies having been furnished, nor that any service was rendered 
for these certificates. 


Joint certificate No. —, February 28, 1872, order of C. S. 

Bruce . $3,500 00 

Joint certificate No. —, March 13, 1872, order of Mr. Camp¬ 
bell . 1,500 00 

These certificates were issued for “ legislative expenses.” I do not 
know of any such persons. They were issued as gratuities. 


No. A, December 20, 1870, order of James M. Allen. $4,000 00 

No. B, December 20, 1870, order of James M. Allen. 3,000 00 


These certificates were issued for “ repairs of House and Committee 
rooms in excess of appropriation.” These papers appear to have been 
collected by Mr. J. C. Roath. The accounts were presented by Mr. 
Allen, sworn to, and the certificates issued upon the order of the Speaker. 
The printed words “audited and passed” are marked out. I do not 
know anything of the correctness of the accounts. 

Joint certificate No. —, February 24, 1872, order of G. A. 

Glover. ... $512 50 

This certificate was issued for “ legislative expenses.” I do not know 
of any supplies having been furnished or of any service having been 
rendered by such a person. 


No. 169, March 12, 1872, order of James Stebbins..... $ 895 50 

No. 148, March 2, 1872, order of Nicol, Davidson & Co. 1,667 98 

“ For interest and cost of protest, &c.” 

No. 154, March 2, 1872, order of Stewart, Sutphen & Co. 2,573 04 

“ For interest and cost of protest, &c.” 

No. 153, March 2, 1872, order of Stewart, Sutphen & Co. 2,573 04 

“ For interest and cost of protest, &c.” 

No. 165, March 12, 1872, order of E. Foote.. 175 00 

No. 130, March 2, 1872, order of Thomas Cantwell. 178 72 

No. 168, March 12, 1872, order of J. F. Morton. 1,125 27 

No. 166, March 12, 1872, order of Charles Wilkerson. 180 90 

No. 103, February 13, 1872, order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard.. 750 00 















These certificates, except Nos. 148, 154 and 153, were incurred for 
‘‘sundries furnished Committee rooms.” They appear to have been regu¬ 
larly audited and passed. I know nothing regarding them. 

Joint certificate No. —, March 13, 1872, order of A. W. 

Chambers. $1,500 00 

Joint certificate No. —, February 15, 1872, order of A. W. 

Chambers. 1,535 00 

These certificates were issued for “ legislative expenses.” I do not 
know of such a person. It is probably one of many similar certificates 
drawn by order of the Special Joint Investigating Committee of 1870 
and 1871 to cover some real or imaginary expense of that Committee. 


No. 152, March 2, 1872, order of Nicol, Davidson & Co. $2,573 04 

No. 151, March 2, 1872, order of Nicol, Davidsou & Co. 2,573 04 


These certificates were issued for “ interest, &c.,” and belong to an 
account passed for interest and cost of protest, &c., on pay certificates 
previously issued. The papers appear to have been collected by Mr. 
Timothy Hurley. 


No. i ll, March 2, 1872, order of A. Washburne. $ 700 00 

No. 142, March 2, 1872, order of A. Brown... (300 00 

No. 119, February 24, 1872, order of Benjamin Brown. 1,500 00 


These certificates were issued for “sundry legislative expenses.” I do 
not know of supplies having been furnished by any such persons. The 
accounts were probably passed undercover of the words “ and others,” 
which was almost invariably put at the end of the reports presented. 

No. 88, February 22, 1872, order of John B. Dennis. $2,100 00 

This certificate is one of many issued to Mr. Dennis for “fitting up the 
hall of the House of Representatives.” There was no consideration, to 
my knowledge, for any certificates issued in General Dennis’s name for 
fitting up House of Representatives except for goods furnished by Mr. 
Berry, of Columbia, and two firms in New York. The amount issued 
was largely in excess of the amounts claimed to be due the three houses 
which furnished goods. 

Joint certificate, No.—, March 11,1872, order of C. C. Bo wen..$2,500 00 

This certificate was issued for “ legislative expenses,” and was given to 
Mr. Bowen for services as solicitor to the Special Joint Investigating 
Committee of 1870-71. 










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No. 112, February 24 1872, order of South Carolina Bank 

and Trust Company.$1,275 00 

Ibis certificate is one of many issued to this bank for rent of Com¬ 
mittee rooms. The rooms were rented by the Sergeant-at-Arms and 
occupied by members of the Committee as sleeping apartments. 


No. 140, March 2, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon. 1,596 00 

No. 163, March 13, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon.$1,478 00 

these certificates were issued to Mr. Solomon for liquors and cigars 
furnished members of Committees. 

No. 166, March 14, 1872, order of T. Harlingford.$575 35 


This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses,” and was regu¬ 
larly audited and passed. It appears to have been collected by Mr. 
Timothy Hurley. 

No. 105, March 7, 1871, order of W. Iv. Greenfield.$388 00 

This is one of several certificates issued to Mr. Greenfield for “rent of 
Committee rooms.” The rooms were rented by or through the Sergeant, 
at-Arms and occupied by members of the Committees. 

No. 67, February 7, 1871, order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard....$l,500 00 

This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses.” I do not know 
what goods were furnished or to whom furnished. 

No. 83, February 22, 1871, order of John B. Dennis.$5,000 00 

This is one of many certificates issued by Mr. Dennis for “fitting up 
the hall of the House of Representatives.” 

The paper appears to have been collected by Mr. IT. H. Kimpton. 

No. O, March 1, 1872, order of John Smith.$1,500 00 

This certificate was issued for “ legislative expenses,” upon the order 
of the Speaker. The printed words “audited and passed” are marked 
out. I do not know that there was any consideration given for this cer¬ 
tificate. 


No. 132, February 20, 1874, order of John Williams.$494 00 

No. 116, December 19, 1873, order of John Williams. 935 00 


These certificates were issued to Mr. Williams for “sundry legislative 
expenses.” Mr. John Williams was Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of 











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Representatives from the session of 1870-<1 to that of 1873-74, inclu¬ 
sive. A very large number of certificates were issued in his name, 
covering supplies, refreshments, gratuities, etc. 

Joint certificate No. —, March 17, 1874, order of J. M. 

Foreman...$2,500 00 


This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses.” I do not 
know any such person, nor that any supplies were furnished. Have 
understood that it was given as a gratuity to Governor F. J. Moses, Jr. 


No. 29, March 9, 1874, order of R. W. Jenkins.$300 00 

This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses.” I do not 
know that there was any such person. 

No. 124, February 24, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon.$1,375 00 

No. 69, January 24, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon. 850 00 

No. 95, February 13, 1872, order of Hardy Solomon. 1,076 00 

No. 137, February 7, 1873, order of Hardy Solomon. 3,200 00 


These certificates were issued for “sundries furnished,” and were given 
to Mr. Solomon in payment of orders from the Committees, &c., for 
things in his line. They appear to have been regularly “ audited and 
passed.” 

No. 34, December 20, 1873, order of C. H. Pettengill, $1,700. This 
certificate was issued for “sundries furnished.” The account was passed 
under cover of the words “and others.” On the certificate appears the 
abbreviations “ind. exp.” in parentheses. It seems to have been for 
“individual expenses.” Have understood that this certificate was given 
to pay for horses for the Speaker, (Mr. Lee.) The, following is a copy 
of the certificate: 


No. 34. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C-, December 20, 1873. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. H. Pettengill 
seventeen hundred dollars for amount of account for sundries (ind. exp.) 
audited and passed the House of Representatives. 

$1,700. 

SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker of House of Representatives. 

Attest: 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 








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No. 33, December 20, 1872, order of George Symmers, §490. This 
certificate was issued for “sundries furnished Committee rooms/’and is 
also marked with the abbreviations “ ind. exp.” in parentheses. I have 
no recollection of anything connected with the issue of this particular 
certificate. It was drawn on the same day as that for Mr. Pettengill, 
and the particular marks would seem to infer that it was a matter in 
which the Speaker was directly interested. Mr. Symmers is a grocer in 
the city of Columbia, and furnished liquors, cigars, and such things as 
were in his line, for the use of the Committees and members and re¬ 
ceived pay certificates for his accounts. 

No. 19, December 20, 1872, order of Republican Printing Company, 
§7,280 71. This certificate was issued for “stationery and job work.” 
The Republican Printing Company carried on a very extensive business 
of printing and publishing in the city of Columbia for several years, 
aud furnished large amounts of stationery to the General Assembly and 
the executive departments of the State government. The company 
received pay certificates for its accounts, and was often compelled to sell 
the paper received at the almost incredible discount of seventy Jive cents 
on the dollar , because of the impossibility of collecting the money at the 
State Treasury. Mr. Josephus Woodruff and myself owned stock in 
the company. The account seems to have been regularly “audited and 
passed.” 

No. 21, December 20, 1872, order of W. D. Love & Co., §763 96. 
This certificate was issued for “carpets, &c., for Committee rooms.” 
The account for which this certificate was given appears to have been 
regularly “audited and passed.” The order for the goods was probably 
given by the Sergeant-at-Arms. I have no personal knowledge of any¬ 
thing relating to the contraction of the account. Messrs. W. D. Love 
& Co. were dry goods merchants of the city of Columbia. I had a per¬ 
sonal account with Messrs. Love & Co., and always paid them by check, 
and hold their receipts. 


No. 130, December 4, 1873, order of W. M. Fine.§745 85 

No. 131, December 4, 1873, order of W. M. Fine. . 278 60 


These certificates were issued for “carpets and sundries furnished Com¬ 
mittee rooms.” Mr. Fine kept the Capitol Restaurant, and rented fur¬ 
nished rooms to the Sergeant-at-Arms for the use of the Committees. 
The account seems to have been regularly “audited aud passed.” 


No. M, February 27, 1872, order of Republican Printing Company, 
$6,000. This certificate was issued “on account of printing,” upon the 
order of the Committee on Public Printing, and given to the Committee for 
favors shown the company. Mr. James N, Hayue was chairman of the 




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Committee and Messrs. H. H. Hunter, B. A. Bosemon, J. B. Dennis and 
B. Humphries were members of the Committee. The certificate was 
taken up at the State Treasury and a “ bill payable’' issued for the amount. 
This was subsequently sold to the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany for twenty-five cents on the dollar. I had no communication with 
any others of the Committee than Messrs. Hayne and Hunter relative to 
the matter. The following is a copy of the certificate: 

No. M. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1872. 

THE STATE TREASURER 

Will pay to the order of the Republican Printing Company six thou¬ 
sand dollars, on account of printing of House of Representatives. 

$ 6 , 000 . 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 


No. T, March 13, 1872, order of C. S. Brown.$500 00 

No. N, March 13, 1872, order of C. S. Brown. 500 00 


These certificates were issued for “legislative expenses.” They were 
issued upon the order of the Speaker. Mr. Brown furnished cigars, &c., 
to the members and Committees. I do not know what was the consider¬ 
ation for these particular certificates. 

Joint certificate No. —, January 30, 1872, order of C. C. Bradley, 
$2,500. 


This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses.” I do not know 
such a person. Believe it covers some expense of the Special Joint 
Joint Investigating Committee of 1870-71. 

No. 52, January 24, 1872, order of John Williams.$152 89 

This certificate was issued for “sundries furnished.” I do not know 
anything further concerning the matter. 

No. 99 (1), February 22, 1871, order of J. H. M. L. Kinard..$500 00 

No. 99 (2), February 22, 1871, order of J. H. & M. L. Iviuard.. 500 00 

No. 99 (3), February 22, 1871, order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard.. 500 00 

No. 99 (4), February 22, 1871, order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard.. 641 54 





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These certificates appear to have been given in lieu of a former certifi¬ 
cate “for amount of account rendered,” and returned for cancellation. 
The account appears to have been regularly “audited and passed.” I 
do not know anything further concerning the matter. 

No. 109, March 2, 1871, order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard.$500 00 

This certificate was issued for “sundries furnished House of Repre¬ 
sentatives.” I know nothing further concerning the matter. Messrs. 
Kinard kept a dry goods store and furnished something in their line to 
the Sergeant-at-Arms or the members of the houses. 

Joint certificate No.—, January 30,1872, order of E. M. Stoeber..$628 00 

This certificate was issued for “ legislative expenses.” Believe it to 
have been given upon the order of the Special Joint Investigating Com¬ 
mittee. Do not know that services were rendered for it. 

No. 97, February 27, 1872, order of John Cosgrove.$392 00 

This certificate was issued for “legislative expenses.” The account 
was probably passed under cover of the words “and others.” I do nor 
know of such a person either furnishing supplies or rendering service. 

No. 65, January 24, 1872, order of W. B. Stanley.$284 55 

This certificate was issued for “account of sundries furnished.” Mr. 
Stanley keeps a house-furnishing store in the city of Columbia, and 
furnished glassware, brooms, dusters and other articles in his line of 
business to the House and Committees upon the order of the Sergeant- 
at-Arms. The account appears to have been regularly audited and 
passed. 

The joint certificates exhibited amount to $20,425.50, and the House 
certificates to $131,094.30. 

In my opinion not one of the joint certificates would stand good upon 
close scrutiny. Of the House certificates, I do not regard as good and 
valid any that were not issued to the order of some known person. Those 
who were known to me I have mentioned after each certificate. This 
would throw out nearly thirty thousand dollars at least as invalid. Of 
those issued in the names of known persons fifty thousand dollars at least 
would not bear too great a light if thrown upon them, for the reason that 
enormous prices were charged for everything that was done in the way of 
work or furnishing supplies. 

A. O. JONES. 


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TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSfeS, JR, 


F. J. Moses, Jr., recalled, says: 

During my second term as Speaker I borrowed from Governor R. K. 
Scott 812,000 in State bonds, (that is, the market value of the bonds that 
I borrowed was 812,000,) and pledged the bonds, as well as I remember, 
to the bank of E. J. Scott & Son for a loan effected with them. I did 
not meet my obligations at the bank and the bonds were forfeited; hence 
I owed Scott the 812,000. About that time the Greenville and Colum¬ 
bia Railroad Company had an important Bill that they wished manipu¬ 
lated through the Legislature, and John J. Patterson, representing the 
company, offered me 810,000 to co-operate with them to that end. I 
feared that they would deceive me, as they before had done, and required 
them to give me a paper upon which I could force them. Thereupon 
they executed a paper and delivered it to Joe Crews to be surrendered 
to me after the passage of the Bill. The Bill passed. Scott required 
Crews not to deliver to me the paper, and stated to him that I owed him 
some money, and that he would take the paper in part payment of what 
I owed him. I heard of this, and begged Scott to allow me to use the 
paper as I needed the money then very much, and he consented, pro¬ 
vided that I would issue to him pay certificates for a large amount. I 
thereupon issued a large number of pay certificates to fictitious persons, 
(812,000 or 815,000 worth,) and delivered them to Scott in his own per¬ 
son, and they were paid to Scott’s brothers-in-law, Waterman and 
Lowery. 

F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF ROBERT FINNEGAN. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

At the State Capitol, 
Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1878. 

Robert Finnegan, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I reside in Columbia; have resided here nearly seven years; have 
been engaged during the most of that time as bar-keeper for Mr. Fine; 
have never been engaged nor rendered any services as clerk of the 
General Assembly, or of either house of the General Assembly, 
or of any of the Committees, or of any department of the State 
government; have never received any pay certificates for such ser¬ 
vices, or for any services of any sort, or for anything else; have 
understood, at different times, that pay certificates were drawn in favor 
of me as clerk of legislative Committees; never saw what I knew were 



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such pay certificates, but did see, on different occasions, two papers 
which were represented to me as such pay certificates; they were shown 
to me with their faces down; they were shown to me by Mr. B. F. 
Briggs, who was at the time a member of the % General Assembly from 
York County; this was either in December, 1871, just before the Gene¬ 
ral Assembly took a recess, or in March, 1872, just before the General 
Assembly adjourned sine die. He requested me to endorse the pay cer¬ 
tificates, but I declined to do so. I never endorsed them at any time. 
Do not remember of ever hearing of any other pay certificates drawn in 
my favor. I subsequently requested Mr. Briggs to destroy these two 
pay certificates and to destroy them in my presence. He told me he 
had already destroyed them. After that I saw them published in a list 
of claims brought before the Senate for payment. I wrote a letter to 
Mr. Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate, requesting him to bring me the two 
pay certificates and destroy them in my presence, saying I had never 
rendered any service to the State and the two pay certificates were 
therefore fraudulent. He called on me the day after I sent him the let¬ 
ter and told me that he had no power over the two pay certificates; that 
. they had been handed to him by Hannibal White, and that I had better 
see White about them. White was at that time Senator from York 
County; it was in the Spring of 1874. I saw White, who told me that 
he could do nothing without hearing from Briggs, and that he would 
write to Briggs immediately. Briggs was not, at that time, a member of 
the General Assembly. A very few days afterwards White called on 
me and handed me the letter I now deliver to the Committee. [Marked 
A. J. R. C., and hereto annexed.] In the meantime the list of claims 
had passed the Senate and gone to the House. I wrote a letter addressed 
to A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House, and E. R. Stokes, who was con¬ 
cerned in pushing the claims through, saying, in substance, the same as I 
had said in my letter to Woodruff. I sent a communication by Sam 
Thompson, to be handed to Hayne, the Reading Clerk of the House, 
who was to hand it to Myers to read to the House ; it was subsequently 
read to the House by Sperry. The claims were finally killed in the 
House and I heard nothing more about the two pay certificates; I do not 
know what became of them. Never knew or heard of a man named 
Reuben Finegan; was well acquainted with the people engaged at the 
State House, and do not think any person, particularly one whose name 
was so much like my own, could have been engaged there without my 
knowing or hearing something of him ; do not believe any such person 
has ever been in Columbia since I have resided here. 

R. FINNEGAN. 


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[letter.] 

Columbia, S. C., March 10, 1874. 

Mr. Josephus Woodruff: 

Sir —Among the names published in the list of claims held in trust 
by yourself and Messrs. A. O. Jones and E. R. Stokes, I notice my 
name representing two certificates (amounting to $414) issued for 
services rendered as a Committee clerk in the House of Representatives. 
Said certificate I denounce as being a fraud. I have never rendered the 
State of South Carolina one day’s service as an attachee of its Assem¬ 
bly, and if you or any other party attempt to obtain money on any 
paper bearing my name I shall make an affidavit to arrest all parties 
concerned. I am a poor man, but I pride myself on being honest, and 
my name shall not be used for the benefit of those who desire to steal. 
I want the amount of those certificates deducted from your claim and 
the certificates destroyed in my presence without delay. 

Respectfully, 

R. FINNEGAN. 


A, J. R. C. 


[letter.] 


Yorkville, S. C., March 12, 4 874. 


Hon. J. H. White: 

My Dear Sir —Your letter came to hand to-night. I suppose the 
Finagan you speak of is Robert Finagan, that stays at Fine’s. The 
man that endorses the sertifacits is Rubin Finagan, and not Robert, and, 
as a mater of course, he has nothing to do with the sertifacets, and of 
course you will not give them to him. If you can’t do anything with 
them you will return them to me, as I pade a valuable consederation for 
them, and am prepared to show that they are all right. 

Yours, in haste. 


B. F. BRIGGS. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN WILLIAMS. 

Columbia, S. C., January 4, 1878. 
John Williams, recalled and sworn, says: 

That as Sergeant at-Arms it was his duty to keep the Representative 
hall in order and to see that the attachees performed the duty to which 
they were assigned. Certificate of William Wallace presented as clerk ; 





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do not know such a man. The following certificates presented to me, 
none of which served as clerks: Joseph Smith did not serve, nor J. A. 
Lever, H. D. Wilsou, John H. Jones, James H. White; nor Nelson T. 
Glover, William J. King, J. Henry Smith, G. Thoraan, J. T. Jacobin. 
J. Adams; nor Frank Spicener, John H. Butler, Edmund Chapman, 
Adam Envel, S. Williamson, John W. Stephenson, T. R. Makinney, 
Thomas Osborn, Charles Williamson; nor Thomas Brown, J. A. Ledde- 
mau, C. Henry Hammond, L. F. Myers, Jeffrey Lay, William Mikell, 
Charles Jones, H Hudgon, William Grover. I know T. W. Parmele, 
but don’t know as he performed any service. Wilson Wilson, C. T. 
Adams,—do not know them; nor Frank Fleming, P. J. Root, H. Jaines, 
Tom Williams, William Kingman, R. Finnegan, Thomas D. Stockton, 
J. N. Smith; nor Barney Thomason, Thomas Madison, J. T. Dammet, 
James T. McKinney, Samuel Knox, John B. Simmons, S. A. Thomas, 
S. C. Bull, A. H. Walton, William R. Kelley; nor M. Burniday, John 
H. Morgan, Thomas L. Osmond, S. T. Massacan, A. J. Simmons, F. A. 
Belangue, William Archers, George F. Develin, E. T. Judge, Frank 
Thompson, Reuben Deamar, J. I). Williamson, Andy Smith, Tom John¬ 
son, Wash. Gilbert, Adam Bolt, Lewis Gowan, Charles Adamson, John 
Smith, William Henry Gray, Sam Thomas, John Rhody, Floyd Baxter, 
Jackson Lee, B. F. Williston, John D. Gray, Simeon Sanders. Bailey 
Lamkins, Warren B. Tomkins, Samuel Sams, Robert Gailliard, Samuel 
Bagsteer, Wilson Glover, A. J. Axon, John T. Gray, Thomas Stockton, 
Charles Ketchuin, Jack Simmons, A. Fielding; nor Thomas Coke, 
Thomas T. Jones, William Clapp, George Conson, Henry Wines, A. H. 
Du nneman, John C. Newhouse, M. Hoseyman, John Carson, E. D. 
Harvers, John Flowers, Robert Bieman, W. Harris, Henry Hendrickson, 
Donaldson Singleton, David Benton, William T. Brown, Warren Sego, 
Jacob Cobb, Thomas Redderman, P. S. Jacobs, Amos Barnes, John 
Woodner, Baker Spears, Tom Williston, Thomas Macright, William 
Guthrie, Duncan Ferris; nor Robert Reed; nor Jack Turner, William 
Pinckins, Frank Chapman, Aderson Sanders, Tom Hammond, Moses 
Jones, Samuel Dennis, John Morgan, Frank Longman, Doc Benton, 
Robert Sellars, Tom Bagsteer, Zachariah Hunt, R. F. Rallins, James 
Thompson, Harvey Gray, John Stuffer, Frank Farrow, John Wilcox, 
J. Smart, N. Monroe, Willis Come, William Scott, Maxey Scott, William 
Nettles, William Dennis, James Hemphill, J. Thompson, Jack Adam¬ 
son, Frank Freman, Tom Humbert, S. Wilcox, Frank Rogers, Frank 
Carter. 

I am confident that no such persons as above named could have served 
without my knowing of them, and that the money received from said 
sources, from $300 to $042, in each instance, is a direct fraud upon the 
State, In reference to porters employed, there were only eight persons 


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regularly employed. Know that Prince Robinson did not serve, nor 
G. Blackly, nor R. Hammond, nor Alfred Robinson, nor Frank Robin¬ 
son, nor H. Scott, nor John Major, nor A. Covington, nor Martin Hall, 
nor Ben Kennedy, nor S. Braugh, nor William Washington, nor Frede¬ 
rick Johnson, nor Henry Saxon, nor T. Morehead, nor William Thom¬ 
ason, nor Willis Redner, nor Amos Wilson, nor R. Zimmerman, nor 
Eugene Langley, nor Warren McNulty, nor Smith Green, nor Lewis 
Brown, nor C. Harris, nor Z. McMorris, nor R. A. Hampton, nor Pinck¬ 
ney Davis, Jnor James Mator, nor W. E. Bush, nor G. Browning, nor 
July Embly, nor Walter Gray, nor J. Ballard, nor John D. Harrison, 
nor A. Landrum, nor Charles Coles, nor Nelson Glover, nor L. Neel, nor 
A. B. Sheddon, nor William Devons, nor Edward Young. And the 
other certificates before me, representing services as porters, over and 
above eight regularly employed, and ten who laid around the State 
House, are positive frauds upon the State; and I consider the ten here 
referred to as frauds, as not more than eight actually performed service. 
In addition to porters, there was employed about the House from five to 
eight laborers. Any certificates drawn in excess of this number was a 
fraud also upon the State. 

It is safe to say that of the large number of certificates before me 
seven out of ten are of the class known as fraudulent certificates. I 
have examined the certificates before me drawn in favor of certain par¬ 
ties as messengers of the House. The House employed about ten mes¬ 
sengers. A considerable number, say twenty more, lay around the House 
and did no duty whatever, and were the friends and relatives of the 
members. Oftentimes, a few days before the adjournment, persons arrived 
in Columbia who received certificates as messengers for the entire session. 
Any certificates drawn and paid in excess of ten are fraudulent. 

I have examined the certificates before mein reference to pages. It was 
not necessary to have more than five; perhaps ten were in attendance at 
times. In many instances they were the children and relatives of the mem¬ 
bers. I am satisfied that any certificate drawn in favor of any person in ex¬ 
cess often should not have been paid, and were also fraudulent: J. C. Ger- 
shon, $1,250; John B. Dennis, $1,500; J. E. Bagsteer, $1,500; E. T. 
Williams, $3,350; J. IT. Henry, $540; L. E. Saxton, $500; William L. 
Gowan, $1,000; Niles G. Parker, $2,650; B. F. Whittemore, $930; B. 
F. Whittemore, $882; E. M. Stoeber, $1,068; Y. J. P. Oweus, $1,980; 
W. H. Gardner, $2,574; Thomas A. Brown, $2,500; C. T. Lee, $1,500; 
J. C. Gershon, $1,250 ; W. H. Gardner, $630; Cato Simmons, $1,500 ; 
Paul Brown, $1,800; Patrick Duuner, $1,000; B. W. Jones, $1,125 ; M. 
E. Carter, $1,800,; A. W. Chambers, $1,500; J. C. Gershon, $2,500; 
Niles G. Parker, $1,750; John Smith, $1,500. Joint certificates—G. T. 
Bronson, $1,585.90; P. M. Atkinson, $1,780; C. L, Frankfort, $1,000; 


&. J. Wells, $3,474. House certificate—H. C. Harkuess, $4,900.23. 1 
recognize the following as House certificates, drawn in favor of* certain 
persons for contingent expenses of the House: Joseph Moyer, $1,537.42 ; 
Peter Eminger, $843; John Sturge, $973.23; George Singer, $1,440.33 ; 
Joseph Richards, $1,494.34; Robert Mathews, $1,332.50; P. Haggerty, 
$1,696.50; Robert Kepple, $2,234.76; Samuel Barnen, $1,462.58 ; J. A. 
Hoffman, $784.72; George Howell, $893.26; William Tippett, $1,440. 
No such persons ever existed, in my opinion, and none such ever per¬ 
formed any service whatever or furnished any supplies. These and other 
certificates examined by me appear to have been paid by the Treasurer 
as they bear his number of voucher. The State received no considera¬ 
tion fo.r them. The same testimony will apply to a large number of cer¬ 
tificates before me. From the endorsement on the last named lot of 
certificates it appears that Mr. F. S. Jacobs collected them, for I knew 
him well,—a friend and agent of John J. Patterson, and connected with 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company. I do not know of any 
services or any supplies furnished whereby a joint certificate should be 
drawn to their order; it is without my knowledge, and I don’t think it 
possible that they could have furnished any such service or supplies with¬ 
out my knowing it. Of the persons named in the above certificates I 
recognize the following and know them: John B. Dennis, Niles G. Par¬ 
ker, B. F. Whittemore, E. M. Stoeber, Y. J. P. Owens and W. H. Gard¬ 
ner; the remainder are myths, and I am confident that no such persons 
existed. 1 have examined a large number of certificates drawn in my 
favor and pronounce nine out of every ten of them given without con¬ 
sideration. 

JOHN WILLIAMS. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 

Rooms of the Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

Some time during the session of 1871-72, John J. Patterson came to 
me and proposed that if I would turn over to him blank pay certificates 
he would have them filled up in fictitious names to the amount of thirty 
thousand dollars, and if I would then sign them as Speaker, and have 
Jones sign or attest them as Clerk, he (Patterson) would pay me ten 
thousand dollars, aird I should let him have the certificates. After some 



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consideration, I accepted his proposition. I delivered to him a batch of 
blank certificates, and he returned them to me (filled up in the hand¬ 
writing, I think, of F. S. Jacobs, then teller in the bank of the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company,) to the amount above stated. I 
then signed them as Speaker, and called on Jones to attest my signature, 
which he did. I then turned them over, signed and attested, to Patter¬ 
son, and he, in person, paid me the ten thousand dollars,—at one time 
seven thousand dollars, and at another time three thousand dollars. I 
am not sure, but I should think Hardy Solomon knows of this matter, 
and I doubt not Niles G. Parker knows to whom he paid the certificates. 

F. J. MOSES. 

Some certificates are now shown me (to day) by the Committee which 
I recognize as being some of the certificates to which I have above 
alluded to. The names are all fictitious, and the services purporting to 
have been rendered by the persons named therein were never rendered, 
and I do not know that any such persons exist now or ever existed. I 
describe these certificates now shown to me as follows. They are all 
from the House of Representatives: 


Number. 

Date. 

Amount. 

To Whom Payable. 

R. 

Dec. 16, 1871.. 

$1,537 42 

Joseph Moyer. 

C . 

Dec. 20, 1871.. 

843 19 

Peter Ermininger. 

S. 

Dec. 18, 1871.. 

973 23 

John Sturge. 

D. 

Dec. 10, 1871.. 

1,494 31 

Contingent expenses, — endorsed 
Joseph Pickens. 

E. 

Dec. 21, 1871.. 

1,962 50 

Contingent expenses, — endorsed 
Robert Mathews. 

H. 

Dec. 21, 1871.. 

1,726 50 

P. Haggerty. 

G. 

Dec. 23, 1871.. 

2,234 76 

Robert Ivepple. 

Q. 

Dec. 23, 1871.. 

1,462 58 

Samuel Barnes. 

I. 

Dec. 15, 1871.. 

784 72 

J. A. Hoffman. 

A. 

Dec. 15, 1871.. 

893 26 

George Howell. 

N. 

Mar. 7, 1871.. 

1,440 00 

W. Tippett. 

B. 

Jan. 1 5, 1871.. 

1,440 33 

George Singer. 


From the entries in the Treasury, and also those on the backs of these 
certificates, it is shown that the several amounts embraced in them were 
paid to and received by F. S. Jacobs. Certain orders of mine (while I 
was Speaker) to Jones, the Clerk of the House, are shown me to-day. I 
think very probably they refer to the matter of Jacobs mentioned above. 
The names (only) in these orders are in Jacobs’s handwriting,—the rest 




























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in mine. The orders are for the appointment of clerks and messengers, 
as follows : 

William Taylor, messenger. 

West Rollers, messenger. 

Monroe Johnson, messenger. 

John Thompson, messenger. 

T. Morrison, messenger. 

R. Whitfield, messenger. 

Certain orders are now shown me (all in Jacobs’s handwriting) which 
I identify as signed by me as Speaker. They are as follows for appoint¬ 
ment of employees : 

A. Hollenback, messenger. 

Hal Mitchell, messenger. 

Ellis Liggett, clerk. 

H. Landis, clerk. 

Sancho Corlies, messenger. 

John Hunt, porter. 

B. F. Blount, messenger. 

L. R. F. Schad, clerk. 

E. R. Osmond, messenger. 

F. Damond, messenger. 

B. W. Clark, porter. 

Y. Bronson, messenger. 

Charles Peifer, messenger. 

Peter Turner, clerk. 

Z. Hurst, clerk. 

John Copel, messenger. 

B. E. Gray, messenger. 

R. S. Witty, messenger. 

John Cronlev, clerk. 

R. F. Roleer, clerk. 

John Thompson, clerk. 

F. A. Baxton, clerk. 

H. R. Sellers, clerk. 

John Houfler, clerk. 

F. March, clerk. 

These last orders described above I distinctly recognize as having 
been given by me in carrying out the contract above referred to as made 
between Patterson and myself. I recognize the following letter as beiug 
in the handwriting of Jacobs and as having been written by him to 


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Jones, Clerk of the House, in pursuance of the contract referred to 
above as made between Patterson and myself: 

[Copy.] 

“ Dear Jones— 

“I received enclosed orders from General Moses last evening. Please 
make out certificates immediately so I can forward them to him for his 
signature, as he is in a great hurry to get them. Is everything lovely 
this morning? 

“Truly yours, 

“F. S. JACOBS.” 


F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF H. L. TAPPAN. 

August 20, 1877. 

Mr. Tappau, after having been duly sworu, says: 

I have examined the handwriting of the body of each of the certificates 
embraced in Treasurer’s number 1297, paid to F. S. Jacobs, and am of 
the opinion that each of them is the handwriting of F. S. Jacobs. I am 
of opinion that all of the endorsements on the back of the certificates em¬ 
braced in said Treasurer’s number are in the handwriting of Jacobs, 
although each of the endorsements is feigned ; unquestionably some of 
the endorsements were made by Jacobs. The handwritiug of the body 
of some of the certificates is feigned, but they were unquestionably written 
by Jacobs. 

HENRY L. TAPPAN. 


TESTIMONY OF L. T. LEVIN. 

Columbia, S. C., July 20, 1876. 

L. T. Levin, being first sworu, deposes and says : 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and am a book¬ 
keeper and accountant; have been for ten years. Have been connected 
with the General Assembly, in the engrossing office, ever since the year 
A. D. 1869, or probably 1870. I served in that capacity in 1872. Was 
pretty generally acquainted with the attachees and employees, more 
especially the clerks, whilst I was here. Did not know an employee by 
the name of Thomas Murchison, nor A. J. Simmons, nor Wm. Andrews, 
nor Andrew Smith, nor George A. Adams, but I did know a man by the 




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name of Adams, who came over here from Georgia about the first of 
January, 1872, and remained here only twenty-four hours, and drew 
from Moses a pay certificate for over one hundred days, at five or six 
dollars per diem. I know he was not in the city of Columbia more than 
twenty-four hours, that he rendered no service in the meantime, and I 
know that a pay certificate was issued in his favor, but I do not know 
who drew the money. I did not know James Stebbins, nor C. P. Bruce; 
don’t know that he furnished any supplies; nor Wm. Campbell, nor F. 
Marsh, nor Peter Turner, nor Hal. Mitchell, nor E. R. Osmond, nor H. 
Landies, nor Thomas Kingsman, nor T. S. Johnson, uor P. D. Smith, 
nor J. D. McPherson. I know G. T. Bronson, but am of the opinion 
that he has not been in this State for eighteen or twenty years, and I 
know that he did not render any service or furnish any supplies to the 
General Assembly of this State. I do not know C. T. Lee, nor M. E. 
Carter, nor P. N. Atkinson, nor John Simmons, nor Benjamin Brume. 
J do know Benjamin F. Braura, of Sumter, but he never furnished any 
supplies nor rendered any service to the General Assembly. I do not 
know John Cross, nor A. Washburn, nor A. Brown, nor Benjamin 
Browne, nor C. L. Frankfort, nor Tom. Benton, nor John Wilcox, nor 
Jackson Smart, nor Nelson Munroe, nor Willis Come, nor Wm. Scott, 
nor Maxcey Scott, nor Wm. Nettles, nor Wilder Dennis, nor James 
Hemphill, nor Wm. Rodgers, nor Stephen Wilcox, nor John Johnson, 
nor H. C. Harkness, nor S. J. Wells, nor B. N. Patterson. I know Wil¬ 
son Glover, a carpenter in this city, but he never served as a page or 
clerk in the General Assembly and is not competent to render any such 
service. I do not know James Wilson, nor Washington Gilbert, nor 
Jackson Simons, nor Robert Gailliard, nor Edward Malloy, nor Harry 
Wineries, uor Winfield Harris, nor Jacob Craw, nor Baker Spears, nor 
Duncan Ferris, nor Donaldson Singleton, nor Samuel Knox. To the 
best of my knowledge, none of the parties above named ever rendered 
any service or furnished any supplies to the General Assembly, for 1 was 
in a position to know these things, and if these parties had performed 
service to the General Assembly 1 would have known them, at least a 
majority of them. I know that P. S. Jacobs, of Augusta, Georgia, re¬ 
ceived a pay certificate for services as clerk in the House during session 
of 1872-73, and only remained here three days, although he received 
pay for the entire session. I know that T. J. Minton and C. C. McKin¬ 
ney received pay certificates each for services as clerks during the entire 
session of 1873-74, notwithstanding the fact that they were at the time 
acting in the capacities of book-keeper and chief clerk, respectively, in 
the office of State Treasurer, and rendered no service in the General 
Assembly. 


July 20th, 1877. 


L. T. LEVIN. 


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Testimony of sameel L lee. 

Rooms of the Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Samuel J. Lee, being duly sworn, says: 

While a member and Speaker of the House of Representatives I got 
a carriage and a pair of horses, for which I did not pay a cent. The 
man I bought the carriage and horses from got a pay certificate, and 
that was the way the things were paid for. 

SAMUEL J. LEE. 

October 3, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF S. J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November fi, 1877. 

S. J. Keith, being duly sworn, says: 

That he resides at Darlington C. H., and is a farmer and carpenter. 
Was elected to the Legislature in 1870, and has been a member ever 
since. I know that B. F. Whittemore, late Senator from Darlington 
County, had a batch of checks on the State Treasurer, amounting in all 
to about SI,000. The certificates were ordered by Parker, State Trea¬ 
surer, to be paid by the Treasurer of Darlington County and to be re¬ 
turned to the State Treasurer as cash, which was done. All these cer¬ 
tificates were issued to fictitious persons. One was issued to the name of 
Lemuel Perkins ; the other names I forget. 

S. J. KEITH. 


TESTIMONY OF W. J. ETTER. 

Columbia, S. C., July 20, 1877. 

W. J. Etter, being first duly sworn, says : 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, S. C., and am a stenographer. 
Was connected with the General Assembly since reconstruction iu the 
capacity of Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives. x\m 
familiar with the manner in which pay certificates were issued. Was in 
the House every day during the session—never missed a day. Was in 
a position to know most of the clerks, messengers and pages of the 
House who performed service and who were there to perform service. 
Most of the bills for articles purchased for the use of the House passed 
through my hands after presentation to the House. It frequently hap¬ 
pened that pay certificates were issued when the account or claims upon 




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which it was based was not accompanied by any voucher, the certificate 
being issued upon the mere order of the Chairman of some Committee, 
or the Speaker, or by order of the House. I never knew, that I remem¬ 
ber, any clerk or attachee of the House bv the name of Thomas Mur- 
cliison, nor A. J. Simmons, nor Andrew Smith, nor James Stebbins, nor 
C. P. Bruce, nor William Campbell. Don’t know that either of the last 
two ever rendered any service or furnished supplies to the House. Don’t 
know F. Marsh, nor E. R. Osmond, nor Hal Mitchell, nor P. D. Smith, 
nor J. D. McPherson, nor G. T. Bronson, nor C. T. Lee, nor M. E. Car¬ 
ter, nor P. M. Atkinson, nor John Cross, nor A. Washburn, nor A. 
Brown, nor Berry Brown, nor Torn Benton, nor John Wilcox, nor Jack- 
son Smart, nor Nelson Monroe, nor Wilson Come, nor William Scott, 
nor Maxcy Scott, nor William Nettles, nor Wilder Dennis, nor James 
Hemphill, nor William Rodgers, nor Eddy Tompson, nor Stephen Wil¬ 
cox. As a matter of belief, I don’t think any of the parties immediately 
above named ever performed any services in the House. I don’t know 
J. S. Wells, nor B. M. Patterson, nor Wilson Glover, nor Jim Wilson, 
nor Washington Gilbert, nor Jack Simonds, nor Robert Gilliard, nor 
Edward Wolloy, nor Harry Wineries, nor Winfield Harris, nor Jacob 
Cobb, nor Baker Spears, nor Duncan Ferris, nor Donaldson Singleton, 
nor Samuel Knox, nor James Parkins, nor Lewis Barnes. I cannot say 
that the above named parties did not reuder any service, but I do not 
think that they did. I have not the records of the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives and never had them, and it was not my duty to keep 
them. I asked Mr. Jones, ex-Clerk, where the records .are, and he in¬ 
formed me that they were in the stationery closet of the Clerk of the 
Senate. I have had nothing to do with them, and decline to have any¬ 
thing to do with them, and cannot turn them over to this Committee ac¬ 
cordingly. In reference to the statement above made, that I do not 
think that all the above named parties rendered in the House any actual 
service, I mean that certificates were issued to about three or four hun¬ 
dred persons as employees of the House, and it would be utterly impos¬ 
sible for so many persons to have rendered actual honest services. I re¬ 
member, in addition thereto, that the Clerk called upon the Speaker 
(Moses) for a full list of the employees of the House, which was fur¬ 
nished. Thereafter additional lists were handed the Clerk, with orders 
from the Speaker (Moses) to issue certificates to the parties named 
therein, and the Clerk did remonstrate with the Speaker upon the 
issuance of so overwhelming a number of certificates. And another 
reason why I think so is that 1 was in the House every day as Assistant 
Clerk and the above names are not familiar to me. 


Columbia, S. C., July 20, 1877. 


W. J. ETTER. 


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TESTIMONY OF T. B. JOHNSTON. 


Columbia, S. C., August 21, 1877. 

T. B. Johnston, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I am a resident of the County of Sumter in this State, and am engaged 
in the business of merchandising. Was elected to the Legislature of this 
State for the session of 1872-3, and have been a member ever since that 
time, and am now a member. 

Certificate issued to John Cross, March 13th, 1872, for 8535, for 
services as messenger, signed by F. J. Moses, Speaker, and attested by 
A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

Had the above certificate in my possession at one time, and got it from 
F. J. Moses, Jr., at that time Speaker of the House; got it for value 
received. During the month of May, 1872, F. J. Moses, Jr., then 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, was in the town of Sumter 
and asked me if I wanted to make some money; I replied: “ Yes, I 
would like to make some money.” Moses then said that he wanted 
some money; that he wanted 81,500, and would pledge as collateral 
about 83,000 of legislative pay certificates that would be paid when the 
taxes would be collected. 1 let him have the 81,500 in cash, and he 
pledged the 83,000 (about) in certificates. The money was to be 
returned by the expiration of sixty days, I think, and if the money was 

y, 

not paid the certificates were to be forfeited. And the money was not 
paid. The certificates thus pledged to me and forfeited, as aforesaid, are 
embraced in Treasurer’s number 31, and in the aorgreirate amount to 
82,932. None of the said certificates were endorsed by the respective 
payees when I got them from Moses, except one to Jacob Smalls for 
8642, and one to M. Brooks for 8150. Coghlan required me to endorse 
mv name on the remaining certificates, which 1 did before 1 transferred 
them to him, as will follow. Mr. T. J. Coghlan was at that time Trea¬ 
surer of Sumter County, and had some property for sale which I wanted, 
and 1 purchased the property for the said certificates; the title was made 
to me by his wife. It may be that the certificates amounted to a little 
more than I paid for the property; if so the balance was credited upon 
my taxes. An agreement in writing was entered into at the time, a 
copy of which is herewith filed as “Exhibit A.” 

During the session of 1872 or 1873, 1 think, while I was Chairman of 
the Committee on Contingent Accounts, L C. Carpenter presented a 
claim purporting to be for stationery. I thought at the time it was a 
very large account for stationery, but the account received a favorable 
report and passed the House. Some time thereafter, about one year, I 
heard it rumored that the account was for books, but I know nothing 
about it. 


T. B. JOHNSTON. 


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EXHIBIT “A.” 

F. J. Moses, the undersigned, has borrowed of T. B. Johnston, the 
undersigned, fifteen hundred dollars for sixty days, at the rate of interest 
of eight per cent, per mouth. F. J. Moses, Jr., has deposited as collat¬ 
eral with T. B. Johnston three thousand dollars worth of legislative pay 
certificates, with this agreement (to which the said T. B. Johnston 
assents): If F. J. Moses, Jr., at the end of sixty days, returns the money 
loaned, with the interest specified, to T. B. Johnston, the said Johnston 
is then to return to F. J. Moses, Jr., the said three thousand dollars 
worth of certificates given him as collateral ; if the said Moses does not 
return the money the said certificates are then to become the absolute 
property of the said Johnston. 

(Signed) F. J. MOSES, Jr. 

(Signed) T. B. JOHNSTON. 

Witness: M. B. MOSES. 

Sumter, S. C., May 11th, 1872. 


TESTIMONY OF THOMAS J. COGHLAN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., July 19, 1877. 

Thomas J. Coghlan, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

I reside in Sumter County and town. I was County Treasurer during 
1868, 1869,1870 and 1871. I was succeeded by W. H. Gardner in 1872. 
[Treasurer Parker’s voucher No. 31, July 17,1872, submitted to witness.] 
I will say that numbers of parties purchased pay certificates of the Legis¬ 
lature and I received them for taxes. I may have paid some to T. B. 
Johnston, but don’t remember doing so. I don’t think I paid any to F. 
J. Moses, Jr., individually. I have no lists of the parties whom I paid. 
I paid them until enjoined. [Letter of R. K. Scott to witness, dated 
March 30, 1872. produced.] I was still County Treasurer when this 
letter was written. [Treasurer Parker’s voucher 1880, June 11, 1872, sub¬ 
mitted to witness.] I don’t know such a man as George A. Adams. I 
know onlv one man in Sumter County by the name of Adams; he is a 
blacksmith, and did not attend the session of the Legislature at any time 
as an officer or attachee, to my knowledge, and I think I would have 
known it. He worked for me most of the time. L do not know such a 
man as Andrew Smith; no such man was an attachee from Sumter 
County, to my knowledge, and 1 know most of those who did attend the 
sessious of the Legislature. I know William Andrews; I think he 
attended. The same as to A. J. Simmons. I don’t know such a man as 



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Thomas Murchison. [Voucher of Parker, No. 31, above referred to.] I 
don’t know such a man as Jacob Small nor such a man as John Simonds. 
I know a Dickerson, a preacher; don’t know his first name; don’t think 
he attended legislative sessions. I don’t know such a man as Benjamin 
Brown nor such a man as John Cross. 

T. J. COGHLAN. 

July 19, 1877. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, March 30, 1872. 

T. J. Coghlan, Esq., Treasurer Sumter County, Sumter , S. C.: 

Sir —General Moses has pay certificates for members of the House of 
Representatives, (for which he has advanced to them dollar for dollar to 
help them along,) to the amount of two thousaud five hundred and forty- 
eight dollars. He has no money and no way of raising money save on 
these. Some debts are pressing on him, which he is compelled to meet; 
and, furthermore, he has to leave very soon for Washington on important 
political business for the party. I know he is very much worried and 
annoyed on account of the pecuniary condition in which he finds himself, 
and is anxiously seeking some relief therefrom. Won’t you help him 
out of his troubles by cashing his certificates, for which he has an order 
on you from the State Treasurer? Any help you will give him in this 
matter I shall esteem as a personal favor, for which I will be obliged. 

Very truly yours, 

R. K. SCOTT. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN H. M’DEVITT. 

Mr. John H. McDevitt, recalled September 7, 1877, says that he has 
no recollection whatever of pay certificate No. 17, in favor of Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company, for $1,000, dated February 26, 1873, and paid 
August 3, 1874, to John H. McDevitt. He says that he never owned 
said paper or paid anything for it, though the receipt for the amount of 
$1,000 in receipt book is in his handwriting. He may havtj turned it into 
the Treasury as money, he beiug County Treasurer for Edgefield County, 
to accommodate Paris Simkins or Lawrence Cain. He frequently did 
favors for them, but for no other person about the State House. 

JOHN II. McDEVITT. 

[The certificate referred to above was one issued under a concurrent 
resolution to pay for printing, and, as shown by Woodruff’s evidence, 



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divided among the “friends,” which, being interpreted, means members 
of the General Assembly. Cain was a member of the Senate, and Sim- 
kins a member of the House, both representing the County of Edgefield.] 


TESTIMONY OF P. SIMKINS. 


Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October, 1877. 

Paris Simkins, sworn, says: 

That he was a member of the House of Representatives for two terms, 
commencing in November, 1872. While I was in the Legislature I 
wanted some articles at Mr. Win. Glaze’s jewelry store and did not have 
the money. I inquired of Mr. Glaze if I could get them on the endorse¬ 
ment of Samuel J. Lee as Speaker of the House. He replied that I 
could. I took a note from Lee to Glaze to let me have the goods and I 
purchased something over $200 worth. They were charged to me. Lee 
had an account also at Glaze’s, and he settled both his account and miue by 
giving to Glaze a legislative pay certificate, which he accepted as payment 
in full for the amouut due. Afterwards Lee was sued aud so was I. 
Whether Lee ever paid or not I cannot say, but I do know that I paid 
for all I purchased, (something over $200,) to Messrs. Arthur & Arthur, 
the attorneys for Glaze, and have their receipt for the amount, and Glaze 
still holds this certificate against the State. 

P. SIMKINS. 


I have no claims of any kind, character or description whatsoever 
against the State. 


October 18, 1877. 


P. SIMKINS. 


* TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 

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Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

F. J. Moses, being recalled, says that he was Speaker of the House of 
Representaives from 1868 to 1872; that it was his duty to sign legisla^ 

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live pay certificates. There was no limit to the amount issued, either ni 
number or amounts. The officers were allowed to issue according to their 
own discretion. Knows that fraudulent pay certificates were issued in 
large numbers and amounts for the purpose ot keeping the local leaders 
in the various Counties quiet. Knows that several hundred thousand 
dollars worth of fraudulent pay certificates were issued annually and 
divided between State officials and leading members of the Senate and 
House of Representatives. The members of the Senate and House con¬ 
sidered every dollar thev collected on fraudulent pay certificates as that 
amount of money retained in the State, believing as they did that the 
bond ring would absorb it if allowed to remain for any length of time 
in the Treasurer’s office. It was only a question of who should have the 
spoils,—the General Assembly or the Financial Board and Kimptou. 
Almost every leading member of the Senate and House demanded and 
received fraudulent legislative pay certificates. Has no doubt but what 
the issue of doubtful certificates reached near one million of dollars during 
one session. Has known one member to receive as high as fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars worth of fraudulent certificates in one session. Thinks Ben¬ 
jamin Byas received near that amount for his report on the furniture 
claim, which was doubled and the amount for which it was raised 
divided between the members of the House. Knows that certificates 
were issued to pay the individual accounts of the members for almost 
every kind of merchandise, including horses, buggies, carriages, furniture 
of all descriptions, house-furnishing goods, jewelry, including watches 
and chains, dry goods and clothing, and groceries of every description 
and kind. Knows that certificates were issued to pay expenses of a Com¬ 
mittee to Washington, in opposition to one sent by the Taxpayers’ Con¬ 
vention. Remembers of receiving a certificate while Governor of the 
State, payable to M. J. Foreman, for $2,500. The initials are the same 
as of his name. Did not know that such was the case when he received 
the certificate, and conversed often with Treasurer Parker and Treasurer 
Cardozo in reference to paying fraudulent pay certificates. They both 
agreed to aud did pay them, knowing them to be fraudulent. Remem¬ 
bers of talking with Cardozo concerning a batch of fraudulent pay cer¬ 
tificates issued by Gleaves and Lee and turned over to Hardy Solomon. 
Cardozo promised to pay them when issued. The conversation was in 
his (Moses) office while Governor. 

(Signed) F. J. MOSES. 


We herewith present a few of the fraudulent certificates issued in real 
and fictitious names to members oi the High Joint Investigating Com- 



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mittee. We also find thousands of dollars paid which we have not 
enumerated here. This virtuous Committee was also paid between 
$13,000 and $17,000 by H. H. Kimpton, Financial Agent; also large 
amounts out of the “Armed Force Fund 

No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. B. F. Whittemore 
nine hundred and thirty dollars, for amount of account for legislative 
expenses audited and passed by the Senate aud House of Representa¬ 
tives. 

$930. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President Senate pro tern. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed B. F. Whittemore.] 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 18 . 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. B. F. Whittemore 
eight hundred and eighty-two dollars, for amount of account for legisla¬ 
tive expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$882. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President Senate pro tem. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives, 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 
[Endorsed B. F. Whittemore.] 


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In the Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. B. F. Whittemore 
three hundred and ten dollars, for amount of account for legislative ex¬ 
penses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$310. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of the Senate pro tern. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 
[Endorsed B. F. Whittemore.J 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 9, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. B. F. Whittemore 
five hundred dollars, for amount of account for expenses of clerk copying 
manuscript report, audited and passed by the Senate and House of 
Representatives. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of the Senate pro tem. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed B. F. Whittemore.] 


In the Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. B. F. Whittemore 
fifteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, for amount of account for ser- 


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vices of expert of Special Joint Investigating Committee of the Senate 
and House of Representatives. 

$1,575. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of the Senate pro tern. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed 1397—B. F. Whittemore, January 20, 1872, $4,197.] 


No. 3. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., February 15, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. W. H. Gardner six 
hundred and thirty dollars for amouut of account for legislative ex¬ 
penses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$630. 


A. J. RANSIER, 


President of Senate. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed W. H. Gardner and the figures 1817.] 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Thomas A. Brown 
twenty-five hundred and seventy-four dollars for amount of account for 
legislative expeuses of Senate and House of Representatives. 

$2,500. 

CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY, 

President of Senate pro tern. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: , 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed Thomas A, Brown and the figures 1761, ] 


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No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., Janary 30, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. W. H. Gardner 
twenty-five hundred and seventy-four dollars for amount of account for 
legislative expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
$2,574.00. 

CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of the Senate pro tern. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed W. H. Gardner and the figures 1737.] 

No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. C. Bradley 
twenty-five hundred dollars for amount of account for legislative ex¬ 
penses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$2,500. 

CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY, 

President of the Senate pro tern. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed C. C. Bradley, and the following Treasury memoranda: 
1703? ; F. S. Jacobs; $2,500; 13th March, 1872.] 


No. 2. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., February 15, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. A. W. Chambers 
fifteen hundred and thirty-five dollars for amount of account for legisla¬ 
tive expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 


,335. 


A. J. RANSIER, 

President of Senate. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed A. W. Chambers and the figures 1715.] 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. A. W. Chambers 
fifteen hundred dollars for amount of account for legislative expenses of 
the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,500. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President of Senate pro tem. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed A. W. Chambers and the figures 1707.J 


No. 119. House of Representatives, 

# 

Columbia, S. C., February 14, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Benjamin Brem 
fifteen hundred dollars for amount of account of sundries, audited and 
passed by the House of Representatives. 

$1,500. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Benjamin Brown and the figures 1705 and 6.] 


In the Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C , March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. S. A. Swails five 
hundred dollars for amount of account for legislative expenses, audited 
and passed by the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$500. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President pro tem. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 


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Endorsed P. Heller, 16th May, 1872; and the following Treasury 
memoranda: 1842; $500. 

Also the following: S. A. Swails, County Treasurer of Williamsburg, 
please pay and turn in as cash. 

N. G. PARKER, 
State Treasurer. 
H. L. TAPPAN, 

Chief Clerk. 


No. . In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 19. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. T. Hurley five 
hundred and forty-six dollars for amount of account for legislative 
expenses for the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$546. C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President of Senate pro tern. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 
[Endorsed Timothy Hurley, and the figures 1680.J 


No. 27. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, December 17, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Republican Printing 
Company thirty-eight hundred and eighty-seven 44-100 dollars for 
stationery furnished Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of 
Representatives. 

$3,887.44. 


R. HOWELL GLEAVES, 
President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

rT. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed T. J. P. Owens, Republican Printing Company, per Wood¬ 
ruff, C. S., aud the figures 229.] 


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The following fraudulent certificates were issued as shown by the 
evidence to Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier and F. J. Moses, Jr., 
Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

[See evidence of Dennis and Moses.] 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 25, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. James C. Gershon 
twelve hundred and fifty dollars for amount of account for legislative 
expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,250. 

A. J. RANSIER, 


President of the Senate. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Speaker House of .Representatives. 

[Endorsed James C. Gershon and the figures 15821.] 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C, January 25, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. James C. Gershon 
twelve hundred and fifty dollars for amount of account for legislative 
expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,250. 

A. J. RANSIER, 
President of the Senate. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 
[Endorsed James C. Gershon and the figures 15821.j 


In the Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C., January 25, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of James C. Gershon 


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twenty-five hundred dollars for amount of account for legislative 
expenses for the Senate and House of Representatives. 


$2,500. 


A. J. RANSIER, 
President of Senate. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed James C. Gershon and the figures 1862.] 


The following certificate was issued to Senator B. F. Whittemore to 
pay for the portraits of President Lincoln and Hon. Charles Sumner. 
The portraits have never been furnished : 


[Class J.] 


No. 86. Senate and House, of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 17, 1874. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Hon. B. F. Whittemore 
five thousand dollars for account, as per resolution, to purchase portraits 
for the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$5,000. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


The following fraudulent certificate was issued to Columbia Union- 
Herald, a Republican paper published in the city of Columbia. [See 
Woodruff’s evidence]: 




99 


No. 14. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1874. 

I hereby certify that the sum of twenty three hundred dollars was 
allowed on claim of Columbia Union-Herald passed in the Senate and 
concurred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 

Attest: 


Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed J. G. Thompson, and the following Treasury memoranda: 
3,410; J. G. Thompson; $142; February 22, 1875. 

Also the following: Columbia Union-Herald, J. H. Diseker, Business 
Manager, per L. C. Northrop, Proprietor; February 23,1875. Received 
balance of account in full; J. G. Thompson for U.-H. Co.] 


The following fraudulent certificates were collected by J. J. Wright, 
Associate Justice Supreme Court, formerly Senator from Beaufort 
County. The Judge’s memory being somewhat clouded as to endorse¬ 
ments and payments, [see his evidence,] we deem it essential to append 
the following receipt on Treasurer’s receipt book, showing that he 
receipted to the Treasurer for the amount claimed to be due on the cer¬ 
tificates: 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. N. Dobson six hun¬ 
dred and forty-two dollars for attendance as a Committee clerk of the 
Senate. 

107 days, $642. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tern. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: Per J. N. Dobson for J. J. Wright; also the following 
Treasury memoranda: 1865, 5th June, 1872.] 




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No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. N. Saiith six 
hundred and forty-two dollars for attendance as Committee Clerk of the 
Senate. 

107 davs, $642. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tem. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: Per C. N. Smith for J. J. Wright; also the following 
Treasury memoranda: 1865; J. J. Wright; $1,284; 5th June, 1872.] 


No. 1865. State Treasurer’s Office, 

Columbia, June 5, 1872. 

Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South 
Carolina, the sum of twelve hundred and eighty-four dollars, 
being for legislative expenses 1871-72, Senate orders favor of 
sundry persons, bills payable No. 335. 

$1,284. 

J. J. WRIGHT. 



The following fraudulent certificates represent a portion of the thirty 
thousand sold by Moses to Patterson and made out by F. S. Jacobs, col¬ 
lected by said Jacobs, Cashier of South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany, and placed to the credit of Hon. J. J. Patterson in said bank. 
[See evidence of Moses, Jones and Tappan]: 


No. C. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 20, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. P. Ensminger eight 
hundred and forty-three 19-100 dollars for amount of account for con¬ 
tingent expenses House of Representatives. 

$843.19. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed P. Ensminger and the figures 103.] 


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No. S. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. John Sturge nine 
hundred and seventy-three 23-100 dollars for amount of account for con¬ 
tingent expenses of House of Representatives. 

8973.23. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed John Sturge and the figures 103.] 


No. B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. George Singer four¬ 
teen hundred and forty 33 100 dollars for amount of account for con¬ 
tingent expenses of House of Representatives. 

81,440.33. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed G. Singer and the figures 1105.] 


No. A. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 15, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. George Howell eight 
hundred and ninety-three 26 100 dollars for amount of account for con¬ 
tingent expenses House of Representatives. 

8893.26. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed George Howell and the figures 1297.] 


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No. N. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1871. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Wra. Tippett four¬ 
teen hundred and forty dollars for amount of account for contingent 
expenses House of Representatives. 

$1,440. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. 0. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Wra. Tippett and the figures 1297.] 


No. R. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 16, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Joseph Moyer fifteen 
hundred and thirty-seven 42-100 dollars for amount of account for con¬ 
tingent expenses House of Representatives. 

$1,537.42. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Joseph Moyer and the figures 103.] 


No. G. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 23, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Robert Kepple twenty- 
two hundred and thirty-four 76-100 dollars for amount of account for 
contingent expenses House of Representatives. 

$2,234.76. 


Attest: 


F. J. MOSES, 

Speaker House of Representatives. 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Robert Kepple and the figures 1297.] 


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No. O. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 23, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Samuel Barnes four¬ 
teen hundred and sixty-two 58-100 dollars for amount of account for 
contingent expenses House of Representatives. 

$1,562.58. 


F. J. 'MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Samuel Barnes and the figures 1297.] 


No. I. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 15, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of J. A. Hoffman seven 
hundred and eighty-four 72-100 dollars for amount of account for con¬ 
tingent expenses House of Representatives. 

$784.72. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. A. Hoffman and the figures 1297.] 


No. D. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 10, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Joseph Richardson 
fourteen hundred and ninety-four 31-100 dollars for amount of account 
for contingent expenses House of Representatives. 

$1,494.31. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Joseph Richardson and the figures 1297.] 


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No. E. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 21, J871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Robert Matthews 
nineteen hundred and sixty-two 50-100 dollars for amount of account 
for contingent expenses House of Representatives. 


$1,962.50. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Robert Matthews and the figures 1297.] 


No. H. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 21, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. P. Haggerty fourteen 
hundred and twenty-six 50-100 dollars for amount of account for contin¬ 
gent expenses House of Representatives. 

$1,726.50. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed P. Haggerty aud the figures 1297.] 


The following fraudulent certificates issued to Committee clerks were 
paid to J. L. Watson, Treasurer of York County, brother-in-law of Dr. 
J. L. Neagle, then Comptroller General. They represent but a limited 
number of the class to which they belong,—hundreds having been issued 
and paid: 


No. 538 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. James Hemphill 
four hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay to date for attendance as a 
Committee clerk of the House of Representatives. 

81 days, $486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed James Hemphill and the figures 1698.] 


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No. 339 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to Wm. Rodgers, or order, four hundred 
and eighty-six dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Representatives 
for 81 days. 

$486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr , 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Win. Rodgers and the figures 1698.] 


No. 318 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Stephen Wilcock 
four hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as clerk in the House of 
Representatives for 81 days. 

$486. 


Attest: 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[End orsed Stephen Wilcock and the figures 1698.] 


No. 580 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Maxcy Scott four 
hundred and eighty six dollars for pay as a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

81 days, $486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Maxcy Scott and the figures 1698.] 


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No. 315 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. William Nettles four 
hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 81 days. 

$486. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr. 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed William Nettles and the figures 1698. 


No. 579 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Wilder Dennis four 
hundred and eighty six dollars for pay as a clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

81 days, $486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed W. Dennis and the figures 1698.] 


No. 578 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Nelson Munroefour 
hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as a clerk in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives 81 days. 

$486. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Nelson Munroe and the figures 1698.] 


No. 576 B. 


House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Willis Cane four 
hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as elerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives 81 days. 

$486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

A ttest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Willis Cane and the figures 1698.] 


No. 581 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. William Scott four 
hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives 81 days. 

$486. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr , 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed William Scott and the figures 1698.] 


No. 324 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Tom Benton one 
hundred and twenty-one 50-100 dollars for pay as page of the House of 
Representatives for 81 days. 

$121.50. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed T. Benton and the figures 1698.] 


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No. 577 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. John Wilcock four 
hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as a clerk in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives. 

81 days, $486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Attest: 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed John Wilcock and the figures 1698.] 


No. 575 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 16, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Jackson Smart tour 
hundred and eighty-six dollars for pay as a clerk in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives. 

81 days, $486. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Jackson Smart and the figures 1698.] 


The following fraudulent certificates are the ones referred to in 
evidence of T. J. Coghlan and T. B. Johnston, and were paid by 
Coghlan, as requested by Governor Scott, in order that Moses might go to 
Washington on important political business. [See Scott’s letter attached 
to evidence of T. J. Coghlan.] 


No. 0305 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Jacob Small six 
hundred and forty-two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 107 days. 

$642. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker of House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: Jacob Small. County Treasurer Sumter please pay and 
tur.i in as cash; N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, 
Clerk. Also the Treasury No. 31.] 



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No. 0301 B. House op Representatives, 

Columbia, S. G\, March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of John Simonds five hun¬ 
dred and thirty-five dollars for pay as messenger of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 107 days. • 

$535. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. Q. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: County Treasurer please pay and turn in as cash; N. G. 
Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. T. B. Johnston, and 
the figures 31.] 


No. 0297 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Richard Dickerson 
five hundred and thirty-five dollars for pay as messenger of the House of 
Representatives for 107 days. 

$535. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[E udorsed : County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. T. B. John¬ 
ston, and the figures 31.] 


No. 0303 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Benjamin Browne 
five hundred and thirty-five dollars for pay as messenger of the House of 
Representatives for 107 days. 

$535. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed : County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. T. B. John¬ 
ston, and the figures 31.] 


110 


No. 0302 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. John Cross five hun¬ 
dred and thirty-five dollars for pay as messenger of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 107 days. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[E ndorsed : County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in a% cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. T. B. John¬ 
ston, and the figures 31.] 


No. 0299 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Thomas Murchison 
six hundred and forty-two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives for 107 days. 

$642. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed : County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. F. J. Moses, 
Jr., and the figures 1880.] 


No. 0306 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. A. J. Simmons six 
hundred and forty-two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 107 days. 

$642. 


Attest: 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed: County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. F. J. Moses, 
Jr., and the figures 1880.] 


Ill 


No. 0304 B. 

The State Treasurer will 
dred and forty-two dollars 
tives for 107 days. 


House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
pay to the order of Mr. Andrews six hun- 
for pay as clerk in the House of Representa- 


$042. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: County Treasurer,Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. F. J. Moses, 
Jr., and the figures 1880.] 


No. 0312 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C\, March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Andrew Smith five 
hundred and thirty five dollars for pay as messenger of the House of 
Representatives for 107 days. 

$535. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
Niles G. Parker, Treasurer, State of South Carolina. F. J. Moses, Jr., 
and the figures 1880.] 


No. 0290 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. George A. Adams 
six hundred and forty-two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives for 107 days. 

$642. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[E ndorsed: County Treasurer, Sumter, please pay and turn in as cash ; 
N. G. Parker, State Treasurer, per John L. Little, Clerk. F. J. Moses, 
Jr., and the figures 1880.] 


112 


The following fraudulent certificates were turned over by Speaker 
Moses to Governor R. K. Scott in payment of a debt. [See Moses’s evi¬ 
dence.] We also attach Treasurer’s receipt, No. 1854, signed by George 
W. Waterman, for $6,729. We also append receipt of J. B. Lowrey. 
The certificates receipted for by Waterman were of same character as 
those collected by Lowrey. Waterman and Lowrey were brothers-in- 
law of Governor Scott: 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., February 28, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of C. T. Bruce thirty-five 
hundred dollars for amount of account for legislative expenses of the 
Senate and House of Representatives. 

r.nr) 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 


Attest: 


President of Senate pro lem. 
F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 


J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones. Clerk House of Representatives. 
[E ndorsed with the figures 1794.] 


No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. William Campbell 
fifteen hundred dollars for amount of account for legislative expenses of 

the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,500. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY. 

President of the Senate pro tem. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed William Campbell and the figures 1794.] 

No. 0265 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. E. R. Osmond five 
hundred and thirty-five dollars, for pay as messenger of the House of 

Representatives for 107 days. 

$535. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed E. R. Osmond and the figures 1794.] 


113 


No. 0260 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of IT. Landis six hundred 
and thirty-six dollars, for pay as clerk in the House of Representatives 
for 107 days. 

$636. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed on the face II. Landis and the figures 1794.] 


No. 0272 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. F. Marsh six hun¬ 
dred and forty-two dollars, for pay as clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 107 days. 

$642. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed F. Marsh and the figures 1794.] 




No. 1275 B. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Peter Turner six 
hundred and forty-two dollars, for pay as clerk in the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives for 107 days. 

$642. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives, 


Attest: 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Peter Turner and the figures 1794.] 


11 


114 


No. 1584. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., May 27, 1872. 

Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, 
sixty-seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars, being for legislative ex¬ 
penses, 1871-72, House orders, favor of sundry persons. 

$6,729. ' GEO. W. WATERMAN. 


No. 1794. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., April 27, 1872. 
Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, 
the sum of seventy-nine hundred and ninety dollars, being for legislative 
expenses, 1871—72,—House orders, $2,990; joint orders, $5,000. 

$7,990. J. B. LOWRY. 


The following fraudulent certificate was issued to and collected by T. 
Hurley, then a member of the House of Representatives ; the initials in 
the name of “T. Harliugford” representing T. Hurley: 


No. 166. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 14, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Thos. Harliugford 
five hundred and seventy-five 35-100 dollars for amount of account for 
legislative expenses audited and passed by the House of Representatives. 
$575.35. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Thomas Harliugford and the figures 1714.] 


The th ree following fraudulent certificates, as shown by the evidence 
of Woodruff, were the first issued to Senator W. R. Jervey under the 
fictitious name of R. W. Jenkins,—the initials representing W. R. Jer- 




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115 

vey. The second was issued to Senator T. C. Andrews in the fictitious 
name of C. T. Andlin,—the initials being the same as those of T. C. 
Andrews. The third was issued to Senator C. D. Hayne under the ficti¬ 
tious name of D. C. Higby,—the initials being the same as those of 
C. D. Hayne: 


No. 29. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1874. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. R. W. Jenkins 
three hundred dollars for account for legislative expenses of the Senate 
and House of Representatives. 

$ 300 . 


R. HOWELL CLEAVES, 
President of Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed R. W. Jenkins and the following Treasury memoranda: 
2984; W. R. Jervey; $300; January 15, 1875.] 


No. 22. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1874. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. T. Andlin 
three hundred dollars on account for legislative expenses of the Senate 
and House of Representatives. 

' $300. 

R. H. CLEAVES, 
President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed C* T, Audlow and the figures 3135*] 


116 


No. 27. 


[Class J. 


Senate and House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1874. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. D. C. Higby three 
hundred dollars for account for legislative expenses of the Senate and 
House of Representatives. 

$300. 

R. Id. GLEAYES, 
President of the Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed D. C. Higby, C. J. Houston and the figures 3135.] 


The following fraudulent certificate was issued to C. H. Pettengill, 
for purchase of pair of horses for S. J. Lee. [See their evidence]: 


No. 34. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 20, 1873. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. H. Pettengill 
seventeen hundred dollars, for amount of account for sundries, (inciden¬ 
tal expenses,) audited and passed by the House of Representatives. 
$1,700. 

SAMUEL J. LEE, 


Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed C. IJ. Pettengill; also the Treasury memoranda: 150; C. 
H. Pettengill; $1,700; January 14,1873.] 


The following certificates were issued to Win. M. Fine, being a small 
number of this class issued to him. Committee rooms paid for were used 
by the members as bed rooms; carpets furnished for the same. The 
sundries consisted of “ wines, liquors, cigars and eatables:” 




117 


No. 130. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 4, 1873. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. W. M. Fine seven 
hundred and forty-eight 85-100 dollars, for amount of account for carpets 
furnished Committee rooms, audited and passed by the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

$ i 48.85. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed W. M. Fine; also the Treasury memoranda: 1150; J. L. 
Humbert; $1,027.45.] 


No. 131. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 4, 1873. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. W. M. Fine two 
hundred and seventy-eight 60100 dollars, for amount of account for 
sundries furnished Committee rooms, audited and passed by the House of 
Representatives. 

$278.60. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed \V r . M. Fine.] 


No. 16. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 20, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. W. M. Fine four 
hundred and sixty dollars, for amount of account for rent of Committee 
rooms, (incidental expenses,) audited and passed by the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives. 

$460. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Win. M. Fine; also the Treasury memoranda: 57; W. M. 
Fine; $460; January 9, 1872.] 


118 


The following certificates were issued to Isaac Sulzbacher, jeweler, in 
payment of jewelry, &c., for the use of the members. Thousands of 
dollars were paid annually to Mr. Sulzbacher for similar purchases: 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 6, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Isaac Sulzbacher 
seven hundred and fifty-four 50-100 dollars for amount of account for 
sundries audited and passed by the Senate. 

8750.50. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of the Senate pro tem. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 
[Endorsed Isaac Sulzbacher and the figures 1705 and 6.] 


No. 61. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1873. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Isaac Sulzbacher six 
hundred and nineteen 75-100 dollars for amount of account for sundries 
for legislative expenses, audited and passed by the House of Representa¬ 
tives. 


8619.75. 

SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed Isaac Sulzbacher and the figures 389.] 


No. 2. I N the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Isaac Sulzbacher 
four hundred and fifty dollars for amount of account for sundries fur¬ 
nished Senate, audited and passed by the Senate. 

8450. 

A. J. RANSIER, 
President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Isaac Sulzbacher and the figures 1817.] 


119 

The followi ng certificate represents the class issued in payment of 
newspaper subscriptions for State officials, members of the Senate, House 
of Representatives and attachees of the General Assembly. Most of the 
daily and weekly papers published in this State were furnished in this 
manner and paid for in this way: 

No. 50. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1873. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. L. C. Carpenter 
niue hundred and ten dollars for amount of account for papers furnished 
every one, audited and passed by the House of Representatives. 

$910. 

S. J. LEE, 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed L. C. Carpenter and the figures 465.J 


The following certificates were issued to J. H. & M. L. Kinard, dry 
goods merchants of the city of Columbia, in consideration of sundry 
merchandise furnished by them to members through the Sergeant-at- 
Arms and by turning over individual accounts to J. Woodruff. [See 
evidence of J. Woodruff] : 


No. 67 “A.” House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February —, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of J. H. & M. L. Kinard 
fifteen hundred dollars for amount of accounts audited and passed by 
the House of Representatives. 

$1,500. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. II. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1760.] 



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No. 99 “A” (2). House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. IT. & M. L. 
Iviuard five hundred dollars for amount of account rendered and aud¬ 
ited and passed by the House of Representatives. 

$500. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


No. 99 “A” (1). House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. II. & M. L. 
Kinard five hundred dollars for amount of account rendered and aud¬ 
ited and passed by the House of Representatives. 

$500. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. II. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


No. 99 “A” (4). House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. IT. & M. L. 
Kinard six hundred and forty-four 61-100 dollars for amount of account 
rendered and audited and passed by the House of Representatives. 
$644.61. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

A ttest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


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No. 99 “A” (3). House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 22, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. H. & M. L. 
Kinard five hundred dollars for amount of account rendered and aud¬ 
ited and passed by the House of Representatives. 

$500. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


No. 109 “A.” House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 2, 1871. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. H. & M. L. 
Kinard five hundred dollars for amount of account for sundries fur¬ 
nished House of Representatives, audited and passed by the House of 
Representatives. 

$500. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr , 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. H. & M. L. 
Kinard two hundred and thirty-four 84-100 dollars for amount of ac¬ 
count for sundries furnished Senate, audited and passed by the Senate. 
$234.84. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President pro tent. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


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122 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., January 30, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. H. & M. L. 
Kinard one hundred and sixty dollars for amount of account for sundries 
furnished Senate, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$160 

C. W. MONTGOMERY. 

President pro tem. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1819.] 


No. 103 “A.” House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 13, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. H. & M. L. 
Kinard seven hundred and fifty dollars for amount of account for 
sundries for Committee rooms, audited and passed by the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives. 

$750. 


Attest: 


F. J. MOSES, Jr. 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


A. O, Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. H. & M. L. Kinard and the figures 1707.] 


The following certificate was issued for an account to be found in 
report under head of “ Supplies,” made out in the name of the then 
Sergeant-at-Arms, John Williams, for a small amount and raised to 
forty-three hundred dollars. [See evidence of J. H. & M. L. Kinard, 
who testify that they did not receive any portion of this money] : 


No. K. House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., February 24, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Messrs. J. H. A M. L. 
Kinard, or bearer, forty-three hundred dollars, for amount of account for 
legislative expenses House of Representatives. 

$4,300. 


Attest: 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Speaker House of Representatives. 


A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

[Endorsed with the figures 1888.] 



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The following fraudulent certificates were issued to and collected by 
T. Hurley, and represent the class referred to in evidence of Jones and 


Moses, issued as gratuities : 


No. 0310 B. 

House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 


The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Amos Barnes six 
hundred and forty two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repre- 


sentatives for 107 days. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Attest: 

A. 0. Jones, Clerk. 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

No. 013 B. 

House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 


The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Lewis Woodner six 
hundred and forty-two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repro- 


sentatives for 107 days. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

i 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

No. 0309 B. 

House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 


The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. John B. Tanner six 
hundred and forty-two dollars for pay as clerk in the House of Repre- 


sentatives for 107 days. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

No. 0308 B. 

House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 


T’ne State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. Charles Reed five 
hundred and thirty-five dollars for pay as messenger of the House of 


Representatives for 107 days. 
$535. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk. 

Speaker House of Representatives. 


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No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. T. Christopher 
five hundred and thirty five dollars for per diem and attendance as 
messenger of the Senate. 

-miles; 107 days—$535. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tem. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 


In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C, March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. M. M. Davids 
three hundred and twenty-one dollars for attendance as porter of the 

Senate from the County of-. 

-miles; 107 days—$321. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tem. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed 1861—T. Hurley; 8331; 30th May 7 , 1872.] 


EXHIBIT N, O, P, 

Showing different classes of fraudulent pay certificates. We only 
present a few of each class out of hundreds in the Treasurer’s office paid 
and canceled. We have proven (in a general way) that nineteen- 
twentieths of all the payments made for legislative expenses were fraudu¬ 
lent, and could as easily (if our time would permit it) trace and prove 
each and every one of them as plainly as we have those payable to F. 
L. Christopher, C. L. Frankfort, D. C. Higby, R. W. Jenkins, Repub¬ 
lican Printing Company, B. A. Jordan and numerous others. 






I he following certificate, payable to L. F. Christopher, was issued for 
the pupose of defraying expenses of Committee to Washington, and was 
paid as shown by Treasurer’s receipt No. 3135. This Committee was not 
authorized by the General Assembly or either branch thereof: 


No. 72. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., March 17, 1874. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. L. F. Christopher 
twenty-five hundred dollars, amount of account for legislative expenses 
of Senate and House of Representatives. 

$2,500. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 
President of the Senate. 


S. J. LEE, 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed L. F. Christopher and the figures 3135. Also the fol¬ 
lowing: Mr. Cardozo promises to pay this January first, 1875.] 


The following certificates were issued for F. J. Moses, while Governor, 
and James A. Rowley, Chairman of Committee on Ways and Means, the 

initials of their names being used in the body of the certificate: 

* 

No. 73. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 17, 1874. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. M. Foreman 
twenty-five hundred dollars for account of legislative expenses of the 
Senate and House of Representatives. 

$2,500. 

R. HOWELL GLEAVES, 
President of Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 



No. 71. 


[Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., March 17, 1874. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. A. B. Jordan 
twenty-five hundred dollars for account of legislative expenses of the 
Senate and House of Representatives. 

$2,500. 

R. HOWELL GLEAYES, 

President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker of House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed A. B. Jordau.] 


The following certificate, as shown by the evidence, was issued for the 
purpose of dividing between Lieutenant Governor Gleaves, S. J. Lee, 
Speaker of the House, F. L. Cardozo. State Treasurer, J. Woodruff, 
Clerk of Senate, and A. O. Jones, Clerk of House,—the initials of C. L. 
Frankfort representing F. L. Cardozo: 

No. 37. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., November 24, 1873. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. L. Frankfort 
four thousand dollars for account of legislative expenses of the Senate 
and House of Representatives. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 
Speaker House of Representatives. 

[En dorsed C. L. Frankfort; also the following Treasury memoranda: 
1463; LeGrand Benedict; $4,465.] 


We present here different classes of certificates issued for printing, for 
the purpose of division among the Senators, as shown by the evidence. 
We only present a few of the large number in the vaults of the Trea¬ 
surer’s office. Whenever it became necessary for the Senators to have some 
money, the printing pay certificate was resorted to, and always with suc¬ 
cess. The certificates classed as claims belong to a batch issued for 




127 


about §18,000, and divided among the Senators. [See evidence of Wood¬ 
ruff.] They were issued in amounts and divided according to the influence 
and standing of the Senators: 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, February 3, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff fifty- 
five hundred dollars, for account of Senate printing, as per resolution, 
audited and passed by the Senate. 

§5,500. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tem. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. Woodruff and the figures 1811.] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 20, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff thirty- 
eight hundred and fifty dollars for amount of account for current printing, 
audited and passed by the Senate this day, as per resolution. 

§3,850. 

A. J. PANSIER, 

President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 
[Eudorsed J. Woodruff] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 6, 1871. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Republican Printing 
Company five thousand five hundred dollars for account for printing- 
audited and passed by the Senate. 

§5,500. 

A. J. RANSIER, 

President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: Pay to N. G. Parker; Republican Printing Company, per 
Woodruff, Treasurer. N. G. Parker. Also the following Treasury 
memoranda: 915; §5,500.] 


128 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of .Republican Printing 
Company fifteen hundred dollars for amount of account for Senate print¬ 
ing, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$1,500. 

A. J. RANSIER, 
President. 


Attest: 

Woodruff. 

[Endorsed: Paid of the within $1,000; J. Woodruff. Paid Parker 
$133. Cash on 23d to be $1,000 instead of $850.] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Republican Printing 
Company fifteen hundred dollars for amount of account for Senate 
printing, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$1,500. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tern. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: Republican Printing Company; J. Woodruff. Also the 
following Treasury memoranda: 10021; J. Woodruff; $1,500; December, 
23, 1871.] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C , December 18, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Republican Printing 
Company fifteen hundred dollars, for amount of account for Senate 
printing, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$1,500. 

A. J. RANSIER, 
President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Republican Printing Company, per J. Woodruff] 


129 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., December 18, 1871. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Republicau Printing 
Company fifteen hundred dollars for amount of account for Senate 
•printing, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$1,500. 

A. J. RANSIER, 
President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed: Pay P. F. Frazee or order; Republican Printing Company, 
per J. Woodruff. Also the following Treasury memoranda: 1096;. P. F. 
Frazee; January 8th, 1872; $1,500.] 



No. 17. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 18 . 

I hereby certify that the sum of one thousand dollars was allowed on 
claim of Republican Printing Company, passed in the Senate and con¬ 
curred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[En dorsed Republican Printing Company, per J. Woodruff, President. 
Also the following Treasury memoranda: 2513; John H. McDevitt; 
August 3, 1874. 


4 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., January 12, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Republican Printing 
Company thirty-five hundred dollars, for amount of account for Senate 
printing, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$3,500. 

A. J. RANSIER, 

President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed Republican Printing Company, per J. Woodruff] 


130 


In the Senate, 
Columbia, February 27, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff fifty-five 
hundred dollars, for amount of account for Senate printing, as per reso¬ 
lution, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$5,500. 

CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tern. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. Woodruff and the figures 1811.] 


In the Senate, 
Columbia, S. C., March 7, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff fifty-five 
hundred dollars, for amount of account for Senate printing, audited 
and passed by the Senate. 

$5,500. 


C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President pro tem. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. Woodruff and the figures 1811.] 


In the Senate, 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff fifty- 
five hundred dollars, for amount of account for Senate printing, audited 
and passed by the Senate. 

$5,500. 


A. J. PANSIER, 
President. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. Woodruff aud the figures 1811.] 


131 


Ao. —• In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff* fifteen 
hundred dollars, for amount of account for Senate printing, audited and 
passed by the Senate. 

$1,500. 


A. J. RANSIER, 
President. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Eudorsed J. Woodruff and the figures 1812.] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff fifteen 
hundred dollars, for amount on account of Senate printing, audited and 
passed by the Senate. 

$1,500. 

A. J. RANSIER, 

President. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. Woodruff and the figures 1812.] 


No. —. In the Senate, 

. Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. J. Woodruff fifty- 
five hundred dollars, for amount of account for discount on certificates 
ordered, audited and passed by the Senate. 

$5,500. 

CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY, 

President pro tern. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk. 

[Endorsed J. Woodruff and the figures 1817.] 


132 


No. 26. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the suru of two hundred and fifty-six 16-100 dol¬ 
lars was allowed on claim of Republican Printing Company, passed in 
the Senate and concurred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


No. 21. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of one hundred and thirty-three 4-100 
dollars was allowed on claim of Republican Printing Company, passed 
in the Senate and concurred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 

Attest: 


A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


No. 20. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of one hundred and fifty-six 60 100 dol¬ 
lars was allowed on claim of Republican Printing Company passed in the 
Senate and concurred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


No. 22. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars was 
allowed on claim of Republican Printing Company passed in the Senate 
and concurred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF. 

Attest: 


A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


No. 16. 


In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of five hundred dollars was allowed on 
claim of Republican Printing Company, passed in the Senate and con¬ 
curred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed: Republican Printing Company, per J. Woodruff, Pres- 
dent.] 


No. 18. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of one thousand dollars was allowed on 
claim of Republican Printing Company, passed in the Senate and con¬ 
curred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


No. 12. In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of one thousand dollars was allowed on 
claim of Republican Printing Company, passed in the Senate and con¬ 
curred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives, 


No. 15. 


In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., February 26, 1873. 

I hereby certify that the sum of one thousand dollars was allowed on 
claim of Republican Printing Company, passed in the Senate and con¬ 
curred in by the House of Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 


TESTIMONY OF E. M. STOEBER. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., July 2, 1878. 

E. M. Stoeber, being called and sworn, testifies as follows: 

[The following legislative pay certificate shown witness]: 

No. —. In the Senate Chamber, 

Columbia, S. C., January 15, 1872. 

The State Treasurer will pay to Mr. E. M. Stoeber, or bearer, ten 
hundred and sixty-eight dollars, for amount of account of legislative 
expenses, audited and passed by the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,068. 

C. W. MONTGOMERY, 
President of Senate pro tern. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Speaker House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

The above certificate was issued in my name, but not payable to my 
order. I never saw the certificate before. I never sold such a certificate, 
nor did I collect the money on it. I was clerk for the High Joint In¬ 
vestigating Committee and received legislative pay certificates in payment 
for my services. I did not receive this one. A certificate was issued 
about the date that appears upon the face of this one to Senator B. F. 



135 


Whittemore, to protect him from loss of Middleton’s bond. I was one 
of J. B. Middleton’s bondsmen, as Deputy United States Collector. Mr. 
Whittemore was also one of his bondsmen and signed the bond at my 
request. It was rumored that he (Middleton) would not be able to settle 
his accounts, and a pay certificate was issued to protect Whittemore from 
loss. R. J. Donaldson informed me of this fact and said that Whitte¬ 
more held the certificate. I don’t know who collected the money from 
the Treasurer’s office for the certificate. I know that Middleton did 
settle his accounts; he did not do so with any certificate, to my knowl¬ 
edge; I know he did not. The above certificate has the following 
endorsement on the back of it: Figures, in red ink, “15421,” repre¬ 
senting Treasurer’s number; in pencil, the name “ Whittemore;” figures, 
in ink, “$1,068; 1st February, 1872.” 

E. M. STOEBER. 


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cluding 

amountpaidby 

H. H. Kimpton. 

Amount paid 

Members. 

Printing. 

Total No. oi 
Employees. 



Uemiblican administration.. 

1870-71 

i 

349 8 78,901 00 

14 

$ 1,075 00 

21 

i 

12,997 98 

3 

$ 397 00 

3 

$ 1,182 00 

2 

8386 00 

144 

8 21,165 50 

2 

8456 00 

170 

8 13,995 00 

124 

86,004 00 

17 

82,830 00 

22 

89,515 00 

17 

8 4,636 00 

8 13,262 00 

8157,747 20 

8 20,199 00 

8 22 00 

83,253 00 

8 650 87 

8332 45 

8 37,000 00 8 1,448 00 81,146 00 

8 41,000 00 

8103,000 00® 152 ’ 565 00 

888 

. 

V 4t u * 

1870-71 

. 

1,764 00 

. 

. 




. 

135 00 






1,175 00 













96 00 

52 83 



642 00 

. 

. 

. 


41 00 



879 


1871-72 

475 

18,480 00 

16 

520 00 

16 


2,825 50 

14 

1,656 00 

3 

870 00 

5 

703 00 

212 

147,249 50 

2 

372 00 

23 

94,670 75 

74 

4,200 00 

7 

1,726 00 

27 

8,179 00 

5 

1,627 00 

68.616 00 

262,388 50 

68,445 39 

10,623 00 

4,423 00 

1,598 54 

465 10 

116,578 00 

3,678 00 

. 




„ « * 

1871-72 

. 

20,836 00 

. 

413 00 

. 


938 00 

. 

530 00 






11,488 00 


333 50 


3,969 00 


3,967 00 


306 00 


2,250 00 


340 00 

4,511 00 

19,126 00 

4,370 00 

1,085 00 

815 00 

. 

. 

. 

100 00 

3,006 00 


450,000 00 

315 

«» “ 

1872-73 

176 

50,851 00 

17 

13,240 00 

15 


2,870 00 

10 

1,054 00 

3 

445 00 

2 

104 00 

32 

2,903 00 

3 

486 00 

4 

539 00 

30 

1,497 00 

8 

3,935 00 

13 

3,816 00 

2 

83o 00 

68,306 00 

22,450 00 

22.504 00 

1,842 00 

1,842 00 

1,132 00 

267 00 

17,286 00 

2,490 00 

20 00 




,i •< * 

1872-73 

. 

5,651 00 


2,440 00 

. 


.. 

. 

.. 

_ 





1,172 00 













4,497 00 

27,962 00 

8,372 00 

......... 

1,807 00 

. 

. 

. 

822 00 

. 


. 385,000 00 

423 


1873-74 

126 

53,160 00 

159 

25,133 00 

13 


4,243 00 

8 

896 00 

3 

660 00 

2 

823 00 

28 

4,253 00 

4 

407 00 

9 

1,054 00 

41 

3,053 00 

12 

2,325 00 

16 

6,279 00 



24,613 00 

34,367 00 

2.103 00 

. 

5,767 00 

... 


5,780 00 

. 

. 




tf <( * 

1873-74 

. 

7,168 00 

. 

6,897 00 

. 


200 00 

. 

199 00 

. 

1,422 00 














1,259 00 



22,648 00 

19,141 00 

2,872 00 


1,200 00 

. 

378 00 


. 

. 


6,622 00 

50 

Democratic administration.. 

1877 

22 

6,415 00 

6 

282 00 

4 

470 00 







2 

188 00 

1 

47 00 

2 

94 00 


376 00 

3 

685 00 

2 

420 00 





1 380 00 









58,140 00 






1 
























. ' 



Total Amount 
Paid 

Employees. 

i a 

a £ 

q w 

• 

fa w 

5 « 

O £ 

H H 

8143,537 00 

{8 822,608 83 

359,397 00 

{ 1,533,574 78 

91,838 00 

{ 908,855 00 

109,435 00 

{ 922,536 00 

8,977 00 

84,096 00 

























































































































































PUBLIC FRAUDS 

AND 

ELECTION OF HON. J. J. PATTERSON TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE, 

MADE TO THE 


GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 


AT THE REGULAR SESSION 1877-78. 


HARDY SOLOMON’S CLAIM. 


COLUMBIA, S. C. 

Calvo & Patton, State Printers. 

1878. 


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REPORT 


OF THE 






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ON 


PUBLIC FRAUDS 

AND 


ELECTION OF HON. J. J. PATTERSON 

TO THE 

UNITED STATES SENATE, 


MADE TO THE 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 

AT THE 


REGULAR SESSION 1877-78. 

ToT co a i 


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U. S. A. 




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W, 

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COLUMBIA, S. C. 

Calvo & Patton, State Printers. 

1878. 































HARDY SOLOMON’S CLAIM. 


















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REPORT. 


HARDY SOLOMON’S CLAIM. 


Among the remarkable frauds perpetrated against the State, that of 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company should not be overlooked. 
On the 29th day of October, 1873, a Bill was introduced entitled “A 
Bill to make appropriation to pay the claims of the South Carolina Bank 
and Trust Company,” which provided for the payment of claims amount¬ 
ing to the sum of $125,000. The itemized schedule furnished by Hardy 
Solomon, President, established conclusively that only the sum of $103,- 
865.71 was due the bank, and that a large number of claims on this 
schedule were of a doubtful character. The Bill was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, of which Committee the notorious 
Bowley was Chairman. Upon this Bill, there were majority and minority 
reports. The minority report contained, amongst others, these objections: 
“that the wording of the Bill was so obscure and indefinite that it was 
impossible to separate the principal from the interest; that the terms of 
the Bill required and directed the Treasurer to make a distinction in 
favor of these claims as against all others, which is at once illegal, un¬ 
just and odious; that the passage of this Bill would be to give an unjust 
and unfair preference to a powerful corporation, when it is a well known 
fact that the salaries of school teachers, who have labored for a mere 
pittance, School Commissioners, Judges of our Courts, County Auditors, 
clerks of the different departments of State, and many members of 
your honorable body remain unpaid for months, and, in some instances, 
for years. As a still more grievous fact, it is known that $200,000 of 
the appropriation for public schools for the years 1871-72, and a large 
portion for 1872-73, remain unpaid.” The presentation of such consid¬ 
erations availed absolutely nothing, and, under the leadership of Bowley, 
and the persuasive arguments furnished by Hardy Solomon, the House 
was induced to pass the Bill. 

The evidence before your Committee indicates that the same cogeDt 
reasons influenced grave and reverend Senators to vote in favor of this 
this thinly-disguised fraud, it is now known that the bank referred to 
was inaugurated in fraud, supported by a ring of political pirates com¬ 
posed of Chamberlain, Scott, Parker and other officials, and exhibited, 
during its existence, a series of corruptions and robberies unknown in 






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the history of any other corporation. It was through this disgraceful 
channel that thousands of dollars’ worth of fraudulent pay certificates 
and “armed force” orders found their wav into the State Treasurer’s 

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office and were paid, whilst honest claimants were turned away heartsick 
and disgusted. 

At the time the Bill referred to was under consideration, it was well 
understood that this “ most secure bank ” could not exist without aid. It 
is not surprising, therefore, that the Bill was passed by the expenditure 
of $80,000, by way of bribes, absorbing more than two-thirds of the 
entire amount of the appropriations. Of this there can be no doubt, for, 
with an amaziug effrontery, the books of the bank show the fact under 
the entry of “ legislative expenses.” 

The time for the failure of this bank had not arrived in the interest of 
the ring. The passage of the Bill afforded a brief relief, and when the 
auspicious occasion arrived its failure came with over $200,000 of the 
money of the State and a large amount of school and County funds on 
deposit, with as worthless a lot of assets as were ever rendered in a Court 
of insolvency. Of this failure we shall refer to hereafter in a separate 
report. Vv r e are concerned now only to present the portions of the 
evidence showing the method and means by which this iniquitous 
measure was fastened upon the people, and a special tax was levied upon 
them for the payment of the claims embraced'by it. It will be observed 
that a small portion of these claims were valid demands against the 
State. These, however, were in a large measure subsequently abstracted 
from the Bill and paid by the State Treasurer out of other funds, in 
order to give place to over twenty thousand dollars of fraudulent pay 
certificates manufactured for the occasion, so that certain State officials 
might receive their share of “gratification.” 

Prince R. Rivers testifies that he “voted for the Bill; met the mem¬ 
bers at a caucus. Hardy Solomon was there and spoke in the caucus. 
The next night the members were to meet him there and he was to see 
them separately. He offered me $500. That amount he afterwards 
paid me at the bank in city bills. Sperry, of Georgetown, invited the 
members to meet Solomon at caucus. I think I met Keith and Hum¬ 
bert, of Darlington, at the bank.” 

Keith testifies that “ he was paid $50 in city bills and about $50 in 
in groceries.” 

Butler Spears, a member from Sumter, received goods amounting to 
about $120. 

W. W. Ramsay, a member from same County, testifies that he was paid 
$1.00 to support the Bill, and payment was made first by a certificate of 
deposit being given him; afterwards the certificate of deposit was paid 
in city bills and groceries. 


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James Young, a member from Laurens County, testifies that he “ voted 
for the claim and received about thirty dollars in city of Columbia bills.” 

R. S. Tarleton, member from Colleton, testifies that “ he voted for the 
Rill and was paid fifty dollars’ worth of groceries,—among them one 
barrel of molasses, shipped over the South Carolina Railroad and 
Charleston and Savannah Railroad to his house.” 

Hastings Gantt testifies that he “ voted for the Bill and received a 
paper calling for seventy-five dollars, (this was a certificate of deposit.) 
Solomon wanted him to take groceries for it, which he refused, but dis¬ 
counted the paper at Mr. Love’s store, under the Wheeler House.” 

David Graham, a member from Edgefield, on examination, said he 
“voted for the claim and received a certificate of deposit for $100 in 
consideration of his vote.” 

Paris Simkins, a member from Edgefield, testifies that he “received 
about two hundred dollars in groceries for supporting the $125,000 
claim.” 

A. Simkins, member from Edgefield, testifies that he “ received for 
his support of the Bill a certificate of deposit in his (Solomon’s bank) 
of $200, which was paid in city money.” 

Charles Sims, member from Chester County, testifies that he “voted 
for the Bill called ‘ Hardy Solomon’s Bill,’ and after it was passed went 
to the bank and Hardy Solomon gave him thirteen dollars in city money 
and said that he had no more money, but that I could get provisions at 
his store, and asked me what I wanted. I told him I wanted some Hour 
and meat. He then went with me to his store and I got a barrel of 
flour, one hundred pounds of bacon and a gallon of whisky. That was 
what I got for voting for Hardy Solomon’s Bill.” 

John Dix, a member from Orangeburg, testifies that he “voted for the 
Bill; that Senator James L. Jamison, of his County, made an arrange¬ 
ment with Solomon for him, and received a check for him; that he (Dix) 
owed Jamison and paid him in that way. He thinks it was about $100.” 

Abram Dannerly, of Orangeburg, testifies that “ he attended a caucus 
held in the interest of Hardy Solomon’s claim. After the discussion, the 
members were invited one by one into a private room. I went in on my 
turn. In the room I found Hardy Solomon, and no one else was present. 
He said if I would vote for his claim he would give me $100. I voted 
for it. After the Bill passed I went with others down to Hardy Solo¬ 
mon’s bank. The crowd went there just like when the members went to 
get paid on their pay certificates, and he gave money to the different 
members without making much secret of it. He gave me $60 in city 
money. He did not give me any more, though I asked him twice after^ 
wards for the balance.” 


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John Vanderpool, a member from Charleston County, admits in his 
evidence that he “voted for the passage of Hardy Solomon’s claim, and 
Mr. Solomon, in consideration thereof, paid to me the sum of $100, as 
well as I remember.” 

N. T. Spencer voted for the Bill, and in his evidence says: “After its 
passage I got the value of $300 from him, (Solomon,) not in money; 
part of it was in goods from his store.” 

J. J. Grant says: “I voted for the Bill, but I did not get anything for 
it. I don’t think I ever went to get anything. On reflection, I think I 
got some things from the store—liquor and cigars. Mr. Solomon may 
have regarded this as a favor for supporting his Bill.” 

J. C. Tiugmau, a member from Charleston, says he “voted for Solo¬ 
mon’s claim and was paid a small sum of money and some goods from 
the store.” 

R. W. Turner, Representative from Charleston County, says he “voted 
for the Bill; was promised $300 by Mr. Solomon, but that he was only 
paid a little over $100.” 

el. T. Gilmore testifies as follows: “I was promised $250 by Solomon 
to support the Bill. I voted for it, and received a certificate of deposit 
for that amount on the bank. I traded the certificate to John Lilley for 
four cows.” 

Seuator Jared Warley testifies that he “ voted for the Bill. That he 
was a member of the House at the time and received $100 in payment 
from Mr. Zealy on Hardy Solomon’s order.” 

Samuel Green, Senator from Beaufort County, in his evidence, says: 

“I voted for Hardy Solomon’s claim,—was a member of the House at 
the time; that James A. Bowley, member from Georgetown and Chair¬ 
man of Committee of Ways and Means, told me that 1 could get $500 
for concurring in a favorable report ou the Bill to pay the claim. 1 
concurred in the report. I had nothing to do with Mr. Solomon until 
after the Bill passed. Bowley then referred me to Mr. Solomon. I saw 
him and he agreed to pay me, but did not pay it then; afterwards he 
gave me about two hundred dollars and said he had no more money then; 
the remaining three was paid for horses purchased of Mr. John Long.” 

Representative Riley, of Orangeburg, testifies that “he was paid to 
support the Bill.” 

Senator C. D. Hayne, of Aiken, admits in his evidence that he “was 
paid, through a certificate of deposit, $575 for his support of Hardy Solo¬ 
mon’s claim, and that it was placed to his credit in the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company.” 

Lawrence Cain, Seuator from Edgefield County, testifies that “at first 
he was opposed to the Bill; that Senator Jervey, of Charleston, waited 
on Mr. Solomon in reference to the Bill in behalf of himself and other 


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Senators, and reported that he (Solomon) was willing to pay the party 
$5,000 and no more. Finally it was agreed that a party of us should 
receive for our support of the Bill the sum of $5,000. I received of 
this sum a little more than $600. There were eigiit of us—myself, 
Senators \V. R. Jervey, W. E. Johnston, Moses Martin, J. H. White, 
C. 1). Hayne, F. A. Clinton and Dublin I. Walker. I am satisfied these 
are the parties.” 

W. R. Jervey, Senator from Charleston County, says that “Hardy 
Solomon sent for me to examine his claim ; went to the bank ; was showu 
the claims and was asked to support the Bill for their payment. Told 
him (Solomon) I would give him an answer. I asked State Treasurer 
F. L. Cardozo what he thought of them. Cardozo told me they 
were' all right, and that the Bill would pass whether I voted for it 
or not, so I went up to Hardy Solomon with Cardozo and told him I 
would vote for it; he said he would help me in return. Cardozo asked 
him 'what he thought he could do for me. He said he did not know posi¬ 
tively; that his pile had run down pretty low; that he could divide 
$5,000 between four or five of us, (or perhaps he said eight of us,) which 
would give each of us about $625 apiece. Some time after the Bill 
passed he gave me a certificate of deposit of the South Carolina Bank 
and Trust Company lor about the amount stated above, saying that it 
would show that I had that amount deposited in the bank. I took the 
certificate, and transferred it afterwards to General Gurney for a debt I 
owed him. I think that Senators Laurence Cain, J. H. White, F. A. 
Clinton and D. I. Walker were among the eight referred to above.” 

Moses Martin, Senator from Fairfield, testifies that he “voted for the 
claim and received from Hardy Solomon $500 in consideration of the 
same.” 

Senator Gaillard testifies as follows: “I was offered $500 to support 
the Bill but refused to accept it. Before the final adjournment of the 
Legislature, Senator Nash told me that Hardy Solomon said I was a man 
and that I had stuck to my word, and that he would like to make the 
friendship of a man like me and would deposit something to my credit. 
Nash also said I had better see Hardy. I saw him and he told me he 
had placed the sum of $500 to my credit at his bank. I drew the money 
on my check.” 

S. J. Lee, in his evidence, says that “at the session at which the claim 
of Hardy Solomon passed, Hardy Solomon discovered that he could 
obtain a portion of it out of a different appropriation, amounting to 
something over twenty thousand dollars, and desired the vacuum to be 
created in the $125,000 by the withdrawal of the claim to be thus other¬ 
wise paid to be filled up by the issuance of pay certificates. I was then 
Speaker and attended a consultation to determine how the matter should, 
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be arranged. Hardy Solomon, F. L. Cardozo, R. H. Gleaves and, I 
think, Governor F. J. Moses, Jr., and myself were present. It was 
agreed that about twenty thousand dollars should be withdrawn from the 
$125,000 and the vacuum thus created to be filled up by the issuance of 
pay certificates by Gleaves and myself. I, necognize the following certifi¬ 
cates as being part of the certificates issued by Gleaves and myselt to fill 
up the vacuum referred to above: 

No. 149, in favor of B. M. Patterson, for.$2,950 50 

No. 150, in favor of P. D. Smith, for. 3,575 50 

No. 151, in favor of S. J. Wells, for. 3,474 00 

No. 152, in favor of P. M. Atkinson, for. 1,780 00 

No. 153, in favor of C. T. Lee, for. 1,478 GO 

No. 154, in favor of M. E. Carter, for. 1,230 GO 

No. 155, in favor of G. T. Brunson, for. 1,585 90 

“All these certificates were issued without any consideration and are 
fraudulent. They were all antedated. This $20,000 was to divide between 
Gleaves, Moses, Hoge, Cardozo and myself. Cardozo said at the consul¬ 
tation that he would take Hoge’s for him. 

“House certificate No. 2G4, for $4,960.23, in favor of IT. C. Harkness, 
is a fraudulent certificate and was given by me to Hardy Solomon to go 
into his claim, and I received from him $5,000 for my services in connec¬ 
tion with the claim, which was placed to my credit in the South Caro¬ 
lina Bank and Trust Company.” The bank books corroborate Lee in 
this statement. 

Ex-Governor Moses testifies, in reference to the claim, that “ a schedule 
representing the character and amount of the claim was laid before the 
General Assembly; that a large number of claims provided for in the 
Bill were withdrawn by Solomon and collected out of the deficiency tax, 
and certificates issued in fictitious names by Gleaves ami Lee; and that 
he (Moses) received $7,000 of this amount; that the idea of withdraw¬ 
ing the lawful claims and substituting fraudulent pay certificates therefor 
was talked of on two occasions in my office and in my presence; the first 
time Cardozo and Solomon-were present; the second, Cardozo, Lee and 
Gleaves, who agreed to issue them, and Cardozo to pay them.” Copies of 
these certificates will be found under the head of “ Exhibit HARD Y.” 

Mr. Zealy corroborates the above statements as to the withdrawal of 
and substitution and collection of the fraudulent paper for the honest. 
We cannot more fully exhibit the frauds and bribery connected with 
this transaction than by appending Mr. Zealy’s evidence entire to this 
report, as showing that ten Senators and twenty members of the House 
were bribed and paid iu certificates of deposit. 









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The silent testimony of the books of the bank speak more conclusively 
than all other witnesses. One fact ascertained by reference to these 
books deserves mention. These books at one time passed into the cus¬ 
tody of Comptroller General Thomas C. Dunn, as Receiver of the bank. 
His name appeared in the list of persons who were the recipients of cer¬ 
tificates of deposit, and charged up under the head of “legislative 
expenses,” for $800, and was erased therefrom, and the name of Joseph 
Crews, then dead , appeared to be written in its place in the handwriting 
of Dunn. The fact was discovered by reference to the corresponding 
entry in the deposit book, and is beyond question. If the name thus 
substituted had been fictitious, or of a living person, there would have 
been so much to redeem the total depravity of this transaction. As it 
is, indignation is fatigued beyond expression. 


TESTIMONY OF L. N. ZEALY. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., February 15, 1878. 

L. N. Zealy, being sworn, deposes on oath as follows; I was acting 
Cashier of the South Carolina Rank and Trust Company in the year 
1873, when the Act to make appropriation for payment of claims of said 
bank was passed. The accompanying printed paper contains a list of 
the claims submitted to the Legislature in connection with the Rill. 
[Exhibit marked II. S. R.] 

When the appropriation Act aforesaid had been passed, some of the 
claims mentioned in the list aforesaid were paid out of the deficiencies 
appropriation, and other claims, not included in the list aforesaid, were 
substituted and paid under this special Act. The following were paid 
out of the “deficiencies ” appropriation : 

Comptroller’s warrants, dated April 2, 1873, in favor of John R. Den¬ 
nis, Nos. 115, lit) and 117, for $5,000 each ; 

Comptroller’s warrant, dated June 17, 1873, in favor of N. F. Walker, 
Superintendent, No. 210, for $500; 

Salary orders on State Treasurer, two of them drawn by Judge R. R. 
Carpenter, for $875 each ; one by Judge Thompson II. Cooke for $583.33, 
and one by Adjutant General H. W. Purvis for $625. 

The following claims not provided for, nor mentioned in the list afore¬ 
said, were paid out of the appropriation under this special Act: 

Joint pay certificates, dated December 17, 1872, No. 152, in favor of 
P. M. Atkinson, for $1,780; No. 153, in favor of C. T. Lee, for $1,478.60; 
No. 154, in favor of M. E. Carter, for $1,230.60; No. 155, in favor of G. 
T. Rrunsou, for $1,585,90; No, 156, in favor of J. D.JVIePherson, for 



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$3,928.90; No. 151, in favor of 8. J. Wells, for $3,474; No. 149, in favor 
of B. M. Patterson, for $2,950.50; No. 150, in favor of P. D. Smith, for 
$3,575.50. 

House certificates, No. 165], in favor of Thomas Kingson, dated Feb¬ 
ruary 21, 1873, (or 1872,) for $500; No. 265, in favor of T. 8. Johnson, 
for $500, dated February 26, 1873; No. 264, in favor of H. O. Hark- 
ness, dated February 26, 1872, for $4,960.23. 

These claims were not in the possession of the bank at the time this 
special Act was passed, for we included in the list aforesaid all claims 
that we then had on hand at the bank. 


March 4, 1878. 

L. N. Zealy, being recalled, further deposes, on oath, as follows: 

The attention of witness being called to the following entries on page 
57 of Individual Ledger A, under head of certificates of deposit, 1873, 
November 20,1872, John C. Hope, page 584, $500; November 20, 1873, 
James M. Smith, $1,000. I do not remember what consideration was 
paid by Mr. Hope and Mr. Smith for these two certificates of deposit. I 
find entries of both of them on page 584 of Journal B of same date. I 
also find entries on page 584 of journal A of same date, for same sums, 
and, as there are no other for same amount in either book of same date, 
it appears that the latter entries are for the same transactions. The 
latter entries appear under the head of “ legislative supplies/’ The 
figures “372” opposite each of these latter entries in the first column 
indicate that those entries are carried to that page of the general ledger. 
I find, however, there is no such page in the general ledger. The leaves 
in the general ledger, from page 390 to 395, have beeu cut out. 1 do 
not know who cut them out. I do not think I have looked at that part 
of the general ledger since the bauk suspended on 2d July, 1875; I do 
not think I have had any occasion to look at it since. I was acting 
Cashier of the bank at the time of its suspension. I was in the habit of 
handling the books every day, including the general ledger, and am satis¬ 
fied the leaves, from page 390 to page 395, were not cut out at the time 
of the suspension of the bank. All the books of the bauk, including 
the general ledger, were handed over to the Receiver of the bank two or 
three days after. The Receiver was T. C. Dunn; I think 1 gave him 
the keys myself. I do not know of my own knowledge what was meant 
by “ legislative supplies.” Mr. 8olomou, the President of the bank, di¬ 
rected me to open and keep an account of expenses, which he termed 
legislative expenses. I know, however, that the amount of those ex¬ 
penses was a clear loss to the bank. 

The entries on page 584 of Journal A are not in the names of Mr. Hope 
and Mr. Smith, as the entries in the other books are. They are in the 


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names of “ sundry persons,”—written in each case over erasure. I do not 
recognize the handwriting in which “sundry persons” is written. I am 
certain the erasures were not made at the time I gave up the.books to 
the Receiver. 


l'he attention of witness being called to the following additional entries 
on page 57 of Individual Ledger A, under head of certificates of deposit: 


1873, November 24, No. 75, Mrs. M. Dora Whittemore, 567...$5,000 00 


1873, November 29, No. 27, L. Cain, 591. 473 00 

1873, November 29, No. 78, W. R. Jervey. 600 00 

1873, November 29, No. 79, W. E. Johnston. 605 00 

1873, November 29, No. 81, W. B. Nash. 4,350 00 

1873, December 2, No. 86, T. C. Dunn. 800 00 


I do not remember what consideration was paid by these parties for 
these certificates of deposit. I find entries of all of them on pages 587, 
591 and 593, respectively, of Journal B of corresponding dates. In all 
the cases these latter, which are in the names of the same parties, except 
in the case of No. 86, T. C. Dunn, for $800: In that case, instead of 
T. C. Dunn’s name appearing, the name of “ J. Crews” appears, written 
over erasure. I cannot say what was erased, but the number and the 
date, as well as the amount, show it was the same certificate of deposit 
as was entered on Individual Ledger A in the name of T. C. Dunn. I 
do not know who made the erasure. It was not made at the time I gave 
up the books of the bank, including Journal B, to the Receiver. I also 
find entries on corresponding papers of Journal A, of corresponding 
dates, for like sums, except the $800, for which certificate of deposit No. 
86 was issued to T. C. Dunn, which does not appear on page 593; and 
as there are no other sums of the same amounts in either book of the same 
date, it appears that the latter entries were for the same transaction. 
The entries appear under the head of “ legislative expenses.” The figures 
“ 392” appear opposite each of these latter entries in the first column, and 
indicate that these entries are carried to that page of the General Ledger; 
but, as I have already said, there is no such page in the General Ledger— 
the same, with others, having been cut out since the General Ledger 
and the other books of the bank were turned over to Receiver Dunn. 
M rs. M. Dora Whittemore, as I understand, is the wife of Senator B. F. 
Whittemore. The deposits in her name were always made up by him. 
The attention of witness being called to the following additional entries 
on page 57 of Individual Ledger A, under head of certificates of de¬ 
posit : 







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1873, December 3, No. 89, S. L. Duncan, 594. $100 00 

1873, December 8, No. 92, L, Simmons, 598. 40 00 

1873, December 8, No. 93, J. Smith. 50 00 

1873, December 8, No. 94, John Boston. 125 00 

1873, December 8, No. 95, W. A. Grant. 200 00 

1873, December 8, No. 96, John T. Gilmore. 250 00 

1873, December 8, No. 97, R. H. Humbert. 200 00 

1873, December 8, No. 98, Hastiugs Gantt. 75 00 

1873, December 8, No. 99, Joseph D. Boston. 312 20 

1873, December 8, No. 100, Sam. Green. 320 00 

1873, December 8, No. 101, Aug. Simkius. 200 00 

1873, December 8, No. 102, M. L. Owens. 200 00 

1873, December 8, No. 103, J. D. Robertson. 150 00 

1873, December 8, No. 104, N. B. Myers. 500 00 

1873, December 8, No. 105, C. D. Hayne. 575 00 


I do not remember what consideration was paid by those parties for 
these certificates of deposit. I find au entry of No. 89, S. L. Duncan, 
for $100, on page 594 of Journal B for December 3, 1873. I also find 
au entry on page 594 of Journal A of same date for same sum, in name 
of “sundries,” written over erasure, under head of “legislative ex¬ 
penses.” I find entries of the rest of these certificates of deposit on page 
598 of Journal B of December 8, 1873. I also find entries on page 
598 of Journal A, same date, for legislative expenses, one for 
$11,451.11 and one for $60, and both having the figures “392” opposite 
in the first column, indicating that both entries are carried to that page 
of General Ledger, already mentioned as having been cut out after the 
General Ledger had been turned over, with other books of the bank, to 
Mr. Dunn, the Receiver. 

The attention of witness being called to thefollowing additional entries 
on page 57, of Individual Ledger A, under head of certificates of 
deposit: 


1873, December 10, No. 106, C. H. Sperry, 599.$2,138 83 

1873, December 11, No. 107, D. Graham, 600. 136 00 

1873, December 11, No. 108, M. Martin. 500 00 

1873, December 13, No. 109, F. Adamson, 602. 100 00 

1873, December 18, No. 110, John Lee, 606. 222 76 

1873, December 18, No. Ill, J. H. White. 398 46 

1873, December 18, No. 112, H. C. Corwin. 345 00 

1873, December 18, No. 113, H. J. Maxwell. 1,790 00 

1873, December 18, No. 114 

























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I do not remember what consideration was paid by these^parties for 
these certificates of deposit. I find entries of all of them on pages 
599, GOO, G02 and GOG, respectively, of Journal B, for December 10, 11, 
13 and 18, 1873, respectively. I also find entries on corresponding 
pages of Journal A for corresponding dates for like sums ; and as there 
are no other sums of the same amounts in either book of the same date, 
it appears that the latter entries are for the same transaction. The latter 
entries appear under the head of “legislative expenses” and in the name 
of “sundry persons,” written over erasures. They also have the figures 
“ 392” opposite in the first column, indicating they are carried to that 
page of the General Ledger, which, as l have already mentioned, has 
been cut out. (The attention of witness being called to page 528 of 
General Ledger.) I find under the head of “legislative expenses” the 
following entries: 


1874, March 5. To amount paid sundry persons.$7G,105 34 

1874, June 24. To amount paid from cash file. 5,000 00 

$81,105 34 


This amount was a clear loss to the bank. I find other amounts, not 
included in this, charged under the head of “legislative expenses,” where 
the names of the parties have been erased, or else the number of certifi¬ 
cates of deposit have beeu erased, and where there is no clue as to the 
parties who received them. None of these erasures were made at the 
time the books were turned over to Receiver Dunn. 

L. N. ZEALY. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

On part of the Senate. 
GERHARD C. MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

8. DIBBLE, 


On part of the House. 





TESTIMONY. 


TESTIMONY OF PRINCE R. RIVERS. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 13, 1877. 

Prince R. Rivers, Esq., being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 
My name is Prince R. Rivers and my occupation is that of a farmer at 
present. I was a member of the House of Representatives from 1868 
until 1874—six years. I held the office of Trial Justice from 1868 till 
about the first day of June, 1877. As to the Hardy Solomon claim, for 
which $125,000 was appropriated, a caucus was held of all the friends 
of the measure and I was invited to it. Tt was in the wooden building 
back of the Greenfield building. Hardy Solomon was there and spoke 
in the caucus, and the next night the members were to meet him there 
and he was to see them all separately. The next night the members 
that voted for the Bill were there. He offered me $500. That amount 
he afterwards paid at the bank, in city bills. He gave me a little 
paper, with a certain mark on it, something like an O and X, at the 
Greenfield wooden building, the second night. I was to present that at 
the bank. I went through the entry of the bank and knocked at his 
private room; he met me; went into the bank part and I was called to 
the window or opening where they pay off, and, if I’m not mistaken, Mr. 
F. S. Jacobs paid me the money. Mr. Solomon was standing by at the 
time. Sperry was the one who invited the members to meet Solomon at 
the caucus; he invited me. I think there was some outsider (i. e not a 
member,) with Solomon the second night, but I disremember who. I 
think I met Keith and Humbert, of Darlington. I don’t remember 
specially who I met, because none of us were afraid of one another, and 
it was a common thing to meet each other in this way. 

P. R. RIVERS. 


TESTIMONY OF 5. J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

S. J. Keith, being sworn, says that he resides at Darlington C. H,, and is 
a carpenter aud farmer. Was elected to the Legislature in 1870, and 
bas been a member ever since, aud now is. Voted for the passage of 




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Hardy Solomon’s claim, and Mr. Solomon paid me either twenty-five 
dollars or fifty dollars in money or the city of Columbia, and gave me 
about fifty dollars in groceries. Some time thereafter one of the clerks 
at Mr. Solomon’s sent the bill to me for collection, and I spoke to Mr. 
Solomon about it, and he told me it would be all right—not to notice it. 
I think I have the bill yet. I know a number of members who were 
paid by Mr. Solomon in connection with the same claim, but I cannot 
now recall their names. 

S. J. KEITH. 


TESTIMONY OF BUTLER SPEARS. 

Columbia, S. C., November 21, 1877. 

Butler Spears, being sworn, says that he is a resident of the County of 
Sumter, and is now by occupation the jailer of that County. Was 
elected to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1872 and served 
one term. I voted for the passage of Hardy Solomon’s claim. Previous 
and subsequent to the passage of the claim, I purchased goods from Mr. 
Solomon amounting to about the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, 
which amount he never demanded of me and which I never paid. It 
was my understanding, without any positive expression to that effect, 
that he never demanded payment, of the account in consideration of my 
having supported his claim. 

B. SPEARS. 


TESTIMONY OF W. W. RAMSAY. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 

November 6, 1877. 

W. W. Ramsay, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Sumter County; was a member of the House of 
Representatives from that County for seven years; was a member when 
the Bill to pay the claim of Hardy Solomon came up for consideration. 
Solomon asked me to support it, and offered me one hundred dollars for 
my vote. I voted for it, and he paid me by giving me a certificate of 
deposit in his bank, which he afterwards paid in currency and city of 
Columbia money aud goods out of his store. 


W. W. RAMSAY, 




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TESTIMONY OF JAMES YOUNG. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 17, 1877. 

James Young, of Laurens County, sworn, says: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876. 
I voted for Hardy Solomon’s claim of $125,000. I was told by its 
friends that it was an honest claim and should be paid. Solomon said 
nothing to me about the matter until after the claim was passed. After 
it was passed, I was told by several members that Solomon was paying the 
members for their votes, and the inquiry was made of me if I had got 
my share. I replied, no. After that, I went to Solomon and told him 
that I had got nothing and I thought I was as much entitled to pay or 
a present as the balance. He said: “Oh, yes,” and carried me in his 
bank, I think, and paid me thirty dollars. He paid me in city of Co¬ 
lumbia money. 

JAMES YOUNG. 


TESTIMONY OF R. S. TARLTON. 


October 3, 1877. 

R. S. Tarlton, sworn, says: 

Live in Colleton. Was a member of the House of Representatives 
for four years, commencing in 1870. Voted for Hardy Solomon’s claim 
of $125,000. Sperry came to my desk and asked me how I was going 
to vote; I told him I did not know. He told me that if I voted for the 
Bill I would get something. J voted for the Bill and received $50 worth 
of groceries,—among them one barrel of molasses, shipped over the 
South Carolina and Charleston and Savannah Railroads to my home. 
These goods were sent me by Hardy Solomon. 

R. S. TARLTON. 


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TESTIMONY OF HASTINGS GANTT. 

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Jotnt Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Hastings Gantt, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from Beaufort County 
when Mr. Hardy Solomon’s claim was passed, and voted for it. While 
the claim was up in the House on the last reading, Hardy Solomon asked 
me not to oppose his Bill. I told him I couldn’t oppose it, because some 




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of our own pay certificates that he had cashed for us were in his claim. 
He said il I would vote for it he would satisfy me. This conversation 
occurred at his hank office. After the Bill passed, he gave me a paper 
for seventy-five dollars for voting for the Bill and then wanted me to 
take it out in goods at his store. I declined to do so and kept the paper, 
and after going home and coming back to Columbia I discounted it with 
the cashier in Mr. Love’s store, under the Wheeler House. 1 don’t know 
the cashier’s name. 

HASTINGS GANTT. 


TESTIMONY OF DAVID GRAHAM. 

Columbia, S. C., October 29, 1877. 

David Graham, being duly sworn, says that he is a resident of the 
County of Edgefield and is a farmer by occupation; that he was elected 
to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1872 and served two 
terras. When Hardy Solomon’s claim was before the Legislature, he 
said to me that it was a just and honest claim against the State, and that 
if I would vote for it I should not lose anything by it; that he would 
make me a present. I did vote for the claim, and Mr. Solomon gave me 
a certificate of deposit iu his bank of the sum of one hundred dollars, 
which was paid to me. 

DAVID GRAHAM. 


TESTIMONY OF PARIS SIMKINS. 

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Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Paris Sim kins, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Edgefield County. Was a member of the House of 
Representatives for two terms, commencing November, 1872. I voted 
for the claim of Hardy Solomon for $125,000. Solomon claimed that it 
was justly due him, but, nevertheless, if I would support the measure 
that he would give me $200. After the claim was passed Mr. Solomon 
offered me a certificate of deposit in his bank. I preferred to take the 
amount out of his store in groceries, and this was accepted by Mr. Solo¬ 
mon. Erom time to time I obtained goods from his store and they were 
charged on the books as if I had purchased regularly. When I had 
gotten what I supposed the amount of $200, but which turned out'some¬ 
thing over when the books were cast up, the books were receipted iu full 
and I paid no money, so that I received really a little over $200, After 




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the accounts were receipted in the store by Mr. Donaldson I went to 
Mr. Solomon’s bank, and Solomon (or Zealy, who was a clerk in the 
bank,) made some entry in a book there. I do not know what kind ot 
an entry it was, but I supposed that it was done for the purpose of 
showing that he had paid me what he promised. 

P. SIM KINS. 

Solomon’s claim No. 2, for $20,000: I think this was a claim for sup¬ 
plies furnished the Penitentiary. Before this claim was passed, and even 
after, (until the statement hereafter made,) I thought it was a just one, 
when Hardy Solomon met me and said: “That claim of mine is now 
all right,” referring to its passage by both houses; “I have something 
over $1,400 to divide equally between the Committee on Claims.” Said 
that he had agreed to give that Committee something, but no one else. 
I was not a member of that Committee, but Solomon evidently took me 
to be one. He then made a little calculation and told me that the 
amount coming to each member was $214, as near as I can recollect, 
which he paid me at his bank, thinking (as already stated) that I was a 
member of the Committee on Claims, and I did not tell him to the con¬ 
trary. Mr. Zealy counted me the money in Solomon’s presence. Solo¬ 
mon then ordered Zealy to write a note for me to sign for the amount of 
money he had paid me, in order, as he explained to me, that it would be 
regarded as a kind of a loan, and that he might keep his money matters 
straight. I objected to sign the note, when he replied that I would never 
be called on to pay it, and then it would serve, if anything ever should 
turn up, to protect both him and me. I then signed it upon the further 
assurance by Solomon that he was going to require all the other members 
to give him a similar note. Solomon has never demanded that money 
from me, and it is now among the assets of that bank. I spoke to Solo- 
mon about it since the failure of his bank. He told me that Melton was 
his lawyer, aud that I should give myself no uneasiness about the note, 
for if it had to be paid he would pay it, and that I should not be 
troubled. He said also that he was sorry that I had not called his 
attention to it before he turned his assets over to the Receiver, for in that 
event he would have reserved it out; but said again: “Give yourself 
no uneasiness; I will see that you do not have it to pay.” 

P. SIM KINS. 


TESTIMONY OF AUGUSTUS SIM KINS. 

Columbia, S. C., October 29, 1877. 
Augustus Simkius, being sworn, says that he is a resident of the 
County of Edgefield, and is a farmer by occupation. Was elected to 



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the Legislature in 1872 from that County and served two years. I voted 
lor the passage ot Hardy Solomon’s claim. Mr. Solomon called me 
into his store and said to me that he had a claim against the State, and 
that it was an honest claim ; that he was a Republican, and he thought 
his Republican friends should see to it that he should be paid, and that 
ii I would vote for his claim he would give me a handsome present. I 
voted for his claim, and he gave me a certificate of deposit in his bank 
of the sum of $200, which was paid to me in money,—some of it City 
Council money,—except that portion that I took out in trade. 


A. 


SIMKINS. 


TESTIMONY OF CHARLES H. SIMMS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C, September 26, 1877. 

Charles H. Simms, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives during the extra 
session of 1873. Several of the members were coming down the street 
and one of the members said Hardy Solomon wanted to see us. We all 
went into his bank and then went in to see him one at a time. I went 
in and saw Hardy Solomon, and he said that he had a claim before the 
Legislature and that he wanted it passed, and asked me if I would vote 
for it. I told him I would vote for it if it was right. Hardy Solomon 
said that it was all right, and that he proposed to pay for the passage of 
it, and that he would see me after the Bill was passed and pay me for it. 
I voted for the Bill, which was called Hardy Solomon’s Bill, and after it 
was passed I got a card from him that he wanted to see me, and I went 
to the bank and Hardy Solomon gave me thirteen dollars in city money, 
and said that he had no more money, but that I could get provisions at 
his store, and asked me what I wanted, and I told him 1 wanted some 
Hour and some meat. He then went with me to his store, and I got a 
barrel of flour and one hundred pounds of bacon and a gallon of 
whisky. That was what I got for voting for Hardy Solomon’s Bill. I 
saw others there, after the passage of the Bill, but I don’t know what 
they got. 


September 26, 1877. 


CHARLES SIMMS. 



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TESTIMONY OF JOHN DIX. 


Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 9, 1877. 

John Dix, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County of 
Orangeburg, in 1873, when Hardy Solomon’s claim was before the 
House. J made no personal arrangement with Mr. Solomon about sup¬ 
porting his claim, but James L. Jamison, then Senator from my County, 
made an arrangement with Mr. Solomon and got a check from him for 
me; but I was owing Jamison some money, and he didn’t turn it over 
to me as I owed him more than the check. He promised me to give me 
credit for it on what I owed him. I don’t recollect the amount, but 
I think it may have been about one hundred dollars. 

his 

JOHN X DIX. 
mark. 


Witnesses : 
John R. Cochran. 
S. Dibble. 

J. C. Sheppard. 
Gerhard Muller. 


TESTIMONY OF ABRAM DANNERLY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 26, 1877. 

Abram Dannerly, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives during 1873. 
During the extra session Hardy Solomon had a claim of $125,000, and 
Charles Minort, member from Richland, had the matter in charge, and 
Senator Jervey, from Charleston. I was invited, and Henry Riley also, 
who boarded at the same house with me, to attend a caucus one evening 

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at Miuort’s house in Columbia, and both of us attended. There was 
plenty of liquor and cigars, and about seventy-five members were present. 
The discussion was about Hardy Solomon’s claim. After the discussion, 
the members were invited, one by one, into a private room. I went in 
in my turn, and in the room I found Hardy Solomon. No one else was 
present. Hardy Solomon said to me that his claim was a just claim, 
and if I would vote for it he would give me a present of some money, 
and that I had just as well vote for it, as he had the number of members 
to carry it anyhow, and that I might as well get something on it, as the 



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claim was a just one, and he would give me one hundred dollars if I 
would vote for it. I then came out of the room, and Riley, who had 
been in already, and myself went home. Three nights afterwards there 
was another caucus, and the caucus resolved to support Hardy Solomon’s 
Bill. This caucus was held at Minort’s House, as before, and the members 
went by turn into the same room, where Hardy Solomon and a Mr. 
Donaldson were together, Hardy Solomon told me again he would pay 
me one hundred dollars, and Donaldson advised me to vote for the Bill, 
as Mr. Solomon’s claim, he said, was a just one. The next day the Bill 
came up in the House, aud I voted for it. After the Bill passed, I went, 
and a crowd of others, down to Hardy Solomon’s bank. The crowd 
went there just like when the members went to get paid on their pay 
certificates, and he gave money to the different ones without making- 
much secret of it. He gave me sixty dollars in city money, which I 
could only use here in Columbia. He did not give me any more, though 
I asked him twice afterwards for the balance, and he would promise it 
to me, but never did give me any more. At the second caucus at 
Minort’s house, F. L. Cardozo was there, and, in conversation among 
those present, Cardozo said that if this claim of Hardy Solomon’s was 
not paid, that there would be no way to pay the members, as Solomon 
wouldn’t cash the pay certificates if the Bill was not passed. I heard 
Cardozo say so, and many others. I am certain that Senator White, of 
York, Whittemore, from Darlington, and Jervey, from Charleston, were 
at the second caucus. Jervey was at the first caucus also. Samuel L. 
Duncan was also at all the caucuses. I think, altogether, there were three 
caucuses held. All the Orangeburg members attended. J. Felder 
Myers only attended once, and I don’t know whether he voted for or 
against Hardy Solomon’s claim. I don’t remember. 

his 

ABRAM K DANNERLY. 
mark. 

Jn presence of 
S. Dibble. 

John R. Cochran. 

Gerhard Muller. 


TESTIMONY OP JQIIN VANDERPOOL. 

Columbia, S. C., November 2, 1877. 
John Vanderpool, being duly sworn, says: That he resides in Charles¬ 
ton County and is a farmer by occupation. Was elected to the Legisla¬ 
ture in 1872 and served two terms. 1 voted for the passage of Hardy 



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Solomon’s claim, and Mr. Solomon, in consideration thereof, paid to me 
the sum of one hundred dollars, as well as I remember, and I receipted 
for the amount to him. 

JOHN VANDERPOOL. 


TESTIMONY OE NATHANIEL T. SPENCER, ESQ. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Nathaniel T. Spencer, Esq., being further examined, deposes on oath 
as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County of 
Charleston in 1873 when the Bill to pay tlie claims of Hardy Solomon’s 
bank was before the House. Before the passage of the Bill 1 had a con¬ 
versation with Hardy Solomon at a house on Lady street, in Columbia, 
next to the Greenfield building. He said it was a just claim and he 
wanted me to support it. In that interview he agreed to pay me three 
hundred dollars, and I agreed to support the Bill. I believed from what 
he told me that the claims he had were just. I did not make any special 
examination of the claims. I voted for the Bill, and after its passage I 
got the value of three hundred dollars from him—not in money. Part 
of it was in goods from his store. 

NATHANIEL T. SPENCER. 


TESTIMONY OF J. J. GRANT. 

Jot nt Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

J. J. Grant, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: In 
1873, when the Hardy Solomon claims were pending in the Legislature, 
I saw Hardy Solomon, at his office at the bank, and told him I was going 
to support his Bill, and he told me I would lose nothing by it. I voted 
for the Bill, but did not get anything for it. I don’t think I ever went 
to get anything. On reflection, I think T got something from hi§ store— 
some liquors and cigars—on credit, and Mr. Solomon may have regarded 
this as a favor to me for supporting his Bill; but I think 1 paid Mr. 
Solomon all I owed him. 

JOS. J. GRANT. 

October 18, 1877. 





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TESTIMONY OF J. C. TINGMAN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 31, 1877. 

J. C. Tingman, being sworn, says: He resides in Charleston County; 
a farmer by occupation. Was a member of the House of Representa¬ 
tives from the County of Charleston during the sessions of 1872-73 and 
1873-74; voted for one of Hardy Solomon’s claims, and received money 
from him for such vote; received a small amount of goods also from 
Solomon’s store. 

J. C. TINGMAN. 


TESTIMONY OF R. W. TURNER. 

Columbia, S. C., October 24, 1877. 

R. W. Turner, being duly sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of the city of Charleston and is a merchant by 
profession. Was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and served one 
term. Voted for the passage of Hardy Solomon’s claim. He offered to 
pay me three hundred dollars to vote for the claim, but did not pay me 
but a little more than one hundred dollars of the amount,—some of 
which was in city of Columbia money. 

R. W. TURNER. 

October, 24, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF J. T. GILMORE. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 29, 1877. 

J. T. Gilmore, being duly sworn, deposes and says : 

That he is a farmer bv occupation; resides in Richland County. Was 
elected a member of the House of Representatives from said County in 
1872,—served for two years. Know Hardy Solomon. Voted for a Bill 
to pay the claim held by him. I met him (Solomon) in his bank and 
talked with him in reference to my voting for his claim. He said he 
had no money to pay out as soon as the Bill passed, but would give us 
certificates of deposit for voting for it; promised me two hundred and 
fifty dollars. After the Bill passed, I called at the bank. Mr. Solomon 
offered me my certificate of deposit, and said it called for two hundred 
and fifty dollars. I had no confidence in*any kind of paper going 
around about that time, and told him I did not want it. I traded it to 
John Lilly, of Chester, for four cows. The money received from Pat- 
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tersort, and this from Solomon, and a small amount from the printing, 
from A. O. Jones, is all that I received during my term outside of my 
per diem and mileage. 

J. T. GILMORE. 


TESTIMONY OF J. D. WARLEY. 

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Columbia, S. C., November 23, 1877. 

Hon. J. D. Warley, being further examined, says: 

That he was elected to the lower house in 1870 and served two terms ; 
was then elected to the Senate, and is now a member of that body. 
Was a member of the House when Hardy Solomon’s claim was passed 
and voted for it. Before the claim passed I had a conversation with 
Mr. Solomon and he said to me that if I would support his claim he 
would give me one hundred dollars. When the claim came up for con¬ 
sideration I voter! for it pursuant to the agreement. A few days there¬ 
after, Mr. Solomon gave me an order to Mr. Zealy, one of his clerks, 
for one hundred dollars, and that sum was paid to me. T don’t know, 
of my own knowledge , of any other member who was paid for voting for 
Mr. Solomon’s claim. 

J. D. WARLEY. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL GREEN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 27, 1877. 

Hon. Samuel Green, being further examined, deposes on oath as fol¬ 
lows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives at the extra session 
of 1873. I was then a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and Mr. James A. Rowley, a member from Georgetown, and Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means, told me that I could <ret, five 
hundred dollars for concurring in a favorable report on the Bill to pay 
the claim of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, and that 
Mr. Hardy Solomon would 'pay me, and that he (Bowley) would be 
responsible for it. I had nothing to say to Mr. Solomon until after the 
Bill passed. I concurred in the report of the Committee. Afterwards, 






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when l spoke to Mr. Bowley about the five hundred dollars, he referred 
me to Mr. Solomon and said that he had made the arrageraent for Mr. 
Solomon to pay it himself. I then saw Mr. Solomon, and he agreed to 
pay it, hut didn’t pay it then. Some time afterwards he gave me about 
two hundred dollars, and said he had no more money then, but he agreed 
to pay a note of mine for some horses that I purchased from Mr. John 
Long, which 1 understood that Mr. Solomon did afterwards pay. The 
note and the money together made up the five hundred dollars. I think 
the note was for three hundred dollars, and the difference Mr. Solomon 
paid me in cash. 

SAMUEL GREEN. 

September 27, 1S77. 


TESTIMONY OF HENRY RILEY, ESQ. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
August 10, 1877. 

Henry Rilev, Esq., being duly sworn, deposes on oath, and says: 

My residence is at Branehville, County of Orangeburg; am by occupa¬ 
tion a store keeper. Was a member of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1872-78 and 1873-74. I was in the House when 
Solomon’s claim was before the House. I think I voted for it. Some of 
the members told me that Solomon’s claim was up and I had better go 
and see him. I went, and he took us into the back room behind his 
bank. Dannerly and others went in there. Members were going in and 
coming out. Hardy Solomon gave each one a paper, that is, those who 
were in there while I was there, and said “he hoped they wouldn’t forget 
him and would support his claim.” He gave me a paper and I got some 
goods out of his store to the amount of fifty dollars with it. That is 
after the claim had passed. I returned the paper to him and he gave 
me an order to his store for fifty dollars’ worth of goods. The paper had 
some private mark on it that I didn’t understand. When he gave me 
the paper he told me it would be good for fifty dollars, and I took it for 
that much, though I couldn’t understand the mark on it. It was given 
to me for the supporting of Hardy Solomon’s claim before the Legisla¬ 
ture. Think the amount of the claim was some ninety or one hundred 
thousand dollars. 

H, UTLEY, 

August 10, 1877. 




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TESTIMONY OF C. D. HAYNE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 15, 1877. 

C. D. Hayne, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was State Senator.from the County of Aiken at the time the Bill 
was passed to make appropriation of one hundred and twenty-five thou¬ 
sand (125,000) dollars to pay the claim of the South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company, commonly called Hardy Solomon’s Bill. Hardy Solo¬ 
mon paid me a certificate of deposit in the sum of five hundred and 
seventy-five dollars for voting in favor of this Bill, to my credit at his 
bank, the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, and it was afterwards 
paid by the bank. 

C. D. HAYNE. 


TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 25, 1877. 

Lawrence Cain, being duly sworn, says that he is a resident of the 
County of Edgefield and is a farmer by occupation ; that he was elected 
to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1868 and served two 
terms, and was then elected to the Senate and served one term, which 
ended in 1876. When a Bill providing for the payment of Hardy Solo¬ 
mon’s claim came before the Senate for consideration I moved to postpone 
the consideration of it. From this fact Mr. Solomon thought that I was 
opposed to the Bill and called me into his bank and showed me his 
papers and accounts and explained them all. Said that the Democrats 
were favorable to the measure and expressed surprise that the Repub¬ 
licans should oppose the measure, as he had done so much for the Repub¬ 
lican party, and that he had sold the goods to the institutions here, but 
had done so upon such terms that he could afford to take care of his 
friends. I left after awhile and without making any promise or other 
arrangement with him. A few days thereafter W. R. Jervey, then a 
Senator, waited upon Mr. Solomon in reference to the Bill in behalf of 
himself and other Senators and reported that Mr. Solomon was willing 
to pay- the party $5,000 and no more. A short time thereafter I 
saw Mr. Solomon and he told me that a party of Senators seemed 
disposed to combine against him to defeat him, and he remarked 
that he would suffer defeat before he would accede to their terms, and 
offered to give me $1,500 to support his measure, but no agreement was 
made at that time. Finally it was agreed that a party of us should 
receive for our support of the Bill the sum of $5,000. I received of 
that sum a little more than six hundred dollars. There were eight of 



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us—myself, W. R. Jervey, W. E. Johnson, Moses Martin, J. W. White, 
C. D. Hayue, F. A. Clinton and Dublin J. Walker. I am satisfied that 
these were the parties. This was paid to us by a certificate of deposit in 
his bank, on which 1 got the money. 


LAWRENCE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM R . JERVEY. 


Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 

Hon. William R. Jervey, being further examined, deposes, on oath, as 
follows: 

I was a member of the Senate from the County of Charleston in 1873, 
when Hardy Solomon’s Bill was passed. Before the Bill passed Hardy 
Solomon sent for me, and I went up to his bauk one day and he told me 
that he had a Bill, which he expected would come into the Senate, for 
the payment of certain claims which the State owed him. He asked me 
if I would help him in its passage. He showed me the claims and I 
examined them and told him 1 would give him an answer. That was 
on Saturday, and on Monday morning I asked State Treasurer F. L. 
Cardozo what he thought of them, and Cardozo told me they were all 
right, and that the Bill would pass whether 1 voted for it or not. So i 
went up to Hardy Solomon’s Monday night with Cardozo and told him 
I would vote for it. Hardy Solomon said it was all right, and that he 
would help me in return. Cardozo asked him what he thought he could 
do for me. He said he didn’t know positively; that his pile had run 
down pretty low; that he thought he could divide $5,000 between four 
or five of us, (or perhaps he said eight of us,) which would give each of 
us about six hundred and twenty-five dollars apiece. The other Senators 
were not named by him. Some time after the Bill had passed he gave 
me a certificate of deposit of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany for about that amount, saying that that would show that I had 
that amount deposited in the bank. 1 took the certificate and transferred 
it afterwards to General Gurney for a debt I owed him. 1 think I have 
a memorandum of the Senators at home, and if I can find it I will 
furnish the names to this Committee. 

W. R. JERVEY. 


William R. Jervey further deposes: That in the questions on the 
Hardy Solomon bank matter.he has been unable to find any note or 
memorandum in his diary on it, but is of the impression that the follow¬ 
ing named Senators are some: Lawrence Cain, J. H. White, F. A. Clin- 
© 

ton, D. I. Walker and M. Martin. 

W. R. JERVEY. 

October 23, 1877. 



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TESTIMONY OF MOSES MARTIN. 

Columbia, S. C., November 15, 1877. 

M oses Martin, being duly sworn, says: That he resides in Fairfield 
County, S. C.; a farmer by occupation; was elected a Senator from said 
County in 1873; was a member of the Senate when Hardy Solomon’s 
claim passed; voted for it. When the Bill was up for consideration in 
the Senate some one told me Solomon desired me to call and see him at 
his bank. I did so, when he informed me that he would make me a pres¬ 
ent of live hundred dollars if I would vote for his claim. I did so, and 
some time after the same became a law I called on him at his bank, in 
his private office, and received five hundred dollars in cash from him. I 
also voted for the printing claim. Mr. Woodruff made me a present of 
one thousand dollars in certificates of indebtedness, more generally known 
as printing money. 

MOSES MARTIN. 


TESTIMONY OF S. E. GAILLARD. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18,1877. 

Hon. Samuel E. Gaillard, being further examined, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

I was State Senator from the County of Charleston in 1873, when the 
Bill known as Hardy Solomon’s claim for $125,000 was before the Legis¬ 
lature. I was offered $500 to support the Bill, either by Hardy Solo¬ 
mon or by some of the friends of the Bill,—I don’t remember which. 
On reflection, I am satisfied it was Hardy Solomon himself, at his bank. 
I was told he wanted to see me, and I went there and had a conversation 
with him, and the offer was then made. I did not support the Bill. 
Some time after, before the final adjournment of the Legislature, Senator 
Nash told me that Hardy Solomon said I was a man, and that I had 
stuck to my word, and had told him I wouldn’t support the Bill, and 
didn’t do it, and that Hardy Solomon said he would like to make the 
friendship of a man like me, and would deposit something to my credit, 
and Nash told me J had better see Hardy. I saw him, and he told me 
he had placed the sum of $500 to my credit on my bank account at his 
bank, and I afterwards drew the money on my checks. I had a deposit 
account in the bank at the time. 


S. E, GAILLARD. 



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TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL ,T. LEE. 


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Rooms of the Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, South Carolina. 

Samuel J. Lee, being duly sworn, says: That at the session of the 
General Assembly of 1873-4 an appropriation was made for the pay¬ 
ment of Hardy Solomon’s claim, amounting to about $125,000. Hardy 
Solomon discovered that he could obtain the money out of a different 
appropriation for a portion of the claim embraced in the $125,000, 
amounting to something over $20,000, and desired the vacuum to be 
created in the $125,000 claim by the withdrawal of the claims to be thus 
otherwise paid, to be filled up by the issuance of pay certificates. I was 
then Speaker of the House, and I attended a consultation to determine 
how the matter should be arranged. Hardy Solomon, F. L. Cardozo, 
R. II. Cleaves, and, I think, F. J. Moses, Jr., and myself were present. 
It was then agreed and arranged that a certain amount, about $20,000, 
should be withdrawn from the $125,000 claim, inasmuch as they could 
get the money on these claims from a different appropriation as afore¬ 
said, and that the vacuum thus to be created in the large claim of 
$125,000 should be filled up by the issuance of pay certificates by 
Cleaves and myself. I recognize certificate No. 149, in favor of B. M. 
Patterson, for the sum of $2,950.50; certificate No. 150, in favor of P. 
D. Smith, for the sum of $3,375.50; certificate No. 151, in favor of S. J. 
Wells, for the sum of $3,474; certificate No. 152, in favor of R. M. 
Atkinson, for the sum of $1,780; certificate No. 153, in favor of O. T. 
Lee, for the sum of $1,478.60; certificate No. 154, in favor of M. 'E. 
Carter, for the sum of $1,230.60; certificate No. 155, in favor of G. T. 
Brunson, for the sum of $1,585.90 as being a part of the certificates issued 
hv Cleaves and myself to lill up the vacuum of $20,000. And all these 
certificates were issued without any consideration and are fraudulent. 
They were all also ante-dated. This $20,000 was to be divided between 
Cleaves, Moses, Hoge, Cardozo and myself. Cardozo said at the consul¬ 
tation that he would take Iloge’s for him. The certificate issued from 
the House, No. 264, in favor of H. C. Harkness, for $4,960.23, was 
given by me to Hardy Solomon to go into his claim, and I received from 
him $5,000 for mv services in connection with the passage of Solomon’s 
claim. The money that I received in connection with this claim was not 
paid to me in cash, but was placed to my credit in the Bank and Trust 
Company’s bank. And of the certificates above mentioned, I am certain 
that F. J. Moses, Jr., received the one issued to B. M. Patterson. 

SAMUEL J. LEE. 


3d day of October, A. D. 18.7. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 

Rooms of tiie Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, 8. C., October 16, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

That when the large claim (consisting of many small claims) of 
Hardy Solomon against the State was presented to the General Assem¬ 
bly for adjudication, and a Joint Resolution or Bill was introduced pro¬ 
viding for its payment, a schedule representing the character and amount 
of each of the claims comprised in the Bill was laid before each House, 
and the claims themselves were examined by a Committee of Senators 
and Representatives appointed by each House. A report was made by 
the said Committee expressing their conviction that each of the claims 
examined was just and valid, and on those reports the Bill and Joint 
Resolution was passed. The General Assembly ordered that an official 
schedule of each of the said claims should be forwarded to the State 
Treasurer for his guidance and governance in paying the claim,—and 
such a schedule was so forwarded. After the Bill had become a law, 
and when Hardy Solomon desired the payment of his claim, a large 
number of the claims, as provided for in the Bill, were withdrawn by 
Solomon, and pay certificates, to the exact amount in the aggregate, issued 
to fictitious names by Gleaves and Lee, were substituted for the claims 
and paid by the Treasurer in the stead of the claims. The claims thus 
withdrawn were collected from the Treasurer by Solomon out of the 
deficiency appropriation. I received seven thousand dollars myself in 
certificates so issued and paid. F. J. MOSES. 

I omitted in the above to mention the fact that the idea of withdraw¬ 
ing the claims from the Bill and substituting pay certificates therefor 
was talked over on two occasions in my office and in my presence. The 
first time Cardozo and Solomon were with me; and the second, Cardozo 
and Lee and Gleaves. At each of the interviews, the whole subject was 
talked over. Lee and Gleaves agreed to issue the certificates and Car¬ 
dozo agreed to pay them. The idea of the substitution did not originate 
with me. F. J. MOSES. 


testimony of w. ir. frazier. 

October 4, 1877. 

W. H. Frazier, sworn, continued : Resides in Colleton ; was a member 
of the House of Representatives for 1872-73 and 1873-74. Hardy 
Solomon did not pay me for voting for his claim of $125,000. I remem¬ 
ber that A. O. Jones gave me an order on Hardy Solomon for fifty dol¬ 
lars, which Solomon paid, but my recollection is that this was paid me 
for votes on printing bills in Jones’s interest. 


W. H. FRAZIER, 



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EXHIBIT HARD Y. 


Copies of fraudulent pay certificates issued by Lieutenant Governor 
Gleaves and Speaker S. J. Lee, delivered to Hardy Solomon and by him 
collected, on account of claim of South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany. [See evidence of Lee and Moses] : 


No. 149. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. B. M. Patterson 
twenty-nine hundred and fifty 50 100 dollars for sundries furnished the 
General Assembly of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
$2,950.50. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 

S. J. LEE, 

Speaker of H. of R. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed “ B. M. Patterson.”] 

Paid, as shown by Treasurer’s number 1592, February 16, 1874, to 
Hardy Solomon. 


No. 150. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. P. D. Smith thirty- 
five hundred and seventy-five 50-100 dollars for legislative expenses ot 
Senate and House of Representatives. 

$3,575.50. 

• R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker H. of R. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed P. D. Smith.] 

Paid, as shown by Treasurer’s number 2042, to Hardy Solomon, March 
28th, 1874. 


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No. 151. 


[Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. S. J. Wells thirty- 
four hundred and seventy-four dollars for account of legislative expenses 
of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$3,474. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 


SAMUEL LEE, 

Speaker of H. of R. 


Attest: # 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed on back, in figures, “2130,” representing Treasurer’s num¬ 
ber, and the words “H. Solomon; $3,474; claim South Carolina B. & T. 
Co. S. J. WELLS.” 


No. 152. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of P. M. Atkinson seventeen 
hundred and eighty dollars for account of legislative expenses of the 
Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,780. 


Attest: 


R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker H. of R. 


J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed “P. M. Atkinson.”] 

Paid, as shown by Treasurer’s number 1989, March 21, 1874, to 
Hardy Solomon. 


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No. 153. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, 8 . C., December 17, 1872. 
The Slate Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. C. T. Lee fourteen 
hundred and seventy-five 60-100 dollars for account of legislative ex¬ 
penses of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,475.60. 


R. H. GLEAVES, 


President of Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker H. of R. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk House of Representatives. 

[Endorsed “C. T. Lee.”] 

Paid to Hardy Solomon, as shown by Treasurer’s number 1989, 
March 21,1874. 


No. 154. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C-, December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. M. E. Carter twelve 
hundred and thirty 60-100 dollars for account of legislative expenses of 
the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,230.60. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 


President of Senate. 
SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker of H.of R. 


Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed “M. E. Carter.”] 

Paid to Hardy Solomon, as shown by Treasurer’s number 1989, 
March 21, 1874. 


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No. 155. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. G. T. Bronson fifteen 
hundred and eighty-five 90-100 dollars for account of legislative expenses 
of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

$1,585.90. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker of H. of R. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed “G. T. Bronson.”] 

Paid to Hardy Solomon, as shown by Treasurer’s number 1989, 
March 21, 1874. 


No. 156. [Class J. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

Columbia, S. C., December 17, 1872. 
The State Treasurer will pay to the order of J. D. McPherson thirty- 
nine hundred and twenty-eight 90-100 for account of legislative expenses 
of the*Senate and House of Representatives. 

$3,928.90. 

R. H. GLEAVES, 

President of Senate. 


SAMUEL J. LEE, 

Speaker of H. of R. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, Clerk of Senate. 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of H. of R. 

[Endorsed “ J. D. McPherson.”] 

Paid to Hardy Solomon, as shown by Treasurer’s number 1989, 
March 21, 1874. 


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The following is a copy of fraudulent House certificate No. 264, pay¬ 
able to the order of H. C. Harkness, referred to in evidence of S. J. Lee, 
who admits that he received the money for it through Hardy Solomon, 
who collected it on account of claim of South Carolina Bank and Trust 
Company: 


No. 264. * House of Representatives. 

The State Treasurer will pay to the order of Mr. H. C. Harkness four 
thousand nine hundred and sixty 23-100 dollars for amount of account 
of legislative expenses, sundries, House of Representatives. 

$4,960.23. 

SAMUEL J. LEE, 


Speaker House of Representatives. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones. 

[Endorsed “H. C. Harkness.”] 

Paid to L. N. Zealy, Cashier S. C. B. & T. Company, as shown by 
Treasurer’s number 2331, June 9, 1874. 















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BIA RAILROAD COMPANY. 


In the progress of their report the Committee have had occasion, here 
and there, to refer to the facts connected with the career of John J. Pat¬ 
terson, now United States Senator for South Carolina. This it was 
impossible to avoid and, at the same time, make a fair and truthful 
report of the transactions to which we have referred. 

In this, and several reports to follow, it will be necessary to refer more 
particularly to him, and the frauds perpetrated by him, than w T e have 
done heretofore. 

Since the day of the coming of this man to South Carolina, there has 
been perpetrated upon the people of the State a series of frauds, great 
and small, many of which we have already made the subject of comment, 
and all of which mark out together an era challenging comparison, for its 
infamy, with any period in the history of modern times. In each case the 
familiar footprints of this man are to be seen and measured, and most to 
be found in the forefront of the mottled army of plunderers as “the 
years of good stealing in South Carolina” have come and gone. Your 
Committee propose to refer to several of the latter class, mostly to be 
singled out and held up to view for their exceptional enormity and the 
bold and brazen effrontery with which they were perpetrated. 

It will be remembered that the first noteworthy achievement of Pat¬ 
terson w’as a contract for the completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad, 
which w T as annulled by the payment to him of eighty thousand dollars, 
every cent of which came from the public Treasury. Upon bis portion 
of this fund, he organized a ring composed of public officials, the object 
of which was to obtain possession of the Greenville and Columbia Rail¬ 
road Company. In this ring were included John J. Patterson, George 
W. Waterman, representing the interests of Governor Scott, Niles G. 
Parker, Treasurer, Reuben Tomlinson, State Auditor, John L. Neagle, 
Comptroller General, D. H. Chamberlain, Attorney General, F. L. Car- 
dozo, Secretary of State, C. P. Leslie, Land Commissioner, H. H. Kimp- 
ton, Financial Agent, Joseph Crews, Chairman of Committee on Rail¬ 
roads, and Representative Timothy Hurley. 





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At that time the State owned large amounts of stock in various railroad 
companies in the State, which had been acquired in consideration of 
public bounties conferred upon these corporations, and also other prop¬ 
erty of various descriptions, which, for the moment, was not productive of 
income. 

The most direct method of securing the controlling interest was to pro¬ 
cure legislation to authorize the sale of the stock held by the State in the 
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, and to this end the Act was 
passed creating the Sinking Fund Commission, composed of Governor 
Scott, Attorney General Chamberlain, Comptroller Neagle, the Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House, and the Chairman of 
the Committee on Finance in the Senate, and authorizing them to sell all 
unproductive property, belonging to the State. Ostensibly, the purpose 
of this Act was to dispose of the damaged granite and marble and other 
material lying around the State House grounds. The real purpose was 
consummated by the sale of 21,698 shares of stock in the Greenville and 
Columbia Railroad Company—which cost the State $20 per share, 
aggregating $433,960,—at $2.75 per share, aggregating $59,969.50. 
This was followed, of course, by a sacrifice of the interest of the State in 
all other railroad corporations, and the accumulation of a fund, all of 
which (in gross violation of the letter of the Act) was transferred to the 
Financial Agent and lost. 

The evidence hereto appended is conclusive that this Act was passed 
by bribery, the means for which was furnished by H. H. Kimpton. The 
stock was sold without advertisement on the day after the Bill was 
passed and approved, and without any action of the Commissioners, 
either authorizing its sale or limiting the prices at which it should be 
sold, and was paid for by Kimpton’s receipt as Financial Agent in New 
York for the amount of the bid. No money passed, and the fund trans¬ 
ferred to Kimpton’s books was “sunk” beyond recovery in the devious 
processes of hypothecation and general bond swindling. 

After a majority of the stock in the company was obtained by this 
arrangement and by purchases from private parties, and the ring thus 
placed in control of its affairs, the scheme which was the objective point 
of the operation was brought into play in the shape of a “ Bill relating 
to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company,” (prepared by 
Attorney General Chamberlain, and on the 17th day of February, 1871, 
introduced by Timothy Hurley, one of the ring,) for the purpose of 
authorizing a further issue of bonds and giving them a value iu the 
market. To conceal the real purpose, the Bill included several impracti¬ 
cable provisions, authorizing the extension of the road in several 
directions, and a consolidation with the Blue Ridge Road upon certain 
conditions, and the title was changed so as to read “An Act to promote 


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the consolidation of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company 
and the Blue Ridge Railroad Company.” This was also passed by 
bribery with money furnished by H. H. Kimpton. 

It is worthy of remark that, although Governor Scott approved the 
Bill, yet he was so conscious of its questionable character that he deemed 
it necessary to communicate to the General Assembly his reasons for 
approving it,—reasons which were utterly illogical and fallacious on 
their face, and which have since been proved to be without foundation 
in policy or purpose. 

In the fifth Section of this Act (see Acts 1870-71, page 591,) will be 
found the gist of the matter. The State then held a lien for indemnity 
against her endorsement upon one million and a half of guaranteed bonds 
of this company, so that subsequent bonds would be of little or no value 
and could not be sold by the ring. By this Section the lien was post¬ 
poned to bonds to be issued under a second mortgage, thus enabling the 
ring to divide and put their bonds on the market, whilst the only security 
held by the State was swept away and a contingent debt of fifteen hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars fixed upon the State without indemnity. 

This is a brief statement of a series of transactions by which the ring, 
under the inspiration of Patterson, secured to themselves each a miser¬ 
able morsel of plunder by the sale of bonds of the company, whilst the 
State was robbed of millions to secure this result. Nor was this all, nor 
perhaps the worst, of this nefarious business. Although the stock in the 
company held by the State was obtained by collusion of fraud with the 
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund without any consideration, the pur¬ 
chases from private parties required the payment of money or its equiva¬ 
lent; and it is not likely that the whole of this ring combined could have 
gotten together, of their own honest means or credit, enough money to pay 
for a single share at $20,000, much less for the whole $240,000 they bought 
and held. They had recourse, therefore, to the Financial Agent, and, 
from the testimony herewith submitted, it appears they did not have 
recourse to him in vain. He had on hand many millions of bonds of 
the State of South Carolina for sale or hypothecation, and, although the 
proceeds of such bonds were applicable only to the purposes of the State, 
yet the accounts of the Financial Agent show that they were diverted 
for whatever purposes the Financial Board chose to direct, and nothing 
was more likely or more natural than that the Board should divide 
enough of the proceeds of the bonds to be used for consummating the 
scheme in question. The Financial Board was composed of Governor 
Scott, Treasurer Parker and Attorney General Chamberlain, and the 
Financial Agent was Kimpton,—all of whom, as we have already men¬ 
tioned, were members of the ring. The result is shown in the testimony 
of Parker himself, herewith submitted, by which it appears that Kimp- 


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ton paid out of the proceeds of the sale of State bonds the money for a 
share and a half for Neagle, Comptroller General, who had the general 
supervision of the bonded debt; one share for Crews, who was Chairman 
of the Committee on Railroads in the House; one-quarter share for Car- 
dozo, Secretary of State, who had the sealing of all the bonds; two and 
a half shares for Waterman, for Governor Scott; one-half share for 
Attorney General Chamberlain and two shares for Kimpton himself, and 
one share for Leslie, Land Commissioner,—each share, including an 
account of $4,000 immediately payable, being valued at $24,000. 

In connection with this testimony of Parker and of the testimony of 
Neagle bearing on the same matter, the Committee submit the following 
drafts found in the Treasury in an envelope, endorsed “State drafts, sun¬ 
dry papers, dated various months, 1870,” they having been assigned to 
Charles H. Taylor, who was Treasurer of the Greenville and Columbia 
Railroad ring: 

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$5,000. January 19, 1870. 

Pay to the order of C. P. Leslie five thousand 
dollars, value received, and charge the same to 
account of 


To H. H. Kimpton, 4 NILES G. PARKER, 

Financial Agent State S. C.,V 

No. 9 Nassau street, N. Y. ) Treasurer State S. C. 

Endorsement of Above: 

Pay to the order of Henry Clews & Co.; Charles H. Taylor. 

N. G. Parker, Treasurer; draft $5,000; January 19, 1870; H. Clews 
& Co. 

To be charged to Parker. 

C. P. Leslie. 


Revenue 
2) N. G. P. (2 
2) 1 | 19 | 70 (2 
Stamp. 


$4,000. Columbia, S. C., January 19, 1870. 

Pay to the order of Reuben Tomlinson four 
thousand dollars, value received, and the same 
to account of 


Revenue 
2) N. G. P. (2 
2) 1 | 19 | 70 (2 
Stamp. 


To H. H. Kimpton, Esq., 
New York. 


NILES G. PARKER, 

Treasurer State S. C. 




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Endorsement of Above: 

N. G. Parker; draft $4,000; January 19, 1870; Reuben Tomlinson. 

Pay to the order of Henry Clews & Co.; Charles H. Taylor. 

H. Clews & Co. 

How the real appropriation of so much money was to be covered up 
is explained by Parker: “It was understood by Kimpton and the Finan¬ 
cial Board that the amount of these expenditures and many others 
should be realized from State bonds and covered by the difference be¬ 
tween the actual amounts for which the bonds were sold by Kimpton and 
the amount which he should report that he had sold for.” And the 
evidence of Parker is sustained to this extent by Kimpton’s report of 
what he sold the bonds for; that there is no itemization of the sales 
through which this or any other fraud might be detected; but the sales 
of over $8,000,000 of bonds are dispatched in four particulars, and for 
nine-tenths of this enormous amount there is no mention even of the 
rates of sales. $2,843,000 bonds reported as all sold on one day and 
$4,214,500 on another. The Financial Board bought the authority of 
settling with the Financial Agent and obtained it by bribing the General 
Assembly with the State’s money; and they settled with him on the basis 
of this report, as they themselves confess, without making an examina¬ 
tion of it. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. J. L. NEAGLE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

Hon. J. L. Neagle, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows : 

The first Blue Ridge Bill passed at the extra session of 1868, and 

John J. Patterson, Alexander McClure and-Creswell came down 

here in 1869 and procured the contract for Thomas Steers for the con¬ 
struction of the road. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad copart¬ 
nership was formed in the following January. It was a copartnership 
of $240,000, in twelve shares of $20,000 each. I was told about the 
matter, and I was offered by Patterson one and one-half (11) shares, for 
which I paid $30,000 by drafts on H. H. Kimpton ; to Charles H. Taylor, 
$20,000, and Reuben Tomlinson, $10,000, the Treasurer of the copartner¬ 
ship, a party unknown to me, but in the confidence of Patterson and 
others of the partners. When we organized we had the whole twelve 
shares taken. This was about the time of the purchase of the State stock, 
in February or March, 1870. Originally the shares stood about as fol¬ 
lows, as near as I can recollect: 




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Patterson. 

Parker . 

Leslie. 

J. Crews. 

Hurley. 

Tomlinson.... 
Waterman... 

Kimpton. 

Neagle . 

Chamberlain 
Cardozo.. 


1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

2 

2 
2 

li 

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Total shares 


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The Sinking Fund Bill was passed in consequence of Patterson’s origi¬ 
nation of this Greenville and Columbia Railroad copartnership. The 
Bill was prepared under the direction of Mr. Chamberlain, as I was in¬ 
formed, and I afterwards conferred with him personally and he con¬ 
firmed the information. There was something to be paid to members of 
the Legislature for their votes on the passage of the Act, which money 
was furnished by Kimpton. I was ex officio a member of the Sinking 
Fund Commission, being Comptroller General; and in my connection 
with the Commission, as in other official matters, I acted under the 
advice and direction of Mr. Chamberlain, who was Attorney General of 
the State and also ex officio a member of the Commission. The first 
meeting of the Commission was held on March 1, 1870, the day that the 
Sinking Fund Act was approved, and the sale of the Greenville and 
Columbia Railroad stock was nominally agreed to that day; but we had 
determined not to act on a bid on the same day it was received, and so 
we held a meeting the next day with a full Board aud concluded the 
transaction, and I think that the receipt of H. H. Kimpton, Financial 
Agent, to John IT. Moore was given the same day for $59,669.50, and 
that Rainey was the custodian of the moneys and papers until Gulick 
was appointed Treasurer, including that receipt. Scott was present on 
both of these days aud agreed to the sale of the Greenville aud Colum¬ 
bia Railroad stock. Kimpton was in Columbia at the time and I left 
pretty soon afterwards. Reuben Tomlinson, as early as February 14, 
1870, had become the Treasurer of the Greenville aud Columbia Rail¬ 
road copartnership, and I am satisfied that the State stock was assigned 
by Rainey, as Secretary of the Sinking Fund Commission, to Tomlinson, 
as Treasurer, as above, on the second of March, 1870. I paid for my 
interest, one and one-half shares, in the Greenville and Columbia copart¬ 
nership, first by a loan of H. H. Kimpton, which was an individual 
















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transaction, which had nothing to do with the State funds, and after¬ 
wards he gave me a receipt for balance amount due him, amounting to 
$37,920, in payment to me for obtaining Governor Scott’s signature ap¬ 
proving the order to him (Kimpton) for the sale of one million dollars 
of State bonds at seventy cents on the dollar. This took place at the 
St. Nicholas Hotel, New \ork city, June 3, 1871. I considered seventy 
cents a fair price, and only had to advise the Governor to sell at that 
price, when he readily approved the sale. I do not know where Kirnp- 
ton covered his expenses, but do not suppose he had to lose it. My 
understanding afterwards was that he carried Scott’s, Parker’s, Crews’s, 
Cardozo’s Chamberlain’s and everybody else’s on loans obtained on the 
bonds of the State of South Carolina. Kimpton and Parker admitted 
this to me in 1872. 

J. L. NEAGLE. 


TESTIMONY OF NILES G. PARKER. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., January 11, 1878. 

Niles G. Parker, on oath, deposes as follows: I know that Kimpton 
used the proceeds of bonds belonging to the State to secure the passage 
of other Bills which he was interested in, to wit, the Sterling Loan Bill, 
the Bill to authorize the Financial Agent to pledge bonds for State loans, 
the Sinking Fund Bill, the Bill for the payment of interest in gold, and 
the Bill to issue bonds for the relief of the Treasury. I know he paid out 
of the proceeds of the sale of State bonds the money for a share and a 
half, as it was called, of Greenville and Columbia Railroad stock,—a 
share, including assessment of $4,000, immediately payable, being $24,000. 
This was for J. L. Neagle, Comptroller General. He also paid for one 
share of like value for Joseph Crews, member of the Legislature. He 
was Chairmau, I think, of the Committee on Railroads in the House of 
Representatives. He also paid for one quarter share, being $6,000, for 
F. L. Cardozo. This Kimpton subsequently took for himself, as he did 
Crews’s. He also paid for two, or two-and-a-half, shares for George W. 
"Waterman, for Governor Scott, of like value. He paid for two shares 
of like value for himself, and, so far as I know, and believe, he paid for 
one-half share for D. H. Chamberlain, of the value of $12,000. I paid 
for one share myself. It was understood by Kimpton and the Financial 
Board that the amount of these expenditures, and many others, should 
be realized from State bonds and covered by the difference between the 
actual amounts for which the bonds were sold by Kimpton and the 
amount which he should report that he had sold them for. C. P. Leslie 


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had a share paid for in the same manner; afterwards he sold the share 
to Kimpton for $25,000 cash. Kimpton also advanced money out of the 
proceeds of State bonds to assist the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, 
but I think he held second mortgage bonds of the said company as col¬ 
lateral security for all the advances he made for or to the road. He also 
advanced the Blue Ridge Railroad Company about $200,000 out of the 
proceeds of the State bonds. These advances were made by the written 
advice and consent of the Financial Board. $600,000 of the bonds of 
said company were placed in his hands as collateral, but he always re¬ 
ported that he could not pledge them for any money, and that he never 
raised any money on them, nor did we ever know that he had pledged 
them until after the passage of the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill; then, when 
it became necessary that we should have them to turn into the Treasury, 
Kimpton reported that they were pledged. 

NILES G. PARKER. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms of the Legislative Committee of Investigation, 

Columbia, S. C., October 11, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, being duly sworn, deposes and 
says: 

That at the first session of the House of Representatives, during which 
W. J. Whipper was Chairman of the Committee either on Railroads or 
on Ways and Means, the corporation of the Greenville and Columbia 
Railroad, (consisting of John J. Patterson, John L. Neagle, R. K. Scott, 
N. G. Parker, D. H. Chamberlain and Reuben Tomlinson and others,) 
were very anxious to obtain control of the House Committees, as also 
they were to pass certain Bills through the House. First one, then the 
other of them consulted with me about the matter, (I remember John J. 
Patterson and J. L. Neagle principally,) and finally they offered me 
$25,000 if I would assist them as Speaker in passing their Bills, and also 
give them the roll of the House and let them make up the Committees 
just as they desired. Most of them talked with me about the matter, 
but as well as I can remember Kimpton was the first spokesman whom 
they selected to make me the offer. I announced the Committees as they 
made them up, and I also assisted them in passing their Bills. At that 
time I owed Kimpton $13,000 borrowed money, to secure the repayment 
of which I had given him a mortgage on a tract of land I owned in 
Clarendon County, and when I made the above named arrangement 
with the railroad company Kimpton claimed I should be willing to take 
the mortgage I had given him dollar for dollar as a part of the $25,000. 



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I consented to this, and the mortgage was delivered to me, duly can¬ 
celed, and the rest of the money was paid me. I do not remember who 
paid me in person, but the money came to me on account of the agree¬ 
ment I have narrated, and was either paid to me by Patterson, or Kirnp- 
ton, or Parker, or Neagle. I remember that Neagle was a prominent 
party in consulting with me as to the appointment of the Committees. 
I remember that it was while the Bill to which I refer above was hang¬ 
ing in the balance in the House of Representatives, one night, Patterson 
sent Dennis up to the Speaker’s stand with a message to me, saying that 
if I would push the Bill through that night he (Patterson) would pay 
me individually $10,000. I either sent back word to him, or told him 
in person, that he must reduce the promise to writing. He did put it in 
writing, and it was entrusted to Joseph Crews as my friend and held by 
him until the Bill was passed. 

F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

John B. Dennis, being duly sworn, was asked if he ever knew of Pat¬ 
terson paying any money to Speaker Moses to influence or secure legis¬ 
lation. Says that at the commencement of the session of 1870-71 it was 
common talk that Patterson had paid Speaker Moses $25,000 to have 
him appoint his Committees in the interest of the measures that he, 
(Patterson,) Kimpton and what was known as the ring were interested 
in. Moses never denied it when spoken to about it by Hurley, and Pat¬ 
terson always laughed about it as being a high price for Frank Moses. 
One night after this,—he thinks it was the Greenville Consolidation 
Bill,—Frost and Bosemon were lighting it hard, making one dilatory 
motion after another, until it seemed as if they never could be got out of 
the way. The Speaker was recognizing either of them that would call 
his attention, to the exclusion of any one else or every one else, so that 
they (Frost and Bosemon) really thought that the Speaker was with them 
and in favor of defeating the Bill. At this time, when the case for him 
seemed hopeless, Patterson came to witness and said: “ Go ask that 
damned scoundrel (meaning Speaker Moses) how much he wants.” He 
went and asked the Speaker as requested by Patterson, and the Speaker 
replied: “Ten thousand dollars over and above everything,” meaning 
$10,000 over or besides the $25,000 before spoken of, which he had 
received for the appointment of the Committees. He carried the mes-' 
sage to Patterson, and Patterson said: “Tell him all right; he shall 
have it.” 


JOHN B. DENNIS. 



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TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL J. LEE. 

Rooms of the Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Samuel J. Lee, being duly sworn, says: That during the year 1871 I 
was going home from Columbia and I met John J. Patterson on the 
platform of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad in this city; 
Patterson was getting off the cars. After speaking, Patterson said to 
me that he had for me a Greenville and Columbia Railroad bond for 
$500, and asked me what he should do with it. I told him to send it to 
me by express, which he did, and I received it and sold it. Patterson 
said to me, on the platform, that he had the bond “on that old matter,” 
meaning the Bill authorizing the Greenville and Columbia Railroad 
Company to consolidate with any other company. My recollection is 
that I had before that time received from Patterson $100 in money and 
a $500 bond of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company for my 
services on that Bill. 

This 3d day of October, A. D. 1877. 

SAMUEL J. LEE. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. HUBBARD. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., March 11, 1878. 

John B. Hubbard, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in 
this city; I have resided here since 1866; I was Chief Constable of the 
State during Governor Scott’s administration. In the latter part of 
January, or early part of February, 1870, John J. Patterson came to 
my room over Dial’s store, in this city, at three o’clock in the morning, 
and called me up, and told me that Charles Taylor, who was Treasurer 
and Secretary of the Greenville Railroad, had run away on the Charles¬ 
ton train, at seven o’clock on the night before, with all the books, papers 
and funds of the company, and a large amount of other money beside. 
He wanted me to go after Taylor and capture him and the property he 
had taken with him. I took the early train the same morning to King- 
ville, and there took the train to Wilmington. I went as far as Florence, 
where I found Taylor coming out of the dining room at the hotel. I at 
once arrested him on a warrant issued by a Trial Justice at Florence on 
Patterson’s affidavit. I took him to Charleston, where he went to the 
First National Bank and telegraphed to Henry Clews & Co., in New 
York, for $25,000. About four o’clock the same afternoon he came to 
me at the Mills House and handed me a package containing $25,000, 



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saying: “ There it is; I will go back with you to Columbia, and stay there 
until all the books, papers and money belonging to the Greenville Rail¬ 
road are turned over.” We came up to this city that night. Patterson 
accompanied all the way from Columbia to Florence and Charleston, and 
back again to this city. I turned over the $25,000 to Patterson in my 
room at the Mills House, in Charleston, and he gave me one-half of it, that 
is $12,500, for my services, as he had promised to do before we started. 
Taylor finally turned over everything he had carried away, as I under¬ 
stood. I subsequently became a stockholder in the Greenville Railroad ; 
I invested $5,000 of my $12,500 in one-quarter of a share of stock. I 
never learned of Patterson accounting for the $12,500 he received; I am 
satisfied he kept it for his own use. 

JOHN B. HUBBARD. 


Exhibit J.,) 

J. R. C. j 

Office of II. H. Iyimpton, Banker, 
No. 9 Nassau Street, 

New York, January 18, 1871. 

My Dear Parker —Your letters have been received. Be assured 
that I am counseling for the best interests of all concerned. The bonds 
have sold to-day on the street at fifty-five. There has been a great panic 
in them. The State loans are openly talked upon the streets,—that I am 
carrying money for the State officers in railroads, and that the Governor 
and Treasurer tried to raise a million and a half while in the city. The 
whole matter seems to be known here, as I feared. Parties who have 
loans refuse to lend more than thirty-five per cent., so much is public 
confidence shaken, and they are calling on me for large amounts of extra 
collaterals. I have had to buy $100,000 of bonds to stop the panic, and 
now 59 to 59? is the quotation. The tide seems to be turned and all is 
safe. I must have money from taxes before 15th of February. Use 
every possible energy to hasten collection of taxes, and hasten the 
money to me. It will not do to sell another bond at present. You 
must economize drafts on me to the greatest extent. There is danger of 
using up all my collaterals if the panic continues. Our great safety is 
collection of taxes. I have the “papers” preparing and some others 
which will be very advantageous, but it would ruin us to use them now. 
Please show this letter to Chamberlain, as I have no time to write 
another. , 


(Signed,) 


Respectfully, &c., 


H. H. KIMPTON. 



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Exhibit M., 7 
J. R. C. j 

Office of H. H. Kimpton, Banker, 
No. 9 Nassau Street, 

New York, January 9, 1871. 

Friend Parker —The bonds have fallen to sixty in consequence of 
reports in regard to large loans in this market. The Governor signed 
the bonds, ($1,000 each,) and I am selling as rapidly as possible pre¬ 
paratory to our railroad interests, and shall push matters as rapidly as 
the market will take them, and then come down at once. I am working 
here for the best interests of all. We must not enlarge our railroad 
circle, but control all ourselves. It is sure of success. Keep friends all 
right. Ripley told Mr. Palmer that you said that Palmer made $10,000 
out of the Gray purchase of bonds. Palmer was very much enraged. 
Be very careful not to write or say anything to Ripley by which he can 
make you trouble. You cannot be too careful in this particular. Avoid 
making drafts on me as far as possible. We must diminish our loans 
here as rapidly as possible. Have the collection of taxes pushed with 
all possible energy. 

The market is very dull. 

Truly yours, 

(Signed,) H. H. KIMPTON. 


Exhibit N,. 7 
J. R. C. ) 

Office of H. H. Kimpton, Banker, 
No. 9 Nassau Street, 

New York, January 21st, 1871. 

Friend Parker —I have concluded arrangements to-day which will 
help me till I can sell more bonds, which I am doing as fast as the 
market will take them without depressing the bonds. I cannot have 
bonds go lower, as it will use up all the collateral. The money market 
is growing easy, which is very favorable for me. Manage to make thirty 
(or sixty day, if you can,) day drafts on me for a while through your 
banks. This wiil help very much. We have only to manage carefully 
for a little while and I think that all will come right. It has been a 
very hard time for me. Have had to fight the whole market, as they 
seem to know things about our affairs which should not be known. It 
hurts us very much. The bonds came near going to fifty cents, and 
could easily be put to forty-five. 

Our railroad matters will come out all right. We have only to get 
independent here and the matter can be pushed. We have parties now 
in Europe who are working for us. 


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Have heard on wire to day in regard to the State bonds. We must 
have courage and hold on with “bull dog” grip. 

Truly yours, 

(Signed,) ' H. H. KIMPTON. 


Ehibit O., ) 

J. R. C. ) 

Office of H. H. Kimpton, Banker, 
No. 9 Nassau Street, 
New York, December 13, 1870. 

Friend Parker —I have sent $20,000 to-day. Your telegram was 
received at such hour that I could not obtain currency, as it is scarce. 

We will have trouble about collateral before January 1 if we are not 
careful. The $1,000 additional bonds will not be ready at American 
Bank Note Company before 22d. They will reach your for seal and sig¬ 
nature about the 25th. You will have to hurry them back. Sign all 
of the $500 in your own possession and forward them when the Gover¬ 
nor leaves, and have him sign those in his possession. Our railroad 
plan will be sure of success and will pay well. Be sure and have the 
tax Bill passed before adjournment for holidays. 

I am very much hurried. 

Truly yours, 

(Signed,) H. 11. KIMPTON. 


Exhibit P., ) 

J. JR. C. j 

Office of H. II. Kimpton, Banker, 
No. 9 Nassau Street, 
New York, July 6, 1871. 

Friend Parker —I find great difficulty to use the seven per cent, 
bonds. It is almost impossible to use them at all. The five hundred con¬ 
versions should be sent at once. Have you received the coupons men¬ 
tioned in your letter? They were sent by express. I paid $450 on the 
three hundred bonds. If sealed strongly there is no need of market 
value on them. I received the ninety seven Greenville and Columbia 
bonds of $500 each. I thought there were eight more bonds. I hope 
to visit Columbia last of next week. Our railroad matters are in a very 
unsatisfactory condition. It is going to be a very hard thing to manage 
successfully. We have got to come down to business. Have no Janu- 
arv coupons on second mortgage paid at present. We cannot stand it. 


2 


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Have the conversions sent to me if* yon continue to make drafts. I have 
telegram just received of $20,000 currency and $5,000 gold. If you 
have to make more drafts you must send the conversions, as the seven 
per cent, are making me trouble. 

The prompt payment of bonds and interest has had a favorable effect 
here. I have had verv hard times and am about tired out. 

Truly yours, 

(Signed,) H. H. KIMPTON. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

Of the Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 


Of the House. 


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REPORT. 


To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: 

The Joint Investigating Committee on Public Frauds beg leave respect 
fully to submit their reports on the impeachment frauds and other mat 
ters, and all the testimonv taken by them not heretofore submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

Of the Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 


Of the House. 




































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THE IMPEACHMENT SWINDLE. 


The second noteworthy achievement of John J. Patterson, following 
that connected with the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, 
was in quite a different field of action. The investigations made into 
the management of the issuing, sale and hypothecation of State bonds 
made it plain that the Financial Board, composed of Governor Scott, 
Treasurer Parker and Attorney General Chamberlain, had fraudulently 
and illegally issued several millions of State bonds, and it was deter¬ 
mined to bring these parties to trial by impeachment. C. C. Bowen, 
then a member from Charleston, on the 18th December, 1871, introduced 
the resolution to impeach R. K. Scott of high crimes and misdemeanors. 
This was Patterson’s opportunity. With the assistance of Worthington, 
he gave encouragement by day to the friends of the measure, and by 
night worked upon the credulity and fears of Scott,—“running with the 
hare and holding with the hounds.” When the scheme was ripe, and 
Scott became thoroughly alarmed, he engaged the services of those 
worthies to buy up a majority of the members of the House, and issued 
to them, for this purpose, three “armed force” warrants in blank as to 
amounts and names of persons to whom payable,—leaving these impor¬ 
tant matters to be attended to by Patterson. In 1869, a Joint Resolu¬ 
tion was passed authorizing the Governor to employ an armed force “for 
the preservation of the peace,” the expenses of which were to be “paid 
out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.” It was 
from this convenient fund, then ready to hand, that the warrants were 
drawn,—one filled up with the name of John Mooney for $25,545; 
another in the name of John Leggett for $10,600, and the third in the 
name of David H. Wilson for $13,500. All of these names are fictitious, 
but were, nevertheless, endorsed on the warrants. The two first were 
collected by F. S. Jacobs, who was cashier of Hardy Solomon’s bank 
and Patterson’s confidential friend. The third order was collected by 
Hardy Solomon, President of the bank. The financial arrangement 
thus concluded, Patterson and Worthington did their work faithfully, 
and, with the money of the State, bought for Scott and Parker immunity 
for their crimes. 

In the progress of this double-dyed villainy it became evident that if 
an adjournment over to the holidays could be effected and the members 
then permitted to return to their homes where the sentiment of the peo- 



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pie was unanimous against the thieves it would recpiire more money to 
purchase the recusant members than the State Treasury could afford. 

Another source of annoyance to the financial ring w r as the report of 
the Joint Investigating Committee, which was already printed and ready 
for delivery, and which fully established their guilt. Whipper had the 
floor and intended to speak until the hour of adjournment had arrived, 
and unless he could be seated the vote could not be had before adjourn¬ 
ment. In this emergency the services of the Speaker, F. J. Moses, Jr., 
were secured by the payment of a large sum of money out of the militia 
fund, whereupon Samuel J. Lee, a ready tool of the ring, rose to a ques¬ 
tion of privilege, upon which Moses ruled promptly, and thus removed 
Whipper from the floor. Meantime Governor Scott had issued a procla¬ 
mation convening the General Assembly on the day following the day 
fixed for adjournment, on the dignified ground that it was “ neither decent 
nor proper, and is injurious to the State, for the General Assembly to 
adjourn from the 22d of December, 1871, to the 5th of January, 1872, 
whilst the Governor and Treasurer are charged with ‘high crimes aud 
misdemeanors.’ ” The high and chivalric tone of these two worthies, who 
could steal the money of the people by the million and yet could not 
brook the indignity of remaining under threat of impeachment for a 
week, even for the sake of the joyous festivity of Christmas, ought to 
have redeemed a multitude of sins ! Under such threats and persua¬ 
sions and preliminary trickery, further debate was cut off, and the resolu¬ 
tion of impeachment was defeated by an overwhelming vote—63 to 27. 
In this controversy R. B. Elliott bore a prominent part in behalf of the 
persecuted officials and received warrants on the “Armed Force Fund ” 
to the amount of ten thousand five hundred dollars, ($10,500,) which 
were fully paid to him out of the Treasury in January and February, 
1872. So soon as this “good deliverance” was effected the following 
proclamation of His Excellency was issued : 

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, No. 5. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, December 22, 1871. 
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: 

Whereas the action of the House of Representatives, on this day, has 
rendered unnecessary the proclamation from this department convening 
the General Assembly on the 23d instant, I have deemed it proper to 
revoke and rescind that proclamation, and it is hereby accordingly re¬ 
scinded and revoked. 

Very respectfully, 

(Signed,) ROBERT K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 


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The books of Solomon’s bank bear complete traces of the bulk of the 
money going to the credit of John J. Patterson, a mere crumb falling to 
his man Friday, the immaculate Worthington. The members who stood 
firmly by the State, and who voted for impeachment, found no money in 
the Treasury to pay their honest certificates, and went to their homes for 
the holidays penniless, whilst those who opposed impeachment were well 
provided for and returned to their homes with their pay as members and 
the money paid them as bribes. The facts of record, and the testimony 
herewith submitted, constitute a chain of evidence so complete as to 
leave no evidence wanting. The avowed purpose of impeachment; the 
sufficiency of the ground on which impeachment was proposed; the large 
vote by which the preliminary action was taken; the assurances of both 
Governor Scott and Treasurer Parker in the beginning that the measure 
would fail; the efforts of Patterson to persuade them they were in danger; 
the subsequent fear of Governor Scott that the measure would succeed; 
his signing these warrants in blank for Patterson to fill up at his plea¬ 
sure, without even knowing what amount he would want; the secret meet- 
ing at Governor Scott’s the night before the vote was taken; the violation 
of parliamentary rules in the House on the following Monday, by which 
the floor was taken from a friend of impeachment and given to an oppo¬ 
nent of it; the overwhelming vote by which, contrary to the previous 
sentiments of the House, impeachment was immediately voted down; 
the order of Treasurer Parker to Tappan, his chief clerk, on the same 
day, to take all the money in the Treasury to Patterson, without vouch¬ 
ers; Patterson’s acceptance of the money and refusal to give a receipt 
for it “in this kind of business;” the presentation and payment of these^ 
fraudulent warrants at the Treasury when, even if they were valid, there 
were no funds applicable to their payment; the frank confession of Parker 
that he paid them because he thought the impeachment of Scott would 
be a much greater calamity than the expenditure of the money could 
be; and the equally frank confession of members of the House that they 
were paid for their votes against impeachment,—all prove beyond the 
possibility of doubt that $48,645 was drawn from the Treasury on these 
fraudulent vouchers through a combination and conspiracy on the part 
of Governor Scott, Treasurer Parker and Patterson, for the purpose of 
bribing members of the House of Representatives to vote against the 
impeachment of the Governor and Treasurer for high crimes and misde¬ 
meanors against the State. Add to this the confession of Speaker Moses 
that he received $15,000 of the State money from Governor Scott “ for 
carrying out his purpose” by a violation of parliamentary rules on the 
floor of the House, and the story is complete. It will be observed that 
although the testimony herewith submitted is entirely consistent in all 
essential particulars, yet there is a wide discrepancy in the matter of the 


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issuing of these warrants. Ex-Governor Scott testifies that he never 
issued them; that it was his habit to leave a small number of blank 
warrants with his Private Secretary to be used during his absence, and 
that he can only account for the warrants in question on the supposition 
that they were taken clandestinely from his office; whereas ex-Treasurer 
Parker testifies that Scott, although he signed these warrants in blank, 
gave them to Patterson to fill up and insisted on Parker’s paying them 
when presented, not knowing what amount Patterson would want, “ but 
supposing the scoundrel would make it as large as he could and the 
testimony of some of the other witnesses is confirmatory of Parker’s in 
this regard. 

The Committee are unable to accept Governor Scott’s version of the 
matter. Assuming that it was his habit, as he testifies that it was, to 
have left a small number of blank warrants with his Private Secretary 
to be used during his absence, he also testifies that he never left any 
blank warrants with his Private Secretary or clerk while he was present 
in Columbia; and as he also testifies that he was not absent during the 
pendency of the impeachment proceedings, which he says ended Decem¬ 
ber 22, 1871, it is evident that he did not leave these warrants with his 
Private Secretary or clerk during that period. The fact is, the impeach¬ 
ment proceedings did not actually end until January 24, 1872, and the 
Journals of both houses bear evidence that he was not absent during the 
session of the General Assembly, which finally adjourned March 13, 1872, 
long after these warrants had not only been issued but paid; so that it 
js evident that he did not leave these warrants with his Private Secretary 
or clerk, either during the pendency of the impeachment proceedings or 
at any time afterwards. Nor does it seem at all probable that he left 
these warrants with his Private Secretary at any time before, for he also 
testifies that such of the blank warrants he left with his Private Secretary 
as had not been used during his absence were delivered back to him on 
his return. If these warrants were left with his Private Secretary and 
were not delivered back to him, as was the practice, but had been taken 
clandestinely from his office, why did he not make an effort to prevent 
their payment by the Treasurer in case they should be presented for pay¬ 
ment with the blanks filled up, as well as to secure the arrest of the parties 
presenting them for payment as he would have done if he had left blank 
checks with his Private Secretary and they had been taken clandestinely 
from his office? He testifies that it was nearly a year afterwards that he 
heard of these large payments, or rather saw them published. Assum¬ 
ing that he never thought of his duties in the matter until now, why did 
he not take such action as would right this great wrong? The transac¬ 
tion was as readily traceable in the Treasury then as it is now—the 
parties who received the money and the parties to whose benefit it was 


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applied. If these warrants had been stolen from his office and filled up 
in fraud and endorsed in forgery, why did he not take such action as 
would bring the perpetrators to justice, if not bring back the money to 
the Treasury? If he had a theory, as he substantially testifies he had, 
that Patterson was the man who had taken these warrants and filled 
them up and gotten the money as a means of getting elected United 
States Senator, why did he not take such action as would bring the guilt 
home to Patterson and defeat his election, and thus prevent a thief and 
forger from representing the State of South Carolina in the Senate of 
the United States, and kill off a political rival and personal enemy at 
the same time? Patterson’s threat to prove him a party to the fraud 
was a most cogent reason why he should at once prove himself clear of 
it. His leaving office soon afterwards neither released him from his 
duty to redress the wrong which had been done to the State nor relieved 
him from the necessity of removing the stain which had been put upon 
his reputation. That he did nothing to determine or correct or expose 
such a fraud would be regarded under any circumstances as an evidence 
of criminal indifference, and must be regarded, under all the circumstances 
of the case, as a proof of complicity. 


TESTIMONY OF R. K. SCOTT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

September 3, A. D. 1877. 

R. K. Scott, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Treasurer Parker’s voucher No. 1667, $12,500. Have no recollec¬ 
tion of ever having given an order for that amount, or to any such per¬ 
son, but the signature looks like my own. The body of the order is not 
in the handwriting of my Private Secretary or any other person that I 
ever had in my office, nor in my own. During December, 1871, and the 
months of January and February, 1872, the parties in my office were 
Major John Heart, and either W. F. Hague or Major Harry Noah ; the 
records will show. 

Do not know David H. Wilson ; don’t know him now; never knew a 
person by that name. The vouchers on which I, as Governor, drew my 
warrants on the Treasury for the Armed Force Fund were put on file in 
the Governor’s office by the Private Secretary or clerk. Generally, 
vouchers were placed on file for which warrants were drawn; it is possi¬ 
ble that warrants were drawn without such vouchers, but do not remem¬ 
ber any such instance. It was my habit to leave a small number of 
blank warrants with Major Heart, signed by myself, to be used by him 
during my absence for the contingent fund of the Governor, which he 



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usually delivered back on my return,—such of them as he had not used. 
Can only account for the warrant in question upon the supposition that 
it was taken clandestinely from my office along with other papers which 
were stolen from my office in the Winter of 1871 and 1872, about the 
time of the impeachment fiasco. Kept a record of all drafts drawn upon 
the contingent fund, but the vouchers placed on file were the only record 
kept of warrants for the Armed Force. 

Witness heard of these large payments,—rather saw them published,— 
nearly one year after, and called upon the Treasurer in reference thereto, 
and determined to see the warrants, and he said he could not find them, 
but promised to look them up and let me see them, which he never did. 
Went out of office 3d of December, 1872. Witness had a theory and 
an opinion about the warrant for $12,500, but it was only conjecture; 
don’t know that he ever had any evidence against any one. Witness’s 
theory was that the warrant was drawn by a combination between Pat¬ 
terson and Worthington and the State Treasurer to secure Patterson’s 
election to the United States Senate; that was the objective point. This 
impression was derived from hints made by parties connected with Pat¬ 
terson’s candidacy, but do not recall the names of any of the parties. 
Was absent from the State from the latter part of the year 1871 to the 
15th January, 1872. 

The testimony already taken above applies likewise to a warrant dated 
December 12, 1871, in favor of John Leggett, for $10,600, as included 
in Treasurer’s voucher No. 1577; and also to warrant dated December 
6, 1871, in favor of John Mooney, for $25,545, embraced in same 
voucher. Never did leave any blank warrants with my Private Secre¬ 
tary or clerk while I was present in Columbia. Never did detect Major 
Heart in not returning to me any blank warrant that I had left with 
him and that he had not used; I mean that I do not have any idea that 
he ever kept any intentionally or used any improperly. In other 
words, I claim that those blanks with my signature attached were stolen 
from my office from the desk of the Private Secretary. Do not know 
any such parties as John Mooney or John Leggett; do not believe that 
these warrants were ever paid to parties having any such names. The 
same as to David H. Wilson. Patterson was elected to the United 
States Senate during the month of December, A. D. 1872. My im¬ 
peachment was pending in the House in December, 1871; was not absent 
from the State during the pendency of the impeachment proceedings, 
and they ended December 22, 1871. Patterson was working for a seat 
in the United States Senate from about the time of the passage of the 
Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, and that was after the first day of January, 1872. 
Cannot say whether Patterson favored or opposed my impeachment. He 
appeared friendly to me, but I always believed that he encouraged the 


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impeachment with a view of breaking down my opposition to the Bine 
Ridge Scrip Bill. About the time that I first knew of the Moouev and 
Leggett orders, some person, don’t remember who, stated to me that Pat¬ 
terson said if I made any fuss about them he would swear that he filled 
them out on the very table of the Governor’s office at my dictation. I 
replied that I had no fear of the consequences of Patterson’s oath. The 
filling out is not in Patterson’s ordinary handwriting. I have his hand¬ 
writing. 

Treasurer Parker’s voucher No. 1584?; R. B. Elliott ; $5,000; Armed 
Force. 

Elliott was Assistant Adjutant General under F. J. Moses, Jr., and 
had been instrumental in organizing the militia throughout the State, 
and had a number of attachees and presented their bills, which I disap¬ 
proved. Elliott tendered his resignation, which I accepted. He and 
Moses subsequently begged that I would recall my acceptance, which I 
did. He then made up a statement of those sums of money which he 
claimed he had been compelled to pay, with his traveling expenses, and 
after a year’s delay and upon the urgent representation of the Adjutant 
General and other influential men (John B. Dennis was one and was the 
Adjutant General’s clerk) that he had actually expended the money and 
performed the services, I gave him the above warrant. Elliott, at the 
time the warrant was issued, was a member of the United States Con¬ 
gress. The said statement was put on file in the Governor’s office. 

Treasurer Parker’s voucher No. 1564; F. J. Moses, Jr., as Adjutant 
General South Carolina. 

Have no distinct recollection of that particular order, although the 
order is approved in my own handwriting. Moses generally exhausted 
his contingent fund within a short time after it was made, and was con¬ 
tinually applying to me for warrants upon this appropriation; and I 
remember that at one time he made an application to me for $20,000 or 
$30,000, which I disapproved, and subsequently he made the application 
before us and satisfied me that there was some merit in it, and I accord¬ 
ingly approved it. As to the full amount of the order, I was not then, 
and am not now, satisfied that it was meritorious, although the repre¬ 
sentations were that a much larger amount was necessary, and that debts 
to a much larger amount had been contracted. The purchase of arms 
did not come under the Armed Force Bill, yet the warrants were drawn 
on identically the same form of blanks. The Armed Force was under 
Joint Resolution approved February 8, 1869, (14th volume of Statutes, 
285.) The purchase of arms was under Joint Resolution of March 16, 
1869, (14th volume of Statutes, 287.) No vouchers were presented or 
filed in the Governor’s office in connection with the above warrant. 
Since seeing the endorsement of George W. Waterman on the back of 


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the warrant the facts in connection with the matter are recalled to my 
mind,—that is to say, that this was a part of the claim of Joe Crews on 
account of expenditures made by him in Laurens County, and that he 
claimed nine or ten thousand dollars more, which I refused to allow. 
From my information at the time, I am satisfied that the impeachment 
was a blackmailing process and was inaugurated for the purpose of 
making money; but I have no idea that any such sum was used for that 
purpose as is represented by the Mooney and Leggett warrants. No 
member of the Legislature nor any other person ever spoke to me about 
money in connection with the impeachment except Fortune Giles, a 
member from Williamsburg, who stated to me that other members had 
received $200 to vote against the impeachment, and that as he had voted 
against the impeachment he thought that he ought to be paid too. I 
declined to pay him anything at all for simply doing his duty. 

R. K. SCOTT. 


Columbia, S. C., July 3d, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF NILES G. PARKER. 

Niles G. Parker, Esq., being duly sworn, deposes and says upon oath, 
as follows: Early in December, 1871, a movement was made in the Leg¬ 
islature to impeach Governor Scott and myself. I prepared to defend 
myself by the employment of counsel of H. G. Worthington, R. B. 
Elliott and S. L. Hoge, the last named because I knew him to be doing 
all he could to injure me, as I believed, for the sake of making some 
money off of me. I did not believe that I should be impeached, and I 
was so advised by counsel. I paid Worthington $500, Elliott $1,000, 
Hoge $500. Elliott was member of Congress and had considerable in¬ 
fluence. I never learned that either of my counsel attempted to prevent 
my impeachment by so much as ever advising it not to be done. I was 
advised by all of my counsel not to pay a single dollar to any member 
of the General Assembly to secure votes against it. I never for a mo¬ 
ment feared that I should be impeached. I was not impeached, and I 
did not pay a dollar to any member of the General Assembly to vote 
against it, nor cause a dollar to be paid therefor. Governor Scott ex¬ 
pressed himself to me daily, and frequently several times daily, almost 
up to the day of voting upon the resolution of impeachment in his case, 
that he should prove victorious, and that too without the use of a single 
dollar. But as the time drew near for a vote he grew exceedingly anxious 
about the matter; his fears were greatly aroused, and he became almost 
frantically excited, and I have the best reasons in the world to believe 
that John J. Patterson used every means to alarm him, and that he 



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(Patterson) told him unless he paid a large sum of money to the members 
of the Legislature he would surely be impeached. I know from his 
(Patterson’s) statements to me that he so informed him, and he frequently 
said to me that he knew such would be the result unless Scott paid for 
it. Governor Scott’s statements to me were finally to the same effect, 
and he also said that he knew Patterson was doing all in his power to 
alarm him and increase his anxiety, and that Patterson begged him 
(Scott) to place money in his hands to buy those who were determined to 
vote for his impeachment. He finally succeeded in obtaining from 
Governor Scott his signature to three warrants or orders, on the Gover¬ 
nor’s printed forms or blanks, upon what was known as the “Armed Force 
Fund,” leaving the amounts to be filled in by him, Patterson. Both 
Governor Scott and Patterson informed me of this transaction and agree¬ 
ment almost immediately, probably within a half hour after it was made, 
each coming to my office and telling me of it. The Governor insisted 
that they should be paid when presented, and he said: “ I don’t know 
what amount he will want, I hope not a very large amount, but I sup¬ 
pose the scoundrel will make it as large as he can,” and he denounced 
him roundly even after entering into the arrangement with him, for he 
believed, and so did I, that he (Patterson) had done all in his power to 
put up the impeachment job against him. I always advised the Gover¬ 
nor not to pay a dollar to the Legislature, and said that I did not believe 
it necessary to do so, but he said at last that he “ knew better; that the 
Legislature and those who had urged them on were determined to do it 
unless they got the money ; that it was a job for that purposeand 
added, “while I hate to do it, (denouncing Patterson, Bowen, Wliitte- 
more and the Legislature generally,) I will not suffer impeachment if it 
takes every dollar there is in the State Treasury.” I consented to pay 
the warrants. I thought at the time it would be a great calamity to 
have the Governor impeached as could occur—a much greater calamity 
than the expenditure of the money could be. The Governor was ex¬ 
ceedingly severe upon Patterson, whom he denounced as one of the chief 
conspirators against him, and whom he was well satisfied had advised 
members of the Legislature to vote for impeachment unless they were 
paid not to do it. I was perfectly satisfied at the time, by the conduct 
of Patterson, that Governor Scott’s fears were well grounded. I had not 
a doubt of it, as I said before I consented to pay the warrants. They 
were filled out by Patterson or his agent, I dont know who, after leaving 
Governor Scott’s hands, before coming into mine, and when they did 
come into my possession as State Treasurer, for the respective amounts 
of $10,600, $25,545 and $12,500, making a total of $48,645, were paid. 
All that I have so far described was done within a day or two before the 
vote was taken in the House of Representatives. H. G. Worthington, 


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Patterson’s right hand man, was cognizant of the whole matter and held 
frequent conversations with me and Patterson concerning it. The pay¬ 
ments were made as follows: About $15,000 was put up in small bills in 
United States currency at the Treasury office, and sent by me, at Patter¬ 
son’s direction and request, to his residence by Mr. Tappan, my chief 
clerk, and received by Patterson, as he (Patterson) informed me, and as 
Mr. Tappan reported to me. The balance due was paid over the counter 
of the Treasury office—one of the orders to Mr. Hardy Solomon, Pre¬ 
sident of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, the other to F. S. 
Jacobs, Esq., Cashier of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, a 
friend of Patterson, but I have no shadow of doubt but that John J. 
Patterson received every dollar of the money, and he admitted to me 
that he did receive it. I never had a dollar of it directly or indirectly. 
The warrant for $10,600 was made payable to the order of John Leggett, 
and bore the name of John Leggett upon the back of it, in whose hand¬ 
writing I do not know, apparently in the same handwriting as the filling 
in of the warrant. The one for $25,545 was made payable to the order 
of one Mooney and bore the name of Mooney upon the back of it. The 
other, for $12,500, was made payable to David H. Wilson or order, and 
endorsed by the name of David H. Wilson. I do not know whose hand¬ 
writing either of the warrants were made out or endorsed by; I think 
they were all made out in a disguised handwriting. I do not know any 
such persons as Leggett, Mooney or Wilson. The signature on the back 
of the warrant “John Leggett” is, in my opinion, the handwriting of 
' John J. Patterson. I have my opinion upon the appearance of the name 
John. I believe the warrants must have all been filled out by the same 
person—they have that appearance. 

NILES G. PARKER. 


TESTIMONY OF HENRY L. TAPPAN. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., July 14, 1877. 

Henry L. Tappan, being duly sworn, says: 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in the State of South Carolina, 
and am Treasurer of the Southern Warehouse Company. From about 
the first of the year 1871 to about the first day of November, 1872, was 
clerk in the office of the State Treasurer, Niles G. Parker. When I 
first went in J. L. Little and James O. Ladd were with me. Little 
remained in the office a short time after I left; Ladd remained only a 
short time; Edwin F. Gary was Chief Clerk in the office in the mean¬ 
time. Treasurer’s receipt book, No. 1577, February 3d, 1872, examined 



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by witness. All in my handwriting except the signature of the receipt, 
which is in the handwriting of F. S. Jacobs, then teller of the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company. I know something about the pay¬ 
ment of that money, and the statement I make will apply equally to 
voucher No. 1493 of said receipt book, date January 29, 1872, except 
that the words “armed force” in the latter receipt are in the handwriting 
of Mr. Little. It was Treasurer Parker’s custom to deposit vouchers in 
the safe and take an amount of money therefor,.and sometimes he would 
request me to hand him the amount of money, stating that he would 
furnish the vouchers for it, which he always did. I think that on the 
day on which the vote was taken on the impeachment of Governor 
K. Iv. Scott and Treasurer Parker in the House of Representatives, 
Treasurer Parker borrowed certain sums of money,—$10,000, I think, of 
which was from E. J. Scott’s bank. On the night of that day, Parker 
inquired of me how much money there was in the safe. I informed 
him, and he directed me to take what there was to Johu J. Patterson’s 
house, and stated that he (Parker) would furnish vouchers therefor. I 
counted out $15,045, as well as I remember, and delivered that amount 
personally to John J. Patterson at his house. I asked him for a receipt 
and he replied: “We do not give receipts in this kind of business,” and 
no receipt was given. This amount of $15,045 was deducted from Armed 
Force voucher dated December 6, 1871, in favor of John Mooney, paid 
February 3, 1872, and January 29, 1872, for $25,545. The balance of 
tlie order, together with the John Leggett order, dated December 12, 
1871, for $10,600, was paid to F. S. Jacobs, teller of the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company. I never knew any such men as John 
Mooney and John Leggett. No such men were ever here by such 
names so far as my knowledge extends, and I think if they had been 
here I would have known it. There was a resolution passed authorizing 
the Treasurer to hold all moneys received in his office in his safe and to 
pay it out in cash over the counter and not by checks. Think the above 
orders were paid in cash, though they may have been paid by check, as 
the Treasurer had a great many transactions with the bank. I don’t 
remember that I made any entries anywhere, except probably some 
memoranda somewhere, of the $15,045 that I paid Patterson. I had a 
scratch book, in which it might have been entered, which I left in the 
office. I will state further that during the day on which this money was 
carried to Patterson’s house favored members of the Legislature had 
pay certificates cashed in full or in part in Treasurer Parker’s private 
office. They obtained entrance through the private door, generally 
brought there by Patterson or Worthington. I know that they were 
paid, for in my own person I carried the money in the private office 
and received the pay certificates that had been cashed. Those payments 
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that were made on that day must be embraced in Treasury receipts Nos. 
1001 2 and 1004 h of 22d and 23d of December, 1871. These payments 
were made on the same day, but before I carried the money to Patter- 
sou’s house. 1 kept the cash and Mr. Little kept the books of the office, 
including the cash book. I balanced my memoranda of cash generally 
every night in my scratch book. In balancing the cash at the end of 
every month, these memoranda of cash represented cash until the regu¬ 
lar vouchers were furnished. In connection with the Mooney am! 
Leggett orders I know no other parties than Parker, Patterson and 
Jacobs. The orders were signed by Governor Scott and in his own 
handwriting. It is my opinion that the body of the Mooney and Leggett 
orders, with the respective endorsements, are in a feigned handwriting, 
and my opinion is that F. S. Jacobs wrote them. This opinion is based 
partly on inspection and my acquaintance with his handwriting, and 
partly from the fact that legislative pay certificates can be found written 
by F. S. Jacobs, and obviously endorsed by him in a feigned hand. 
The words and figures in pencil on the back of the Mooney order, viz.: 
“ $15,045 —paid,” are in handwriting of Niles G. Parker. It was cur¬ 
rently reported and believed that Governor Scott furnished most of the 
money with which, in connection with the State deposits, the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company was established and carried on. 
The money that was borrowed from E. J. Scott & Son was borrowed on 
the note of the Treasurer and endorsed by R. K. Scott and J. L. Neagle, 
and perhaps others, to the best of my recollection. The amount was 
$10,000, as well as I remember. I don’t remember whether it was 
Parker’s note as Treasurer, or in his individual capacity. A day or two 
before, or about the same, they borrowed from the Citizens’ Savings 
Bank and deposited as collaterals Greeuville and Columbia Railroad 
bonds, and the money was used in the Treasury. Don’t know the mean¬ 
ing of the figures in pencil on the back of the John Leggett order, ex¬ 
cepting the figures and word “76.29 due, 9 ' which are my figures, and 
probably indicate that the Treasury lacked that sum of paying the 
order. 

Treasury No. 1667, (receipt,) February 29th, 1872, $12,500 (in favor 
of David H. Wilson). The date is in Little’s handwriting; the balance in 
my own, excepting the signature, which is Hardy Solomon’s. Hardy 
Solomon wrote it. I know nothing further about the receipt. 

Order (Armed Force) dated December 13, 1871, payable to David H. 
Wilson, “$12,500.” I think F. S. Jacobs wrote the body of the order, 
the endorsement also, and all in a feigned hand. The signature “ R. K. 
Scott” is genuine. I am an expert; it is my opinion that something has 
been erased from the back of the order. 

HENRY L. TAPPAN. 

July 14, 1877. 


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TESTIMONY OF HON. F. J. MOSES. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

The impeachment of Governor Scott and Treasurer Parker, or rather 
the movement in the House of Representatives looking to that end, took 
place a short time only before the adjournment of the General Assembly 
for the Christmas holidays in the year 187 . C. C. Bowen aud W. J. 
Whipper were the principal leaders in the movement. The day before 
the day on which the recess was to be taken arrived, and the resolutions 
providing for the impeachment were under consideration and debate in 
the House, Scott became very nervous because it was thought the inten¬ 
tion of the impeachers evidently was to have the General Assembly take 
the recess without coming to a vote on the resolutions, and thus to leave 
the threatened impeachment impending over him during the recess. 
The purpose of this was to allow the prosecution to gain time to win over 
recruits in favor of impeachment, as they felt they were not strong 
enough to have the vote taken before the recess. Scott’s anxiety and 
nervousness led him to cajole and threaten by turns, and, fearing that 
the General Assembly would adjourn without a vote, he issued his proc¬ 
lamation, as Governor, ordering them to reconvene at once, immediately 
after they were to take the recess. At the hour at which the House 
adjourned the day before the day fixed for a recess, Whipper had the 
floor and was making a strong speech in favor of impeachment. He 
was therefore entitled to the floor the following day, and it was well 
understood that he would hold it until the hour came for taking the 
recess, so that no resolution could bo introduced lengthening the term of 
the session. The night before the day on which the recess was to lie 
taken there was a gathering of Scott’s friends at his house for the purpose 
of talking over the matter, and to see if no plan could be resorted to by 
which to defeat impeachment. I was there, and conversed and consulted 
with the leading men who were present. I was utterly opposed to the 
plan of impeachment, as 1 looked on it as, if it were successful, threatening 
the disruption of the party. I told the Governor and the others who 
were present that it would be very difficult to bring the House to a vote 
before the recess on the following day, as, under parliamentary law, 
Whipper was entitled to the floor as long as he wished to hold it, and it 
was generally understood that he would speak until the hour arrived at 
which the recess was to be taken. Scott aud his friends begged that I 
would devise a plan by which he (Whipper) could be ruled oli the floor 
and the House brought to a vote on the resolution of impeachment, as 
they felt that they had secured votes enough to defeat the measure. 


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After searching the authorities I resolved on a plan by which the desired 
end could be achieved, but I communicated it to no one, save, perhaps, a 
very few,—not even to Scott, simply telling him that I would carry out 
his purpose. I sent for S. J. Lee, a member of the House, and gave 
him a memorandum on paper of the consecutive points I wished him to 
make, on which I was to rule as Speaker, and told him how to meet any 
objections that were made. The points were made as I wished, and I 
made the rulings on them (in accordance with parliamentary law) by 
which Whipper was forced to yield the floor and the House was brought 
to a vote and the scheme for impeachment was defeated. For the part I 
took in saving him from impeachment I was to receive from Scott 
$15,000, which sum was not paid in accordance with his promise, but 
afterwards indirectly reached me in a kind of settlement of the matter to 
which Scott agreed, and which is recounted in another portion of my 
statement. From conversations I have held with members of the House 
and wiih Scott, Parker, Neagle, Patterson and Worthington, I have 
always been perfectly satisfied that Scott defeated the plan of impeach¬ 
ment by a free use of money, which was raised on the armed force war¬ 
rants, familiarly known as the “ Mooney, Leggett and Wilson ” warrants, 
and by which the votes of the members were purchased. Patterson and 
Worthington were the principal lobbyists for Scott, and each of them 
asked me to send them whatever men I thought could be purchased to 
cast their vote against impeachment. 

F. J. MOSES. 

I may as well state here how remuneration was partly made to me in 
reference to the impeachment matter. Some time before, I had borrowed 
some State bonds from Governor Scott, and gave him my receipt for 
them and a pledge in writing either to return the bonds or to pay him 
the market rates in money for them. I pledged the bonds with Edwin 
J. Scott & Son and borrowed money on them. I think the amount of 
the bonds was $12,000 or $14,000, face value. When my note became 
due at the bank, I could not pay it, and the bonds were forfeited, or 
perhaps half of them I returned to Scott and the rest were forfeited, I 
do not positively remember which. Scott, not wishing to sue me himself 
on my note to him, pretended to sell to McIntyre, who sued me and 
obtained judgment. Part of the judgment was paid, and the rest of it 
was offset by a receipt given me by Scott. I think this was done on 
account of the impeachment matter, although, as I have no memoran¬ 
dum of the transaction, I may be mistaken. I am sure I am not doing 
any injustice intentionally, for if the receipt was not given me on the 
impeachment matter it was on account of some other political service 
which perhaps I have forgotten. 

F. J. MOSES. 


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TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL J. LEE. 


Rooms of the Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, South Carolina. 

Samuel J. Lee, being duly sworn, says: 

While the impeachment of Governor R. K. Scott was pending in the 
House of Representatives, in December, A. D. 1871, I was sent for to 
go to Governor Scott’s residence. It was the night before the day on 
which the General Assembly took a recess. On the afternoon before the 
day on which the recess was taken, W. J. Whipper, who was in favor of 
the impeachment, had the floor at the hour of adjournment, and, under 
the rules, was entitled to the floor when the House had taken up the 
matter for consideration at the session of the next day. The purpose was 
to get Whipper ofl* the floor, so as to force a vote on the impeachment 
resolution before the recess was taken, and it was in connection with the 
matter that I was sent for. The different points and motions in the 
premises to be made by myself and to be sustained by F. J. Moses, Jr., 
as Speaker were all arranged before the House convened. The result 
was that Whipper was taken (or ruled) from the floor and the vote forced 
and the impeachment resolution was defeated. That evening I was sent 
for to go to the rooms over Fine’s building. I went; and as 1 passed 
through the room Pattersou handed me a $500 bill. This was paid to 
me in consideration of my action in defeating the impeachment resolu¬ 
tion, although before the vote no arrangement or agreement had been 
made that I should receive any money for services. This all took place 
while I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County 
of Edgefield. 

SAMUEL J. LEE. 


October 3d, A. D. 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF H. G. WORTHINGTON. 

General H. G. Worthington, sworn, says: 

Resides in Charleston; is Collector of Customs for the port of Charles¬ 
ton. Was in Columbia in December, 1871, at the time of the proposed 
impeachment of Governor Scott and Treasurer Niles G. Parker. I occu¬ 
pied no public position at that time in the State. I was living at that 
time in the city of Columbia, practicing law. I have never occupied 
any public position under the State government. I was of counsel first 
for Niles G. Parker, and when Governor Scott was implicated I was 
employed and was counsel for him, and maintained this relation as to 
both of them until the proceeding finally ended, and for some time after 



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as their general counsel. Without intending to intimate an affirmation 
of any use of money to influence votes of members of the Legislature 
on the impeachment question by either or both Parker and Scott, I 
would state that all knowledge of their conduct in relation to said pro¬ 
ceedings was derived from them in confidential communications as their 
counsel and not from any other source. I think that during these pro¬ 
ceedings a determination had been arrived at for a recess, and that the 
parties who were in favor of the impeachment were endeavoring to post¬ 
pone action until after the recess. Whipper had the floor, and it was 
said that he was going to speak the time out. Lee rose to a privileged 
motion to bring the matter to a vote. Moses, who was Speaker of the 
House, ruled the motion in order, although Whipper, who had the floor 
from the preceding day, claimed it. The House voted to sustain Lee’s 
motion and the vote was brought on that day. 

Treasurer’s voucher No. 1(>97 shown to witness. Says that he never 
saw it before, but that he has frequently heard of it. Knows of no such 
person as David H. Wilson. Subsequent to the date of this paper, 
.(December Id, 1871,) it was in the Moses-Tomlinson campaign, witness, 
with Governor Scott, E. W. M. Mackey and Niles G. Parker were 
present together at the headquarters of the Republican party in Colum¬ 
bia, Senator Taft and others, and Governor Scott was speaking of the 
influence of Bowen in Charleston County. To which Mackey replied 
that Scott knew no more of Bowen’s influence in Charleston County 
than did the people of the Mooney, Leggett and Wilson warrants. To 
which Scott replied that he knew these men, that they were his friends, 
and that they would be forthcoming, &c. 

Never saw the Mooney and Leggett warrants, nor does he know of 
such persons. He does know an old man in the city of Columbia by 
the name of Mooney. 

I know that Parker was indebted largely to John J. Patterson—ex¬ 
ceeding certainly $20,000—and, my impression is, as State Treasurer, 
and the adjustment was made with Slate paper. 1 do not know whether 
the David H. Wilson warrant was one or not. There were some larve 
warrants on the A rmed Force turned over to Patterson by Parker. Some of 
the Armed Force warrants were objected to by Patterson, but he took them 
subject to the understanding that if they were paid, all right; if not 
paid, to be returned to Parker. I think Scott was present at one time 
when these Armed Force warrants were under discussion—perhaps more 
than once. I do not know whether Jacobs was ever present or not, but 
think he was; do not speak with absolute certainty. I think I heard of 
the Wilson, Mooney and Leggett warrants spoken of in these interviews 
and arrangements between Parker and Patterson. I think some of the 
Mooney, Leggett and Wilson warrants were turned over to Patterson, 


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but which ones I do not remember. I do not think that Hardy Solomon 
was present at auy of these interviews. Did not hear Hardy Solomon 
spoken of as the custodian of any of these papers. If any of these 
warrants were paid, Parker was to have credit on his note which Patter¬ 
son held to extent of such payments. 

I think the indebtedness of Parker to Patterson was for money bor¬ 
rowed by Parker from Patterson to pay off the Legislature at its recess, 
alter the failure of impeachment resolutions; but this is simply an im¬ 
pression. Have no other knowledge, information or belief as to the 
Wilson warrant. When Governor Scott spoke of these warrants at the 
time and place heretofore mentioned, he showed much feeling and seemed 
to speak more angrily. Governor Scott, by his manner, evidently in¬ 
tended to impress the party to whom he was speaking with the belief 
that these warrants were genuine and a just claim against the State. 
[This in answer to a question by Mr. Meetze.J At the time of the 
arrangement of transfer of papers from Parker to Patterson nothing was 
said about their being- placed in the South Carolina Bank and Trust 
Company for collection; but I think subsequently they were placed 
there. I do not know on whose account they were placed there, unless 
on the account of Mr. Patterson. I know nothing of the disposition of 
the funds arising from these warrants. Mr. Patterson based his objec¬ 
tions to the Mooney, Leggett and Wilson warrants on the ground that 
the warrants were large; he did not know the parties; he had loaned the 
money and wanted his pay. 

Was counsel for John J. Patterson at various times, for various things; 
is unable to state precise dates. I came to South Carolina first in 1869; 
returned, and then came back in 1870. I speak from memory, and am 
not entirely certain as to dates. 

H. G. WORTHINGTON. 

Columbia, 31st July, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF J. C. ROATH. 

Mr. J. C. Roath, sworn, says: He resides in Columbia; is a lawyer by 
profession. So far as I recollect about the Mooney and Leggett matters, 
my impression at the time was that these warrants were drawn against 
the Armed Force Fund, and were drawn at the time of the impeachment 
of R. K. Scott, and drawn by him as Governor, and drawn in the name 
of Leggett and Mooney,—the amounts of the two being about $35,000,— 
but how distributed I do not recollect. These were drawn, as asserted, 
to stave off the impeachment of Governor Scott. Scott was not im¬ 
peached. I think impeachment was also attempted against Niles G. 



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Parker at the same time. I am satisfied that the entries on page 27, 
Collection Register “A,” South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, Nos. 
1096 and 1097, are the Mooney and Leggett entries. The entries are in 
my handwriting, but some of the figures have been changed, but I do 
not think that tbe changes were made by me. 

Treasury No. 1577, February 3, 1872, Armed Force warrant, dated 
December 6, 1871, in the name of Joliu Mooney, for $25,545. 

Have been a book-keeper for fifteen or twenty years, and a bank officer 
for some two years of said period; was Cashier of the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company. Am thoroughly acquainted with the hand, 
writing of F. S. Jacobs, who was Teller and book-keeper in said bank 
while I was there. Have inspected the endorsement purporting to be the 
signature of John Mooney on the warrant of Treasurer’s No. 1577, above, 
and it is my opinion that said endorsement is in the handwriting of F. 
S. Jacobs, and a feigned hand. 

J. C. ROATH. 

July 25, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF PRINCE R. RIVERS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 13,1877. 

Prince R. Rivers, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: My 
name is Prince R. Rivers; residence is at Hamburg, S. C., and my occu¬ 
pation is that of a farmer at present. I was a member of the House of 
Representatives from 1868 until 1874—six years; I held the office of Trial 
Justice from 1868 till about the first day of June, 1877. I remember 
the impeachment resolutions in the House on Governor Scott and Trea¬ 
surer Parker. On the impeachment question C. C. Bowen called the 
caucus of the Republican members at the Steward’s Hall in the Univer¬ 
sity buildings, and I was invited by him to attend the caucus. After we 
got there he stated that the object of the caucus was to impeach Gover¬ 
nor Scott and Parker, and I and him differed. I contended that 1 would 
go with the party to impeach Governor Scott, Parker, Neagle and Cham¬ 
berlain, and he would not agree, and I told him if one was guilty every 
one was guilty. He would not consent to take that course. I notified 
him I would then go against the impeachment unless it embraced all, 
because I was informed that Cardozo had taken the State seal out of the 
State. The next day Mr. Patterson (John J.) came to me in the Com¬ 
mittee room over Calnan’s building, at the corner, and told me that he 
proposed to make a square fight against C. C. Bowen in behalf of Gover¬ 
nor Scott and Parker, and asked me if I would superintend the refresh- 



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ment matter for the members. I was always looked to as a leader of 
certain members, about fifteen or twenty. I agreed to do so provided he 
furnished the means, for I was in sympathy with Governor Scott and 
always liked him. He told me that he would furnish all that was re¬ 
quired, and would make an arrangement with Hardy Solomon to do so. 
He furnished cigars, hams, liquors, crackers, cheese, &c., which were sent 
in a wagon from Hardy Solomon’s to that same Committee room. After 
that, when that gave out I notified Patterson and he told me to go on 
and buy and he would return me the money, and I spent one hundred 
dollars myself, according to his promise, at Mr. Seim’s, just opposite, and 
he promised to give me $200 besides these expenses. He paid me the 
$200, but failed to meet the other expenses by thirty dollars. He prom¬ 
ised to pay me the $200 for my vote and influence, and that he paid in 
full. He paid it in the building where Fine used to keep, next to the 
Caluan building. As you go up the steps, turn to the left; I believe the 
first door is the door to the room. You go in that room, pass through 
into auother room, and from that room come out into the passage way, 
at the head of some stairs. He paid me in the first room. Only one 
person was allowed to go in at a time, and then after that person passed 
out into the passage way auother would enter. I think John Mead was 
there, and went in either just before or after me. There were five or six 
there. I don’t just remember which they were just now. It was after 
the impeachment resolutions were defeated, and on the evening of the 
same day, I think. To my recollection there were five at the door when 
I went there, and Mead was one of the five. When I came out others 
were going in, and I met others coming up when I was going off. Pat¬ 
terson gave me a promise that as soon as the House adjourned he would 
pay according to his promises, and he went right up there after the ad¬ 
journment and the members went iu,aud I am satisfied all got the money 
that was promised. This was all engineered by Patterson and Worth¬ 
ington. There was a caucus held one night over Caluau’s, at which the 
friends were present. Patterson and Worthington were there and spoke 
that night. At the close of the caucus Patterson said he wanted to see 
the men one by one the next morning before the House taken in. The 
men were there by nine o’clock, and Patterson saw them separately in 
the room having the third window from the first up stairs, on the side of 
Caluau’s, towards the State House. I went there with the other friends, 
and I saw him separately, and he made the arrangement with me as to 
the amount of $200, and told me that he had it all right. I understood 
that some of the others got more than two hundred dollars, that is, from 
four to five hundred dollars, but I did not press him for any more because 
I was going to vote against the impeachment of Scott and Parker any- 


3 


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how. So, when Patterson saw me in the room he just said : “ You go and 
vote against the impeachment and I’ll give you $200and I said : “All 
right,” and that I afterwards got. He had papers on the table then, but 
I did not notice the papers. When he paid at Fine’s building he had a 
printed roll of the House with the names of the members checked who 
voted against impeachment, and had it by him when he paid me. 
Worthington was there at the time. 

P. R. RIVERS. 


TESTIMONY OF C. D. HAYNE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C\, October 15, 1877. 

C. D. Hayne, beiug duly sw r orn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Charles D. Hayne. I reside at Aiken, S. C., and am by 
occupation a tailor. I was a member of the House of Representatives 
from the County of Barnwell from 1868 to 1872; and then, on the 
formation of the County of Aiken, I was elected Senator from the 
County of Aiken, and held that office from 1872 to 1876. 

I was a member of the House of Representatives in December, 1871, 
at the time of the impeachment proceedings being urged against Gov¬ 
ernor Scott and State Treasurer Niles G. Parker. I voted against their 
impeachment. During the month of December, 1871, H. G. Worthing¬ 
ton gave me the sum of $500 at the State House for voting against the 
resolution of impeachment. John J. Patterson, now United States 
Senator, first spoke to me about the matter and told me to see Worth¬ 
ington. I had a conversation with Worthingtou, and I said to him that 
I did n’t see that Scott ought to be impeached, and yet there must be 
something in it, as the Committee who had been appointed to look into 
the matter reported that there were just grounds for impeachment. 
Worthington said there was nothing in it, but that Bowen was urging it 
because he had a spite against Scott, and that he would give me $500 if 
I would vote against it. The next day after the vote, H. G. Worthing¬ 
ton paid me the $500 over Fiue’s, up stairs. No one else was present 
when Worthington handed me the money. 

C. D. HAYNE. 



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TESTIMONY OF JAMES N. HAYNE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 16, 1877. 

James N. Hayne, being further examined,deposes on oath as follows: 
I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County of 
Barnwell in December, 1871, at the time when the impeachment pro¬ 
ceedings were proposed in the House. I was opposed to the impeach¬ 
ment, and had concluded not to support it, as 1 thought the place to settle 
the matter was the Courts. Afterwards General Worthington told me I 
would be entitled to 8200, as all who voted against impeachment got that 
amount ; that was after the matter was decided. I inquired of some of 
my delegation and they told me they had got that amount. I then asked 
General Worthington about it, and he said some of those who were man¬ 
aging the matter had got it for me. I never got the money. 

JAMES N. HAYNE. 


TESTIMONY OF S. J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

S. J. Keith, being sworu, says: That he resides at Darlington C. II., 
aud is a carpenter and farmer; was elected to the Legislature in 1870, 
and have been a member ever since, aud am now a member; was a mem¬ 
ber when the impeachment of Scott was attempted, aud voted against 
the resolutions; for my vote I received, as well as I remember, $200, but 
I cannot now recall who it was that paid me, but I do know that it was 
paid me in the interest of Governor Scott, and I do not doubt that he 
knew that I was paid for him. I am of the opinion that every member 
who voted against the impeachment was paid for it. 

S. J. KEITH. 


TESTIMONY OF EDWARD MICKEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

Edward Mickey, being duly sworn, says: 

He is a tailor by profession and resides in the city of Charleston. 
Was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1868 and re- 


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mained a member until the year 1872. Was a member when an attempt 
was made to impeach Governor Scott in session of 1871-72, as well as 1 
remember. At first Judge Mackey came to me and said that Governor 
Scott should be impeached, and after a short time he came to me and 
said that Governor Scott should not be impeached. He offered me no 
money. General Worthington offered me $200 to vote against the im¬ 
peachment, and I did so, and he paid me the money himself in cash in 
a room over a building then occupied by Mr. Fine. 

EDWARD MICKEY. 


TESTIMONY OF E. M. SUMPTER. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 1 G, 1877. 

E. M. Sumpter, sworn, says: 

I reside in Barnwell County; carpenter by trade. Was a member of 
the House of Representatives for three terms, commencing in 1870. I 
voted against the resolution of impeachment of Governor Scott. I was 
not approached with an offer of money for my vote. Caucuses were 
held over Fine’s, where we had cheese and crackers and plenty to drink, 
and this was understood to be a rendezvous of Governor Scott’s friends. 
The vote was taken first before the Christmas holidays. After the vote, 
and just before I left Columbia, General Worthington handed me $200, 
and said that “ here is a present.” I asked him what it was for. He said : 
“Never mind that; it is a present for you. The Treasurer will not pay you 
any money and you will want something to go home upon.” This money 
was paid me over Fine’s. I went up the stairs, with a large room on the 
left, from thence into a small room, and Worthington handed me the 
money. Patterson was in the room. I left by another door. My im¬ 
pression always was that this money was given me for my vote, although, 
as before stated, nothing was said to me about my vote before it was 
given. 

E. M. SUMPTER. 


TESTIMONY OF HASTINGS GANTT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 
Hastings Gantt, being duly sworn, deposes, on oath, as follows: 

My name is Hastings Gantt. I reside in the County of Beaufort and 
am by occupation a farmer. I have been a member of the House of 




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Representatives from the County of Beaufort from 1870 to the present 
time. At the time the question of impeaching Gov. R. K. Scott was 
before the House it was supposed that the matter would be postponed 
and not decided until after the recess, and Mr. Bowen and Mr. Whipper 
and the Beaufort men talked it over, and the Beaufort men, most of 
them, determined to leave the day before the session closed. I was com¬ 
ing out of the State House to go to the train and Col. John J. Patterson 
met me at the foot of the steps, and he said to me we had better not go 
and leave the impeachment question here on hand. I told him that the 
understanding was it wouldn’t take place till after the recess, and that I 
wasn’t willing to stop; that I wouldn’t vote to impeach Gov. Scott, and 
that he needn’t be uneasy about me. He then said if I would wait and 
didn’t go home until the recess he would give me $200. But I went on 
and went home, and was not present at the vote on the impeachment 
question. 

HASTINGS GANTT. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL GREEN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., September 27, 1877. 

Hon. Samuel Green, being further examined, deposes on oath as fol¬ 
lows : 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County of 
’ Beaufort at the time of the impeachment proceedings in the House in 
the Winter of 1(871 against Governor Scott and Niles G. Parker, State 
Treasurer. When the impeachment was started, the delegation from 
Beaufort, excepting General W. J. Whipper, was in favor of Governor 
Scott and against his impeachment, and were outspoken in his favor, 
and, so far as I know, no offer of money had been made to any member 
of the delegation up to the 21st December, (Thursday,) when I met 
at the South Carolina train (where the delegation from Beaufort, 
excepting Whipper, were starting for home,) Mr. John J. Patterson, 
who endeavored to persuade us not to go; but we insisted on going. 
Mr. Patterson offered me $-‘>00 if I would stay, and on my declining to 
stay, Mr. Patterson increased his offer to $f>00; but I told him my folks 
would be down at the ferry waiting for me, and, besides, I was satisfied 
that they couldn’t get to a vote before the hour decided on for the recess 
of the Legislature. I had not heard of Governor Scott’s proclamation 
at that time; did not hear of it till I got home. 

SAMUEL GREEN. 

September 27th, 1877. 



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TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM L. LEGGETT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

August 16, 1877. 

William L. Leggett, Esq., further examined, on oath, deposes as fol¬ 
lows: I am a resident of Marlboro County, and by occupation a farmer. 
I was in Columbia a day or two, at the time of the Scott and Parker im¬ 
peachment resolutions, in December, 1871. I was on my way to Georgia, 
where'I stayed about eight days and then returned, and was in Columbia 
again, remaining about six weeks, when I returned to Marlboro. I re¬ 
turned to Columbia via Charleston, and was here a few days, leaving 
here a day or two before the Revenue Bond Scrip Bill passed. As to 
the impeachment, J. L. Neagle had a conversation with me; it was iu 
the State Capitol building, down stairs. He told me that something 
could be made at it if I could give my influence to prevent Scott and 
Parker’s impeachment. He said he would furnish the money to use 
among the members of the House in the matter. I flatly declined. 
Governor R. K. Scott asked me to meet him at a room on Main street 
after supper. I did so. No one else was present. I was there with him an 
hour or two. He asked me what I could do with the Marlboro delega¬ 
tion aud others with money, and said if I would undertake it he would 
satisfy me well for it. I declined, aud had nothing to do with it. 
Worthington and myself also had a conversation on the same subject, of 
the same purport, and with the same result. I don’t think that Worth¬ 
ington spoke as plainly about money being used as Neagle and Scott did ; 
Neagle spoke more plainly than either of the others. 

The above conversations were with reference to the Scott and Parker 
impeachment resolutions. 

WM. L. LEGETT. 

August 16, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

John B. Dennis recalled: 

Witness says he was a member of the Legislature during the session 
of 1871-72 when impeachment articles were presented against Governor 
Scott, Attorney General Chamberlain and Treasurer Parker. The 
articles against the two latter were withdrawn until they should have 
impeached Governor Scott. Says one day he was in the office of the 
State Treasurer, while the articles of impeachment were before the 
House of Representatives, and Parker, the State Treasurer, said to him: 
“What in hell do those fellows up stairs mean? Do they think they 



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can beat that machine?” pointing at the same time to the safe. Says he 
knows nothing of the warrants of “Mooney, Leggett and Wilson” only 
as he has heard them talked of. Says he has heard parties, at. various 
times, banter Governor Scott about them, and heard Governor Scott at 
one time say: “They are honorable gentlemen and friends of mine.” 
At other times has heard him, when bantered on the subject, say that 
“he did not know them,” and could only “ account for them by his 
having at some time left in his book a few warrants signed, for his Pri¬ 
vate Secretary to use for payment of some necessary expenses of the 
office during his absence, aud that some one stole them and filled them 
up.” There was a report about to the effect that the money drawn on 
those warrants was used to prevent and defeat the impeachment of 
Governor Scott aud the other State officers before mentioned. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 





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MADE TO THE 


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REGULAR SESSION 1877-78. 



COLUMBIA, S. C. 

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BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD SCRIP, 

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Blue Ridge Railroad Scrip, Validating Act, 
and Financial Settlement. 


To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: 

^ our Committee, having already exhibited John J. Patterson as the 
chief originator and participator in various schemes of public plunder 
and personal bribery, viz., first, in his election as United States Senator; 
second, in the fraudulent pay certificates; third, the Greenville and Co¬ 
lumbia Railroad swindle, aud, fourth, the impeachment Acts, now pro¬ 
pose to uncover and reveal his crowning work in fraud and infamy under 
the above captious. These several measures, viz., the Blue Ridge Rail¬ 
road Scrip Bill, the Validating Bill and the Financial Settlement Bill, 
following each other so closely in point of time, having been originated, 
matured and engineered by Patterson and the Ring, and passed through 
the Legislature by the same means, it is impossible to separate them in 
this report, hence the subjects are combined, and may be aptly desig¬ 
nated a drama of fraud in three acts. 

On the 3d day of February, 1872, A. L. Singleton introduced in the 
House of Representatives “A Bill to relieve the State of South Carolina 
of all liability for its guaranty of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad 
Company by providing for the securing aud destruction of the same.” 
On the 8th day of the same month John B. Dennis, by unanimous con¬ 
sent, introduced “A Bill relating to the bonds of the State of South 
Carolina,” better known as the Validating Act. He also, at the same 
time, introduced “A Bill relating to the Financial Agent of the State in 
the city of New York,” commonly called the “Financial Settlement 
Bill.” It will be seen how innocent the titles of these Bills appear, and 
yet how full each is of dangerous mischief to the State as executed by the 
parties. The first on its face representing a plausible scheme to relieve 
the State from its guaranty of the large sum of $4,000,000 of the bonds 
of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company by the issue of scrip, ostensibly 
to pay the honest debt of said company, but in fact to be converted into 
a private and personal corrupt fraud. The second appeared to be merely 
an Act to validate the irregular issue of certain bonds, but was intended 
to validate the illegal use and disposition of $6,000,000 of State bonds 






by H. H. Kimpton, and then fasten such debt upon the State. The 
third simply empowered the notorious Financial Board to make a settle¬ 
ment with H. H. Kimpton, Financial Agent, but really affording the 
desired opportunity of covering up and canceling the large amounts 
paid out by Kimpton from sales of bonds illegally made, to be divided 
out in commissions among the “Ring/” and in carrying the purchase of 
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad for the same Ring. 

The most cursory examination of the journals of the General Assem¬ 
bly, and the testimony annexed to this report, must satisfy all that these 
three measures were adroitly and deliberately concocted by the same 
persons for their joint personal benefit, and by combination forced through 
the General Assembly by the most shameless and barefaced bribery of 
Senators and members. For the evidence of many members of the 
House sets forth, with particularity, that Patterson, Worthington, Neagle, 
Kimpton, Scott, Parker and Chamberlain aided these nefarious measures 
by counsel and advice, by the solicitation of votes and the actual pur¬ 
chase of numerous voters with large sums of money,—these persons hav¬ 
ing full knowledge and consciousness of the stealage and corruption 
intended to be perpetrated through and by such legislation. 

The same persuasion, arguments and bribery were used upon Senators. 
Senator C. P. Leslie also figured conspicuously in the Senate as an 
advocate of these Bills; was stakeholder; got the money and ran away 
to New York ; was followed by duped and indignant Senators, but failed 
to respond with the thrice stolen cash. 

Josephus Woodruff swears that Leslie informed him that Kimpton 
had deposited $30,000 in the Central National Bank for Woodruff, to be 
divided among six Senators; also of another deposit of $20,000 in the 
Carolina National Bank, to be divided between Leslie and Senator 
Owens. 

The witness drew the money and delivered it to Leslie. The deposit 
of the said sums of money is proven by cashiers of said banks. 

In tracing the history of these measures, it seems that after 
the passage of the Bills Patterson and Kimpton quarreled about the 
division or details, as stated in the testimony of Judge T. J. Mackey, 
and for an adjustment and settlement of such little differences the follow¬ 
ing order was given by Patterson to Parker, then Treasurer : 

VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, 
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, 

Columbia, S. C., March 4, 1872. 
Hon. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer, South Carolina: 

Please deliver to H. H. Kimpton “revenue bond scrip” due the Blue 
Ridge Railroad Company according to Act passed March 2, 1872, 
amounting to one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty 


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dollars, at par, upon the following conditions: That forty-two thousand 
eight hundred aud fifty-seven dollars of said scrip, at par, is to be used 
for paying the expenses of passing through the House of Representatives 
Bills styled “A Bill relating to the bonds of the State of South Caro¬ 
lina” and “ Bill to authorize the Financial Board to settle the accounts of 
the Financial Agent.” Now, if these above named Bills are passed and 
become laws, this order for forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
seven dollars in scrip, at par, is to be paid said Kimpton; and if not 
passed, then this order for that amount to be void and the scrip is not to 
be delivered. Also, that seventy-one thousand four hundred and fourteen 
dollars of scrip, at par, you shall deliver to said Kimpton if said Bills 
become laws, and provided that he shall pay the sum of fifty thousand 
dollars, the proceeds of said scrip at seventy cents on the dollar, in pay¬ 
ing the expenses already incurred in passing through the Senate the Bill 
known as “A Bill to relieve the State of all liability on account of guar¬ 
anty of Blue Ridge Railroad bonds, &c.,” passed March 2, 1872, which 
said expense said Kimpton has contracted to pay; and if said Kimpton 
fails or refuses to pay said amounts in defraying said expenses, (when re¬ 
quired by me,) then this order to be void. If said conditions are com¬ 
plied with and the amount of scrip delivered to said Kimpton, he is not 
to be held liable for or to account for its value. The above two sums of 
$42,859 and $71,414 in scrip, at par, make up the amount of scrip first 
mentioned in this order. 

JOHN J. PATTERSON, 
President Blue Ridge Railroad Company in S. C. 

Witness: 

R. B. Elliott. 

This order, in business-like and simple language, points to and ex¬ 
presses the means used in procuring the passage of these measures. 

Comment, criticism or denunciation would only weaken the force and 
meaning of such a document. The testimony of Judge T. J. Mackey is 
furthermore interesting in describing the ingenious and delicate mode of 
obtaining a photographic copy of said order,—the original, however, 
now being in the possession of the Committee, having been furnished by 
Niles G. Parker. 

The labor and ingenuity of Patterson were still required, for, when 
the validity of the Blue Ridge Scrip was attacked, and the question 
before the Supreme Court of the State, he is again found at the post of 
his peculiar duty, attempting to bribe F. J. Moses to obtain a favorable 
decision of the Court upon the scrip. 

Again, when a Bill was passed repealing the Act providing for the 
issue of the scrip, he is still to the front, and succeeds in bribing H. J. 


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Maxwell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Engrossed Acts, to with¬ 
hold or destroy the record, which was done, and the Act failed for that 
session. And lastly, with a courage and perseverance rarely witnessed, 
when a Bill for funding the State debt at fifty cents on the dollar was on 
its passage in the Senate, this wonderful personage appears, and is found 
offering large sums of money to have the Blue Ridge Scrip included at 
dollar for dollar. 

The following paper was turned over to the Committee by Niles G. 
Parker: 

Office Blue Ridge Railroad Company, 

Columbia, March 5, 1872. 
Hon . N. G. Parker, State Treasurer South Carolina: 

Please deliver to Gen. R. B. Elliott, or order, two thousand six hun¬ 
dred and fourteen dollars in Revenue Bond Scrip, at par, issued to the 
Blue Ridge Railroad Company under Act November 2, 1872. 

(Signed) JOHN J. PATTERSON, 

President Blue Ridge Railroad Company in South Carolina. 

[Endorsed R. B. Elliott.] 

This paper finds its meaning and significance in the fact testified to by 
Judge T. J. Mackey, that Elliott was an active advocate of the Blue 
Ridge Scrip JBill in all its stages, and in the other fact testified toby 
Elliott himself that he was the witness to the order drawn by Patterson 
on Parker for delivering $114,250 scrip to Kirnpton for the purpose of 
paying the expenses of passing the Bill. 

Now let the curtain drop. For why amplify the criticism of such 
men or such measures? The facts sworn to by so many witnesses must 
be sufficiently convincing without further comment. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
HENRY A. MEETZE, 

Of the Senate. 
GERHARD MULLER, 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 


Of the House. 


TESTIMONY. 


TESTIMONY OF NILES G. PARKER. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee. 

Niles G. Parker, being sworn, says: 

At the time the settlement was made with the Financial Board and 
Kimpton, he (Kimpton) received a due bill for about $139,000 from the 
Fi nancial Board as the balance of commissions due him. This, according 
to our agreement, would be divided equally between Chamberlain, 
Kimpton and myself; and just before Chamberlain addressed his com¬ 
munication to the public in the Summer of 1874 concerning the charges 
made against him with reference to the public debt and other matters 
connected with Governor Scott’s administration, he promised me by the 
side* of his sick bed in his own house that if I would permit that letter 
which he had prepared to go before the public without contradiction 
and he should be nominated and elected as Governor I should be paid 
my share of the $139,000, as expressed in said due bill, and that too at 
an early day. 

The Financial Board made the settlement with the Financial Agent 
by virtue of the authority conferred upon it by Act of the General 
Assembly, passed in February, 1872, known as the Financial Settlement 
Act. The Financial Agent and the Financial Board all desired that an 
Act might be passed giving the Financial Board the power to make the 
settlement, so as to cover up the transactions which had taken place 
between them. There was some difficulty in getting the Bill passed. 
These difficulties were overcome by the use of money among the members 
of the General Assembly. The moitey was received by drafts drawn on 
me by Kimpton and accepted by me, and the money was furnished for 
the drafts by the banks in this city. Kimpton put up Blue Ridge Rail¬ 
road Scrip as collateral security. There were three drafts: one for 
$25,000, one for $35,000 and one for $12,500. They were to be paid at 
maturity by Kimpton, but when they became due he failed to pay them 
and I had to pay two of them personally—the two for $35,000 and 
$25,000 respectively, and also $2,500 on the $12,500 draft. Governor 
Scott paid the remainder of this latter draft—he being an endorser on it. 
I obtained the collateral at the bank for the two large drafts and Scott 
obtained the collateral for the other. I demurred at first to accepting 
these drafts, but finally accepted them on Kimpton’s assurance that 




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Chamberlain, who was then absent, would endorse them on his return. 
Chamberlain endorsed only the small one. 

I parted with the scrip referred to to reimburse me as far as it would go. 
It did not pay me all. The money raised on these drafts was disbursed 
by Kimpton mainly amongst the members of the Senate, to procure the 
passage of the settlement Bill, the validating Bill and the Blue Ridge 
Scrip Bill, as per agreement between Kimpton and Patterson. It was 
understood and agreed that Patterson was to arrange the matter in the 
House and secure the passage of the Bills there and Kimpton in the 
Senate. Fifty thousand dollars of this money was used to purchase 
Senators, the balance was to go to the House through Patterson. 
(Signed,) -N. G. PARKER. 


TESTIMONY OF EVERIDGE CAIN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 15, 1877. 

Everidge Cain, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Everidge Cain. I reside in the County of Abbeville, in 
the town of Abbeville, and I am by occupation a farmer. I was a mem¬ 
ber of the House of Representatives from said County from 1870 to 
1874. I voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill in the early part of 1872. 
Mr. Mackay, John J. Patterson and General H. G. Worthington all told 
me in conversation that I would be paid for supporting the Bill, and 
that my Democrat friends were in favor of it. I knew that General 
McGowan was opposed to it and that Colonel J. S. Cothran was in favor 
of it, and also General Harrison, though none of these had ever offered 
me anything to support it. Patterson asked me if I was going to sup¬ 
port it, and I told him Mackay had been talking to me about it, and 
Patterson said whatever Mackay said would be all right. Mackay had 
told me that I would be recompensed for it. Worthington told me that 
the friends of the Bill would be taken care of. After the Bill passed 
I received a slip of paper, requesting me to go to a certain place up 
Richardson street. I went there about dark, and there was a doorkeeper 
both up and down stairs, and I went up stairs into a room and an 
envelope was handed to me by some one dressed in black clothes, whose 
face was turned from me, and in the dusk I did not recognize him, 
though I tried to do so. I passed out of the other door of the room, 
and at the other door I saw a man, I think it was General Harrison, who 
said to me: “Go on down; you’re all right.” I went off, and found 
the envelope contained $200. In the room where I received the money 
there was no one present but myself and the person who handed it to me. 



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General Harrison was not in the room, but X saw him outside of the 
door when I passed out. 

On the Validating Bill and the Financial Settlement Bill, passed at the 
same session as the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, I was approached by a great 
many persons for my support. Among others, H. H. Ivimpton, Niles G. 
Parker, D. H. Chamberlain and R. K. Scott had some conversation with 
me about them. Kimpton came up to me while I wa3 in conversation 
with some one (I think it was June Mobley, but am not certain,) in 
front of the State House, and Kimpton said: “You’re opposing a 
measure that is for the good of the State and especially for the Repub¬ 
lican party, and if that was defeated the Republican party was gone." 
He told me in the same conversation that for my vote and my influence 
I could get $500. That was in relation to the Financial Settlement Bill. 
He said if the Republicans didn’t support the measure he would make 
terms with the Democrats and the party would be defeated. I and he 
fell out about it when he made that remark. I saw Parker at his office 
and he said that under the circumstances we would have to support 
Kimpton’s measure or we couldn’t get any money on our pay certificates 
as members. And he also said that the men who supported the Finan¬ 
cial Agent’s Bill would be taken care of. I went to Chamberlain at his 
office and consulted him about the Financial Settlement Bill, and he 
said it was all right and that we would be obliged to pay Kimpton. 
I came up where Scott was in conversation with some others, and he 
said that it was right to pay Kimpton. Chamberlain and Scott both 
said also that the friends of the Bill would be taken care of. This in 
reference to the Financial Settlement Bill. 

EVERIDGE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF H. H. HUNTER. 


Rooms of Committee, 

October 23, 1877. 

H. H. Hunter, being first duly sworn, says: 

That he is a minister of the gospel by profession and resides in the 
city of Charleston. Was elected to the lower house of the General As¬ 
sembly in 1870 and remained until 1872. I was in the House in the 
early part of 1872 when the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, Validating Bill and 
Financial Settlement Bill were before the House. I find the following 
entry in my diary, which I remember to be correct, of date Tuesday, 
February 22, 1872: “Also at Rivers’s Military Committee room, at a 
caucus held by Patterson. Neagle, Parker, Kimpton and Scott asked 
T. J. Mackey a question. Got back to boarding house at 11:50 P. M.” 



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I recollect that this caucus was concerning the above named Bills. After 
that, one day, Speaker Moses told me to go and see Governor Scott. I 
went and saw Governor Scott. It was Saturday, March 2, 1872. I find 
the following entry in my diary: “I called upon the Governor at the re¬ 
quest of F. J. Moses, Jr., and had an extended interview, discussing the 
situation.” At this interview we talked over those Bills, but I did not 
promise my support. When I came out I met Patterson outside, and 
we walked up the street together from the State Capitol. Patterson 
asked me if I had seen the Governor. I said I had. He then asked me : 
“How did you and he get along?” I told him that we had a very 
pleasant talk. Then he said to me that he had seen the Governor and 
that he had told the Governor that Hunter was a good enough little fel¬ 
low, and that he wanted to make some money as well as the rest of them. 
I told him that money was one of those necessary evils which we all had 
to have. He spoke of these measures, and he said: “ Well, there’s no 
use of you holding out; these measures will pass with you or without you, 
and you had better go along with the crowd.” I told him that I had 
been going along with the crowd since impeachment had been defeated. 
That was the substance of the conversation. On March 15, 1872, the 
following entry appears in my diary: “Was at bank; drew money on a 
check from as promised.” This check was from John J. 

Patterson, and the amount of it was $500. The occurrence was in this 
way. I met Patterson, who was riding along Main street, and I called 
to him and he got out and met me, and I said to him: “Colonel, I am 
going down to-night.” He said that he was going up street after awhile 
and that I should meet him by Shiver’s. I went up street after awhile 
and met him there. When I met him he turned back with me, and we 
Avalked a few steps and he handed me the check for $500 on the South 
Carolina Bank and Trust Company. He then left me and I went up to 
the bank and drew the money a few minutes afterwards. 

H. H. HUNTER. 

October 23, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF DR. JOHN A. BARKER. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, October 18, 1877. 

Dr. John A. Barker, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Edgefield County. Was a member of the House 
of Representatives for three terms, commencing in 1870. When the 
Financial Settlement Bill was up before the Legislature, I was boarding 
at the Nickerson House. H. H. Kimpton also boarded there. I was 



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introduced to him, and he told me that he had been a great friend to 
South Carolina and the Republican party, in the way of letting them 
have money, and that the State was largely indebted to him; that it 
would be greatly to his interest to have the Rill passed, and that he 
would have to expend a considerable amount of money to do it; that it 
would cost more to buy the Senate than the House, although it was a 
smaller body; that if I would vote for the Rill and carry three of my 
delegation with me that he would give me $3,000. I talked freely with 
Republicans and Democrats about the Rill and about Kimpton; and as 
to Kimpton, and about him, the opinion was pretty freely expressed that 
not much confidence was to be placed in what he said. I did not vote 
at all upon the measure, not being present, but if I had been present I 
would have voted against it. 

JOHN A. BARKER, 


TESTIMONY OF DR. JOHN A. BARKER, 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, October 18, 1877. 

Dr. John A. Barker, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Edgefield County. Was a member of the House 
of Representatives for three terms, commencing in 1870. Upon the 
Blue Ridge Scrip Bill I voted in favor of it. I was boarding at the 
Nickerson House. In conversation about the Bill, Patterson said that 
“there is money in it, and if you give the measure your support I will 
remember my friends,” though he offered me no specific sum for my vote. 
A short time after the Bill was passed, Patterson came to my room 
(I being then sick in bed) and handed me an envelope with $1,000 in 
it. He said: “I never promised you anything directly for your vote, 
but the Bill has passed, you voted for it, and accept this as a present.” 

JOHN A. BARKER. 


TESTIMONY OF JAMES N. IIAYNE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 16, 1877. 
James N. Hayne, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is James N. Hayne. I reside at Charleston, S. C., and am 
by occupation a coachmaker. I was a member of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives from the County of Barnwell from 1868 to 1872. When the 
Blue Ridge Scrip Bill was up in the House, John J. Patterson spoke to 




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me in favor of the Bill, and told me that I could get $300 if I would 
support it on the passage over the Governor’s veto. It was known at 
the time that the Governor was going to veto the Bill. This offer was 
made to me and to three other members of the Barnwell delegation to 
my knowledge and in my presence. These three were Edward Furgu- 
son, now residing at Aiken, Benjamin H. Nerland, now kving at Black- 
ville, and E. M. Sumpter, now residing at Barnwell C. H. The offer 
was made in the lobby in the State House. I was absent at the passage 
of the Bill over the veto on account of sickness of my family. When 
I returned, Furguson told me he had got the money promised him. 
D uring the pendency of the Bill I heard both John J. Patterson and 
Niles G. Parker say that the friends of the Bill would be taken care of. 
When the Validating Bill w r as up for final action in the House, on the 
night before its passage John J. Patterson sent for me by W. H. Jones, 
and I went and found him in the Judiciary Committee room, and he 
showed me a paper and said that he had bought Frost and Bosemon, 
and that they were selling me out, and offered me $500 if I would cease 
opposing the Bill aud support it. He showed me a paper with their 
names and that amount opposite. I charged them with it aud was very 
angry and they denied it. H. H. Kimpton asked me prior to that to 
support the Bill and the Financial Settlement Bill, and told me to see 
Patterson and it would be all right. 

JAMES N. HAYNE. 


TESTIMONY OF W. W. RAMSAY. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

W. W. Ramsay, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in Sumter County, S. C., and is a farmer by occupa¬ 
tion. Was elected to the House of Representatives in 1869 to fill the 
unexpired term of Wm. E. Johnston, who was elected Senator. Was 
re-elected in 1870 and 1872 and 1874, serving seven years as a member 
of the House. Was a member when the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill was 
passed, known as “ A Bill to relieve the State of South Carolina of its 
liability,” &c. Dr. J. L. Neagle conferred with me in reference to my 
supporting the Bill; informed me that I would be paid for my vote. I 
voted for it. After the vote was taken I went with other members over 
Hardy Solomon’s bank for the purpose of receiving our money ; remem¬ 
ber that we passed down a long passage into a large room, thence into a 
smaller room, where a man that I did not know handed me an envelope 
which contained money. I found, on opening the envelope, that it con- 



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tained $200. When I went in the man looked for my name on a list he 
had, and at once paid me. Some one was in the adjoining room. I 
don t know who it was. Did not see John J. Patterson. I passed out a 
side door, down the back steps and out in front of a livery stable. 

W. W. RAMSAY. 


TESTIMONY OF A. L. SINGLETON. 

Columbia, S. C., November 7, 1877. 

A. L. Singleton, being sworn, says: 

That he resides in the towrn of Sumter and is a Deputy United States 
Marshal. Was elected to the Legislature in 1870 and served one term. 
John J. Patterson and J. L. Neagle offered me $500 to vote for the Blue 
Ridge Scrip Bill, the Financial Settlement Bill and the Validating Bill. 
I voted for a portion of one of them, but on the third reading, I think 
while Patterson was looking for me in connection with the matter, I was 
behind a curtain in the House and they refused to pay me anything 
at all. 

A. L. SINGLETON. 


TESTIMONY OF C. D. HAYNE. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 15, 1873. 

C. D. Havne, being duly sworn and further examined, deposes on oath 
as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives from the County of 
Barnwell in the early part of 1872, when the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, the 
Validating Bill and the Financial Settlement Bill were passed. I voted 
in favor of the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill on its final passage in the House, 
but afterwards I consulted General R. B. Elliott, who said it w r as uncon¬ 
stitutional, so I voted to sustain the veto of the Governor. I voted 
against the other two Bills. Before the passage of the Blue Ridge Bill, 
Patterson came to me in the State House and offered me five hun¬ 
dred dollars if I would vote for this Bill. I told him he must pay me 
at least half before the vote. He paid me two hundred dollars in the 
State House before the passage of the Bill, and after the passage of the 
Bill over the veto he did not want to pay me the balance because I 
voted to sustain the veto; but I insisted that I only agreed to vote for 
the passage of the Bill, and Patterson finally paid me the other three 
hundred dollars in a room over the South Carolina Bank and Trust 




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Company, and F. S. Jacobs was present at the time. General H. G. 
Worthington paid me also two hundred dollars in advance for my vote 
for the Validating Bill, styled “A Bill relating to the bonds of South 
Carolina, : ” but I voted against this Bill on its final passage. H. H. 
Ivimpton asked me to vote for the Financial Settlement Bill, and told 
me he would see that I was cared for, but I told him I did not intend to 
vote for that Bill. 

C. D. HAYNE. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL J. LEE. 

Rooms of the Investigation Committee, 

Columbia, South Carolina. 

Personally appeared Samuel J. Lee, who, being duly sworn, says: 

That during the year 1872, while three several Bills were before the 
Legislature, viz., “An Act to relieve the State of South Carolina of all 
liability for its guaranty of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Com¬ 
pany by providing for the securing and destruction of the same,” “An 
Act relating to the Financial Agent of the State of South Carolina in 
the city of New York” and “An Act relating to the bonds of the State 
of South Carolina,” J. J. Patterson offered me S3,000 to support the 
Bills, and I accepted the offer and supported the Bills, and each of 
them passed and became laws. Two or three days thereafter I was told 
to go to certain rooms over the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany’s building. I went, according to appointment, and Patterson 
handed me $3,000 in money. There were two or three other persons 
present. On the Monday following this payment I deposited the sum of 
$2,500 of this money in the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company. 

SAMUEL J. LEE. 

This 3d day of October, A. D. 1877. 


TESTIMONY' OF HON. SAMUEL GREEN. 

Joint Investigating Committfe, 
Columbia, S. C., September 27, 1877. 

Hon Samuel Green, being further examined, deposes on oath as fol¬ 
lows : 

I was a member of the House from 1870 to 1875, and from that time 
to the present. I have been a member of the Senate from the County 
of Beaufort. I was a member of the House when the Validating Bill, 
the Financial Settlement Bill and the Revenue Bond Scrip Bill were 




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before the Legislature in the session of 1871-72. I was asked to support 
these Bills, and was promised that if I did so I would receive pecuniary 
compensation for doing so. Mr. John J. Patterson was the one who 
made me the offer. I cannot distinctly recall the amount he offered me, 
but it was not less than three hundred dollars, nor more than five hun¬ 
dred dollars. I think his first conversation with me on the subject was 
in the House, and I had several conversations with him on the subject. 
I voted for two of the Bills, the Revenue Bond Scrip and the Validating 
Bill, but voted against the Financial Settlement Bill. I afterwards 
received the money promised from Mr. John J. Patterson, in the up¬ 
stairs of a building on Main Street. I went towards the place at one 
time, and, finding a crowd of the members there, I went off and returned 
at another time, when I received the money. There was another man 
there at the time; his name I do not know, but he was a white man, 
rather short and stout, with a long black beard. 

SAMUEL GREEN. 

September 27th, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF EDWARD MICKEY. 

Rooms of Committee, 

October 23d, 1877. 

Edward Mickey, being first duly sworn, says: 

That he is a tailor by profession, and resides in the city of Charleston. 
Was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1868, and 
remained a member until the election in 1872. Was a member of the 
Legislature when the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill was passed, and voted for 
the Bill. Patterson promised to pay me two hundred dollars if I would 
vote for the Bill, and I did so. The money was paid to me in a room 
over the Bank and Trust Company’s building, in the presence of Pat¬ 
terson. Went up the steps and doyn a long passage into a large room, 
thence into a small room, where a man, unknown to me, handed me the 
two hundred dollars, in the presence of Mr. Patterson. I went out of 
the building by the back steps, and went on into the street in front of 
the livery stable. I attended a caucus at Charley Minort’s house in 
reference to the above matter. 

EDWARD MICKEY. 


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TESTIMONY OF W. C. GLOVER. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., November 10, 1877. 

W. C. Glover, being duly sworn, says: 

That be resides in Charleston County; by occupation a laborer; was 
elected to the House of Representatives, in 1870, from the County of 
Charleston, and served as a member for two sessions; was a member 
when the Rill to relieve the State of South Carolina of all liability, &c., 
was before the House; it was known as the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill. I 
voted for it under the following circumstances: When it was under con¬ 
sideration in the House, and when the vote was taken, I was not in the 
House. On my return to the hall, Representative W. E. Elliott, from 
my County, informed me that I was too indifferent to my own interest, 
that I had lost a good thing by being absent, and said I had better see 
Mr. John J. Patterson, who was standing behind a curtain of one of the 
windows on the left of the hall as you enter. Elliott went with me to 
see him, and told him that I was one of his colleagues; that I would 
have voted for the Bill if I had been present. Mr. Patterson told me to 
go and see the Clerk, A. O. Jones, and have my name put down. 1 went 
on the stand and asked Mr. Jones to put my name down as voting for 
the Bill; after some hesitation, he did so. After the vote was taken some 
one asked me if I wanted to see Senator Patterson, and told me to go 
over Mr. Solomon’s bank. I went up there; found a man that I did 
know in a room over the bank. The man asked me who I was looking 
for, I told him Mr. Patterson, and told him my business as well as my 
name. He had a roll of the House. After examining the roll he went into 
another room and returned and handed me two hundred dollars; the 
money was not in an envelope. I did see other men with their money in 

envelopes. I remember that-, of Kershaw, was one of 

the men who came and told me to go and see Mr. Patterson, as he was 
asking after me. Mr. Patterson informed me while we were standing 
behind the curtain that I would receive two hundred dollars if I would 
get Mr. Jones to put my name down as voting for the Bill; he said this 
in the presence of Mr. Elliott. 

W. C. GLOVER. 


TESTIMONY OF S. J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

S. J. Keith, being sworn, says: 

That he resides at Darlington C. H., and is a carpenter and a farmer. 
Was elected to the Legislature in 1870, and has been a member ever 





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since. Voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill and received in consideration 
ot my vote the sum of $200, which amount was paid to me in cash by 
John J. Patterson. The money was paid to me in a little room over the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company building. My recollection is 
that Mr. Waterman was present at the time. Other members went with 
me to the place, and, I presume, for the same purpose, but I cannot now 
recall their names. 

S. J. KEITH. 


TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE CAIN. 

Columbia, S. C., October 24, 1877. 

Lawrence Cain, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

That he is a resident of the County of Edgefield, and is a farmer by 
occupation. Was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly 
in 18b8 and served two terms. Was then elected to the Senate and 
served one term, which ended 1876. I am sure that I voted against the 
Blue Ridge Scrip Bill and the Validating Bill, but I think I voted for 
providing for a settlement with the Financial Agent of the State. I 
received no consideration for my vote on this Bill. I voted for the 
“Sterling Loan ” and received in consideration therefor the sum of $300 
in cash from J. L. Neagle. Patterson said to me, in reference to the 
Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, that if I would vote for it that “I should be 
taken care of.” Neagle told me that I could get $500 if I would vote 
for this Bill, and the same sum if I would vote for the Validating Bill. 

LAWRENCE CAIN. 


TESTIMONY OF HASTINGS GANTT. 

Joint Investigating Committee. 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Hastings Gantt, being further examined, deposes on oath as follows: 

I was a member of the House of Representatives, from the County of 
Beaufort, in the year 1872, when the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill and the 
Validating and Financial Settlement Bills were passed. Mr. John J. 
Patterson told me if I would vote for these measures he would give me 
$200. After the passage of them Mr. Niles G. Parker, then State Trea¬ 
surer, paid me $100, in the Treasurer’s back oliice, for supporting the 
measure. I did not receive any more. 


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TESTIMONY OF E. M. SUMPTER. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 16, 1877. 

E. M. Sumpter—statement continued: 

I voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill. No one approached me on the 
measure; that is to say, no person came to me directly and said “I will 
give you so much to vote for the Billbut it was a general understand¬ 
ing that those who voted for it would be paid soon after the Bill was 
passed. Patterson met me oil the street and told me to go up to Solo¬ 
mon’s bank; there was something for me. I went and found a crowd 
there. Patterson was there and Worthington also. I went up stairs, 
down a passage way, entered a large room and then a small one, and a 
gentleman at the table handed me $300. The money was counted on 
the table. I did not know the man; he was a spare-made man with a 
sandy moustache. I left the room by a different door. In the Validat¬ 
ing Act and Bill for the settlement with the Financial Agent I received 
$200. Niles G. Parker paid me this money. I was paid this money 
also over Solomon’s bank. I was not approached directly on these 
measures or told that I would be paid for my vote. Parker said, when 
he gave me this money: “I can’t pay your certificates for your services, 
but here is a present I will make you.” 

E. M. SUMPTER. 


testimony of j. d. boston. 

Rooms of Investigating Committee, 

October 13, 1877. 

J. D. Boston continued on Blue Ridge scrip: 

I voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill and received for my vote money ; 
the exact amount I cannot state; from one hundred and fifty to two 
hundred and fifty dollars. I received my money from a Committee who 
had the funds in charge. I know that Rush was a member of this Com¬ 
mittee, and I think a man by the name of Hunter. Prince Rivers I 
think was also one. This Committee was furnished with the money, as 
I understand, by Patterson and Worthington. Patterson talked to me 
about the Bill, and he told me that whatever arrangements the Commit¬ 
tee made about the pay would be right, and he would see that it was 
carried out. Patterson and Worthington got up the caucus at Minort’s 
and made the arrangements for the Committee. Since making the other 
statement, I recollect that I received $300 and that I was paid over the 
South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company. Worthington was present, 



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and a man, who I took to be a bank officer, handed me an envelope with 
the money in it. This was pay for these measures, which went through 
pretty well together: The Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, the Bill validating the 
bonds of the State and the Settlement Bill with H. H. Kimpton the 
Financial Agent. We went up stairs, down a long passage way into a 
large room, from thence into a small room, and in this we received our 
pay and came out by another door again into the passage and down and 
out of the building. Patterson talked to me about all these Bills, and 
told me if 1 would support them that I would be paid for it. I voted 
for all of them. 

JOSEPH D. BOSTON. 


TESTIMONY OF O. R. LEVY. 


Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 16, 1877. 

O. R. Levy, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of the city of Charleston ; hold no office now, but am 
with Trial Justice Rivers; was a member of the House of Representa¬ 
tives in 1870 and 1871, and a part of 1872 and 1873. I voted for the 
Blue Ridge Scrip Bill. Before the Bill was passed John J. Patterson 
came to me and told me that he wanted me to vote for the Bill, that he 
was greatly interested in the measure, and if it failed it would greatly 
embarrass him; he also said that if I would vote for it that he would pay 
me in scrip. Governor Moses also asked me to support the Bill. I was 
at that time holding the office of Trial Justice under Moses, and it was 
more particularly on this account that I voted for the measure. After 
the Bill had passed, Patterson said to me: “Come up and get your scrip; 
it is ready.” I replied “ that I did not sell my vote, and did not want 
the scrip,” and never took it. If any was made out for me I do not 
know it. 

O. R. LEVY. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. W. R. .TERVEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 
Hon. W. R. Jervey, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is William R. Jervey. I reside in the town of Summer¬ 
ville, County of Charleston, and I am by occupation a farmer. I was a 
member, from the County of Charleston, of the House of Representa- 




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tives from 1868 to 1872, and was a member of the State Senate from the 
same County from 1872 to 1876. I voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill 
in the House in the early part of 1872. John J. Patterson, before the 
passage of the Bill, spoke to me about the Bill and told me if I would 
vote for the Bill he would remember me. I asked him what he meant 
by that. Well, he said, he didn’t expect anybody to vote for the Bill 
without having some consideration. I said to him “all right, sir; I’ll see 
about it;” and I left him with that and didn’t give him any more satis¬ 
faction. After the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, the Validating Bill and the 
Financial Settlement Bill, I think, had all passed, I walked up to Pat¬ 
terson’s room, over Hardy Solomon’s bank, with T. D. McDowell, from 
Georgetown, and we went up stairs to his room together and had a talk 
with him. And he took McDowell into his private room, and when 
McDowell came out he showed me $500, which he told me Patterson had 
given him for voting for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill. After McDowell 
came out Patterson asked me into his private room and gave me a pack¬ 
age. I put it into my pocket and went home with it without opening it. 
When I opened it at home, in my room, it was $2,000. When he 
handed it to me he said he thanked me for helping him. When I came 
out there was quite a crowd of members going up to Patterson’s room. 
McDowell and myself went there before the crowd got there. 

W. R. JERVEY. 

October 17, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF PRINCE R. RIVERS. 

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Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 13, 1877. 

Prince R. Rivers, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is Prince R. Rivers, residence at Hamburg, S. C., and my 
occupation is that of a farmer at present. I was a member of the 
House of Representatives from 1868 until 1874, six years. I held the 
office of Trial Justice from 1868 until about the first day of June, 1877. 
After the recess, in the session of 1871, a caucus was held of the friends 
of the revenue bond scrip, the Validating Act and the Act to settle with 
the Financial Agent, in the up stairs of Fine’s old building. John J. 
Patterson agreed witli me to give me $500 for supporting those measures. 
He paid that to me in a Committee room over Hardy Solomon’s bank. 
Other members were there, coming in and going out in the same way as 
in the payment heretofore mentioned above. There were so many men 
lean hardly specify which of them that I met; they were in such a 
crowd. They were the friends of those measures. It was well under. 



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stood Kimpton was to furnish the money, and some delay on Rimpton’s 
part in relation to the money delayed one of the Bills a day longer. I 
don’t remember having any conversation with Kimpton. I never liked 
him, and he had to get Patterson to act for him. Worthington, and 
another man whose name I do not remember, was there with Patterson, 
over Solomon’s bank, when I was paid the $500. This other man was 

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sitting at the end of the table in the room, checking off. 

P. R. RIVERS. 


TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

W. E. Elliott, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as follows: 

My name is William E. Elliott. I reside in the city of Charleston, 
and am by occupation one of the city detective force. I was a member 
of the House of Representatives from the County of Charleston from 
1870 to 1872. During the last session that I was a member the Blue 
Ridge Scrip Bill passed. I was stopping at Jim Davis’s, and I was 
waited upon by Mr. Joseph Crews and asked if I would support it. He 
said it was a Republican measure, and for the good of the party. Isaid 
I would see about it. A day or two afterwards Mr. John J. Patterson 
waited on me and said there would he a meeting of the members at 
Charley Minort’s that night, and that I had better go down there; and 
he said : “You members had better appoint some one as Chairman of your 
delegation, to act for you.” At the caucus that night I was present, and 
each County delegation appointed one of their number to act as Chair¬ 
man for the delegation, and W. R. Jervey was appointed as ours. All 
the Chairmen went in together into another room and consulted with Mr. 
Patterson there. The next day the Chairman, Mr. Jervey, told me we 
would get a present for supporting the measure, and told it generally to 
the delegation. No amount was named to me by Mr. Jervey. I sup¬ 
ported the measure in the House. After the measure passed, Mr. Pat¬ 
terson paid me three hundred dollars. He paid it to me up on Main 
street, over Hardy Solomon’s hank. I was standing in the entry way, 
and other members were standing about in the room where Mr. Crews was 
talking, and a colored man, whose name I do not know, hut who was 
waiting on Mr. Patterson at the time, opened the door of Mr. Patterson’s 
private room and asked me in. I went in, and found there Mr. Patter¬ 
son and two other gentlemen, (whom I did not know,) and as soon as I 
o-ot in Patterson said: “Oh, here’s Elliott,” and they handed me three 
bills of one hundred dollars each from the money on the table; and then 



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1 went out a different way after I got back into the passage way. I 
came out the same door I went in, but the colored man who was holding 
the door knob directed me to go out the back way, and I came out on 
the street where the market is. I had been told to go there to receive 
my present, but I do not remember who told me. I saw other members 
go up before me, and I only stayed long enough to go in, receive the 
inonev and pass out, as stated. 

W. E. ELLIOTT. 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH W. LLOYD. 

Rooms of Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 
Joseph W. Lloyd being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

My name is Joseph W. Lloyd; I reside in the city of Charleston; 
occupation a house carpenter. I was a member of the Legislature for 
one term in 1870-71 and 1871-72. I voted for the Rlue Ridge Scrip 
Bill; I was not promised any money for my vote, though it was generally 
understood that members would be paid for their support of the Bill. A 
short time after the passage of the Bill, say one or two days, I was pass¬ 
ing up the street in the afternoon. Some one said I was wanted over Mr. 
Solomon’s bank. I went up there and found several members of the 

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House there. After waiting a short time I was admitted into a smaller 
room adjoining the one referred to, (in which the members were waiting). 
A man that I did not know handed me three hundred dollars. John J. 
Patterson was present; he did not speak to me. I also saw one other 
man there; I did not know him. I then passed out another door, and 
back into the street. I never attended any caucus where the Bill refer¬ 
ring to the Blue Ridge scrip was discussed. I was in very bad health at 
that time and unable to attend them. 

J. W. LLOYD. 


TESTIMONY OF R. 8. TARLETON. 

October 3, 1877. 

R. S. Tarleton, sworn, says : 

Resides in Colleton County, Green Pond or Whitehall P. O. Was 
a member of the Legislature of 1870-71, 1871-72, 1872-73, 1873-74, 
House of Representatives. Voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill. I re¬ 
ceived $100 from John J. Patterson, over Hardy Solomon’s bank, for it. 
Patterson said nothing to me about the Bill. H. G. Worthington told 




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me that if I voted for the Bill that I would get something. We went 
into one door and came out at another at Solomon’s. After the Bill was 
passed I went up to this place and John J. Patterson asked me my 
name. I told him R. S. Tarleton. He looked on his list and then 
counted me out the money ($100). 

R. S. TARLETON. 


TESTIMONY OF SHERMAN SMALLS. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 17, 1877. 

Sherman Smalls, sworn, says: 

I am a resident of Colleton County; a planter; was a member of the 
House of Representatives for two terms, commencing in November, 1870. 
I voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill. John J. Patterson offered me 
$300 for my vote on this measure. The Governor vetoed the Bill. It 
was after the veto that Patterson made this offer. I voted to pass the 
Bill over the veto and Patterson then paid me the $300. He paid me 
this money over Solomon’s bank. The payment was made late in the 
evening, about dusk. No one was in the room when the money was paid 
but Patterson and myself. In going for the money I went up the stairs 
into the building, down a long passage, thence to my right into a large 
room, thence into a small one, where there was a table and where the 
money was paid, thence out of another door into the same passage and 
down and out of the building. 

SHERMAN SMALLS. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

John B. Dennis, being recalled, says: 

About the time of the transaction before spoken of wilh Roath, he,, 
the witness, had a dispute one evening about the affair with Mr. Hurley,, 
he being offended at the way the $4,300 was divided. Witness said : 
« Hurley you have misrepresented me to parties frequently, and taken 
money from them purporting to be for me, and kept the same yourself.” 
Witness charged him with taking at one time, the previous session, and 
keeping it himself, $6,000. Hurley denied, and witness called John J. 
Patterson up to prove it. Patterson said: “Tim, I won’t swear that it 
was $6,000, but I will swear that it was either $5,000 or $6,000,” but 
could tell by looking at his memorandum book, and further said that he 
voted to pay it, and handed it over to Hurley to pay to witness. Soon 
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after the conversation alluded to with Hurley and Patterson, and at the 
session of the Legislature when the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, Validating 
Act and Kimpton settlement were passed,—-is not quite sure about the 
latter Act,—he met Patterson, and in conversation said to him : “ I have 
been sold out by Tim Hurley time and again, and without ever knowing 
it or having any voice in it, and I am not at all pleased about it either ; 
now you have some Bills you want passed, and I am willing to support 
them, but do not want to have any dealings with Tim Hurley or any 
outside party.” Says that Patterson said: “All right,” but he does not 
remember whether at this time there was any special agreement or not 
about payment for the support of any measure, or what was to be paid. 
At another time Patterson sent for him and told him if he would lend 
his vote and influence for the passage of the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill that 
he could have $2,000. The Bill passed, and some time after that he met 
Patterson in the bank one day and he (Patterson) said: “ Do you want 
some money?” to which he replied that he was in no hurry. Says 
that Patterson gave him $500 and a check for $1,500, dated some days 
in advance, which was subsequently paid. In reply to the question as to 
what was meant by Patterson’s voting to pay the money at the time of 
the conversation heretofore alluded to with him and Hurley, he said 
Patterson was one of the Directors of the Greenville Railroad, and he 
supposed it meant his vote in the Director’s meeting on the question of 
paying out the money for the passage of their Bill. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM L. LEGETT. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

August 16, 1877. 

William L. Legett, Esq., further examined on oath, deposes as follows: 

I am a resident of Marlboro County and by occupation a farmer. I 
was in Columbia a day or two, at the time of the Scott and Parker im¬ 
peachment resolutions, in December, 1871. I was on my way to Georgia, 
where I stayed about eight days and then returned, and was in Columbia 
again, remaining about six weeks, when I returned to Marlboro. I 
returned to Columbia via Charleston and was here a few days, leaving 
here a day or two before the Revenue Bond Scrip Bill passed. As to 
the impeachment, J. L. Neagle had a conversation with me. It was in 
the State Capitol building, down stairs. He told me that something 
could be made at it if I could give any influence to prevent Scott and 
Parker’s impeachment. He said he would furnish the money to use 
among the members of the House in the matter. I flatly declined. 



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Governor R. K. Scott asked me to meet him at a room on Main street 
after supper. I did so. No one else was present. I was there with him 
an hour or two. He asked me what I could do with the Marlboro dele¬ 
gation and others with money, and said if I would undertake it he would 
satisfy me well for it. I declined and had nothing to do with it. Wor¬ 
thington and myself also had a conversation on the same subject, of the 
same purport and with the same result. I don’t think that Worthington 
spoke as plainly about money being used as Neagle and Scott did. 
Neagle spoke more plainly than either of the others. The above con¬ 
versations were with reference to the Scott and Parker impeachment 
resolutions. As to the Revenue Bond Scrip Bill, the Validating Act and 
the Kimpton Settlement Bill, they were run pretty much together. J. 
L. Neagle did the most talking to me about the Revenue Bond Scrip 
Bill. He asked me to take a part in getting it passed, and offered me 
some of the scrip if I would do so. He said he would pay liberally with 
the scrip and would furnish the money to run the matter with the mem¬ 
bers. He wanted me to pay the members for voting to support the Bill. 
I declined and took no part in the matter. I was unwilling to take a 
part in a measure which I considered related to the bonds or credit of 
the State. Gen. Worthington also spoke to me, making about the same 
offers of scrip and money as Neagle did. No particular amounts were 
specified. He and Neagle both said that the members would be liberally 
paid for their support of the Bill. I gave him the same answer. I was 
introduced to H. H. Kimpton at the door of the Treasurer’s private 
office by, I think, J. L. Neagle, who remarked to Kimpton that I was a 
friend, but that he had been talking with me and could do nothing with 
me. Neagle then left and I stood and talked with Kimpton a short 
time. Kimpton advised me to go into the matter and use my influence 
for the passage of the Bills; said I had better do it as I could make some 
money by it. I declined very positively and the matter did not proceed 
any further. 

W. L. LEGETT. 


August 16, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. HENRY J. MAXWELL. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 11, 1877. 
Hon. Henry J. Maxwell, being further examined, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

I was State Senator from the County of Marlboro from 1868 up to 
the early part of October, 1877, when I resigned. I was solicited for 



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my support in the Senate for the Blue Bidge Bill, the Validating Bill 
and the Financial Settlement Bill, all of which were acted on and passed 
the Senate in the Spring of 1872. I think Mr. FI. H. Kimpton first 
spoke to me about these Bills. Kimpton did not make a direct offer of 
any money, but said I would be taken care of if I would support these 
measures, and told me to see Patterson (meaning John J. Patterson,) 
and it would be all right. Afterwards Patterson and C. P. Leslie spoke 
to me about the matter. Patterson offered me at various times various 
suras, between three thousand and five thousand dollars, if I would sup¬ 
port these Bills. Leslie urged me to support them, and said that I would 
be taken care of. I objected to the Validating Bill, and stated my ob¬ 
jections to both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Kimpton. At the final passage 
of these Bills in the Senate, I voted for them, and John J. Patterson 
paid me for my support of them something between three thousand and 
five thousand dollars in money. I cannot call to mind the exact amount. 
He paid it to me all at one time in the State Capitol building, and it was 
shortly after the Bills had passed and became Acts. 

H. J. MAXWELL. 

October 11, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF F. A. CLINTON. 

Columbia, S. C., November 15, 1877. 

F. A. Clinton, being sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of Lancaster County, S. C., and am a farmer by 
occupation. Was elected to the State Senate from that County in 1870, 
and have been a member ever since. C. P. Leslie told me, in reference 
to the Validating Bill, to come down to Mrs. Mordecai’s, and told me 
the party wanted to beat him out of the Bill, and he wanted me to sup¬ 
port it; that it was just. I told him I would see him next morning. I 
told him I could not support it if it was not right, and he said it was 
just and should be passed, and he said that he would take care of me. I 
do not know what he meant by that. After the passage I never saw 
Leslie any more until he went back to Barnwell and was elected to the 
House. 


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TESTIMONY OF S. E. GAILLARD. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 18, 1877. 

S E. Gaillard, being sworn, says: 

I am a resident of the city of Charleston, and hold the office of State 
Senator from Charleston County, and have so held since 1871. I was in 
the Senate at the time of the passage of the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill in 
the early part of 1872. At the final passage of the Bill in the Senate, 
over the veto, A. J. P. Owens, then Senator from Laurens, said to me 
that Patterson said that if I continued to vote as I had been voting 
for the Bill I would get $5,000. Patterson was sitting on the sofa in 
the rear of my seat at the time; I looked around, and Owens asked him 
if that was not right, and Patterson nodded his head, which I under¬ 
stood to be Patterson’s confirmation of Owens’s proposition. I voted for 
the passage of the Bill over the veto. Afterwards I was informed Pat¬ 
terson wanted to see me at his house, and I went there the same night 
that I heard he wanted to see me. This was between the times of passage 
of this Bill and the passage of the Validating Bill. Patterson told me 
then that the money had run out, but as soon as the scrip was ready he 
would fix the matter all right. He told me, too, that he was busy, and 
he would see me the next morning. The next morning, when he saw 
me, be asked me about voting for the Validating Bill. He said it wasn’t 
his measure, but he was only asked by his friends to get some of his 
friends in the Senate to support it; that they (that is, those who were 
interested in the Validating Bill,) had helped him in the Blue Ridge 
and he wanted to help them in return. He called the names of two or 
three persons who were interested in the Validating Bill, but I am only 
certain about the name of H. FI. Kimpton being mentioned by him. I 
told him I couldn’t vote for the Validating Bill, and then he spoke of its 
not being his measure, but that of his friends. Shortly afterwards, I 
think on the same day, Mr. C. C. Bowen came to me and asked me if I 
wasu’t going to vote for the Validating Bill, and I told him “no.” He 
told me that it was going to pass, and if I made up ray mind to vote for 
it to let him know and he would get some money for me. I told him all 
right. The next person that spoke to me about the Validating Bill was 
C. P. Leslie. Fie told me if F would vote for the Bill that he would put 
$2,000 in the hands of J. Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate, for me before 
I voted. F told him that I had given out publicly that I wouldn’t vote 
for it, and I didn’t expect to, or words to that effect. After the adjourn¬ 
ment sine die of the General Assembly, either the next day, or a day or 
so after, about seven Senators were up in the Clerk of the Senate’s room, 
over the President’s room, in the State House, on the front side. I was 


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among the number, and George F. McIntyre, Senator from Colleton, and 
F. A. Clinton, Senator from Lancaster, were complaining of Leslie not 
coming up to his promise; McIntyre swearing, and saying he would go 
after Leslie and kill him if he didn’t pay him what he had promised him 
on the Validating and Financial Settlement Bills. I think these two 
Bills were considered as one matter, and I got in with this crowd because 
I had supported the Financial Settlement Bill after it had been amended. 
The party agreed that McIntyre should go on to New York to see Leslie 
for the whole party, and L. Wimbush, Senator from Chester, was not 
there, because he was sick at his house, and a part of us, McIntyre and 
myself, and I think Clinton and some one else, who I don’t remember 
now, went around to Wimbush’s house to get his consent to McIntyre’s 
going on to see Leslie about the matter. We saw Wimbush at his house 
and he consented to the arrangement. McIntyre went on, and after his 
return he told me he didn’t get anything out of Leslie. Patterson didn’t 
pay me the $5,000 on the Blue Ridge Scrip Bill, after telling me at his 
house that he would pay me after the scrip was ready. I did not see 
Patterson about that matter again, because after the scrip had been 
issued there was some difficulty in the Courts about it which stopped its 
circulation, and because I didn’t see him any more (except the next 
morning) until the next session. 

S. E. GAILLARD. 


October 18, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Columbia, S. C., July 14, 1877. 

Josephus Woodruff, having been duly sworn, deposes as follows: 

At the time of the passage of the Validating Act in 1872, Mr. Leslie 
informed me that Kimpton had made a certificate of deposit in the Cen¬ 
tral National Bank, of Columbia, in my name for $30,000, which was to 
be drawn as soon as the Act was approved, and asked me to draw it and 
bring it to the Railroad Committee room and give it to him. He said it 
was to be divided between six Senators, namely: Leslie, Owens, Nash, 
Whittemore, H. E. Hayne aud Swails. Kimpton told me the same rela¬ 
tive to the deposit. He was staying at the Columbia Hotel. I drew the 
money and handed it to Leslie in the Railroad Committee room. There 
were Senators present. The door was only ajar when I handed in the 
money to Mr. Leslie. There was a deaf mute present in the room named 
Wm. Dowd. He came out just after the distribution, making most ex¬ 
pressive signs, indicating filling of pockets, &c. That was my first ex¬ 
perience of the high price of Senators in voting for a Bill. At or about 



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the same time, I think a little before, Mr. Leslie told me of another 
deposit at the Carolina National Bank for $20,000, $10,000 of which was 
in my name. It was to be divided between him and Senator Owens. I 
don’t know who deposited it, but I ascertained that the deposit was there. 
I gave Owens a check for $10,000. I think that was for what was known 
as the Financial Agent’s Settlement Bill, but am not certain. From this 
experience, when it was necessary to get our appropriations through, I 
became aware of the absolute necessity for the paying of the same. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


TESTIMONY OF J. II. SAWYER. 

Columbia, August 20, 1877. 

J. H. Sawyer, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

That he is a citizen of Columbia and State of South Carolina; occu¬ 
pation, Cashier of the Central National Bank of Columbia, S. C. He 
has examined the books of said bank, and finds that on the 11th day of 
March, 1872, H. FI. Kimpton drew his check for thirty thousand dollars 
on the bank, in payment of which check the bank issued to J. Woodruff 
certificate of deposit No. 39, which certificate was cashed to the order of 
J. Woodruff on the 13th day of March, 1872. 

J. H. SAWYER, 

Cashier Central National Bank of Columbia. 

Columbia, August 20, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF C. J. IREDELL. 

Rooms of the Joint 
Special Investigating Committee. 

C. J. Iredell being duly sworn, says: 

I am cashier of the Carolina National Bank, of Columbia, S. C. 
Upon examination of a book known as Deposit No. 4, of said bank, I 
find on page 282 depositedjo credit of J. Woodruff $10,000. On page 
297, same book, I find there was drawn out from J. Woodruff’s account, 
on check No. 29, $10,000, March 4, 1872. On page 294, date of March 
4th, 1872, there was deposited to credit of Y. J. P. Owens $10,000. 

C. J. IREDELL. 




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TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM BEVERLY NASH. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., October 12, 1877. 

Hon. William Beverly Nash, being duly sworn, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

My name is William Beverly Nash. I reside at Columbia, South 
Carolina, and I am by occupation a farmer. I have been State Senator 
for the County of Richland since the year 1868. I was in the Senate 
of this State when the Blue Ridge Scrip Act, the Validating Act and 
the Financial Settlement Act passed, in the early part of 1872. Prior 
to the passage of these Bills I had several conversations with Senator C. 
P. Leslie, John J. Patterson, now United States Senator, and H. PI. 
Kimpton, Financial Agent. Patterson said that he had made arrange¬ 
ments with Leslie to take care of the friends; that he didn’t expect me 
to do it for nothing. I was then supporting the measures. Kimpton 
said that these were important measures and for the good of the State 
and of the party; that no party could live without money, and that it 
was sometimes necessary to pay for doing what was right. Kimpton 
said he would guarantee that whatever Leslie promised would be carried 
out. Leslie said that we would be well taken care of. Certain of the 
friends in the Senate met in the cloak room or one of the Senate Com’ 
mittee rooms; Leslie, Whittemore, Owens, Hayne, myself and one or 
two others, I think, were the ones present. Dummy was at the door of 
the room. Leslie informed us that he had sent “Joe” (meaning Jose¬ 
phus Woodruff ) after the money. After awhile Mr. Woodruff came 
in with a package under his arm, which he handed to Leslie, or laid it 
on the table by Leslie, and Leslie took charge of it. It was a large 
square package. Afterwards I saw Leslie in one of these room and he 
handed me a smaller package, about the shape of a brick, which I took 
and carried home, and on examination found that it contained about five 
thousand dollars in money. I will not be positive, but I think that the 
sum of $30,000 was to be distributed among the members of the Senate 
Committee on Finance, and there was some feeling afterwards about 
some rumors that Owens and Whittemore had got more than other Sen¬ 
ators. At the meeting alluded to, when the bundle was produced, I think 
some one was absent who was of the party interested and who was 
expected, but cannot remember which one it was now. I have one of 
the Blue Ridge scrip now for $5,000 which was given me in connection 
with these matters, in addition to the $5,000 testified to above. I was 
supporting these Bills because I thought, after hearing arguments of these 
men, that it was right, and I merely took the money because I thought 
I might as well have it and invest it here as for them to carry it off out 
of the State. W. B. NASH. 


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TESTIMONY OF HON. T. J. MACKEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, August 1, 1877. 

Hon. Thom as J. Mackey, being first duly sworn, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

I am Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State. [Photo¬ 
graphic copy of letter of John J. Patterson, as President of Blue Ridge 
Railroad Company in South Carolina, to Niles G. Parker, State Trea¬ 
surer, dated March 4, 1872, on three sheets headed “ Vice President’s 
office, Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, Columbia, S. C., 

, 1871,” shown to witness.] I was at the residence of Col. 
Patterson on the day this letter was written, on business entirely private, 
and having no relation to the subject of the letter. R. B. Elliott, H. PI. 
Kimpton and J. J. Patterson occupied the room adjoining that in which 
I sat. Patterson requested me, as the other two persons were about to 
retire, to take charge of a sealed envelope which he delivered to me on 
the condition that I should deliver it to H. H. Kimpton on the following 
morning at 10 o’clock. I received’the envelope and contents without 
any knowledge of what it contained. This was late in the afternoon. 
That night I discovered that the envelope had become unsealed. I men¬ 
tioned the fact of the delivery of the letter to me to Governor Scott, 
and we both concluded that it would be well for me to examine the con¬ 
tents of the paper before delivering it. I did so and laid it before Gov¬ 
ernor Scott, and, at my suggestion, a photographic copy was made, 
I taking the paper to Messrs. Wearu & Hix, who, under a contract with 
me, made three copies early the next morning, two of which, with the 
negative, were delivered by me to Governor Scott. Our purpose, de¬ 
clared at the time, in having the photographic copy made was to use it, 
if necessary, on behalf of stockholders of the Blue Ridge Railroad 
Company in legal proceedings to prevent the liquidation of the scrip by 
the State by showing that it was not being applied to the payment of 
the debts of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. Legal proceedings 
were soon after instituted by Governor Scott restraining the County 
Treasurer from receiving the scrip for taxes, and these proceedings re¬ 
sulted in a decision by the Supreme Court declaring the scrip a bill of 
credit and utterly void. I desire to state that this paper, iri my judg¬ 
ment then and now, presented no fact in which the State of South Caro¬ 
lina has any interest whatsoever, relating solely to the disbursement of 
the scrip by the President of the company, who was authorized by law 
to receive and disburse it. I was surprised at Patterson’s delivering the 
paper to me when I saw its contents; and I became acquainted with its 
contents from the fact of its becomiug unsealed. At the date of this 


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letter Mr. Patterson had not developed his subsequent criminal record, 
but was in good standing in the business community. My recollection 
is that I met Kimpton at the State House next morning and delivered 
the paper to him in the presence of Treasurer Parker, when he there¬ 
upon delivered it to Parker himself. This was subsequent to the passage 
of the Act authorizing the issue of the revenue bond scrip. My position 
in regard to the issue of the revenue bond scrip had been one of steady 
hostility. I wrote the legal argument in the Message of Governor Scott 
vetoing the Bill, and the position that I took in that argument was 
identical with that afterwards embodied in the decision of the Supreme 
Court. This was prior to my becoming Circuit Judge. I was elected in 
February, 1872, aud was installed on the 26th of August, 1872. During 
the passage of the Revenue Bond Scrip Bill, or immediately after its 
passage, I was passing near the Speaker’s room when my attention was 
attracted by loud and violent language in the Speaker’s room. I entered 
with several others and saw Kimpton confronting J. J. Patterson, who 
had a small pistol in his hand and was denouncing Kimpton, calling 
him “scoundrel,” &c. Patterson was then taken out of the room by 
his friends, among whom I recollect General Worthington. I do not 
recollect the others who were present, except R. B. Elliott. I was not 
informed of the cause of the quarrel. It appeared, however, to relate 
to some money demand that Patterson had made on Kimpton. I had 
no knowledge of the object of the conference. A few days after this quar¬ 
rel between Kimpton, Elliott and Patterson, when Kimpton and Pat¬ 
terson had suddenly become friendly again, the letter in question 
was signed as hereinbefore stated. When I arrived at Patterson’s house 
I found the three persons named (Kimpton, Elliott and Patterson) in 
conference, and they all of them remained in conference for about a half 
hour after my arrival; but I did not hear what transpired between 
them, not being in the room. 

I exhibited the photographic copy of the letter retained by myself to 
General M. C. Butler in December of last year, and also informed Gov¬ 
ernor Hampton and Colonel A. C. Haskell that I had it in my posses¬ 
sion. I have it still in my possession. The copy in my possession was 
never exhibited to any other person, except to Governor D. H. Cham¬ 
berlain, in the early part of 1875; and it has never passed out of my 
possession. Had I considered this paper alone, without any other evi¬ 
dence to explain its object, sufficient to support a criminal prosecution 
I should have had criminal proceedings instituted against Patterson. 

R. B. Elliott was known to me as an active advocate of the Revenue 
Bond Scrip Bill in all its stages. F. J. Moses, Jr., Speaker of the House 
at the time, was also. These facts are fixed in my memory by my 
having written two Messages for Governor Scott vetoing the Bill. And 


in the first Message, which was not used, Moses and Elliott were charged 
by name with a corrupt use of their influence in the premises. I can 
state positively that R. B. Elliott was present and assisted at the con¬ 
ference which resulted in this letter, for the door between the rooms was 
open occasionally and I at such times saw him, and I could distinguish 
his voice as taking part in the conversation now and then for as long a 
time as half an hour. I could not distinguish the subject of the con¬ 
versation. 

T. J. MACKEY. 

August 1 , 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF R. B. ELLIOTT. 


Columbia, S. C., July 24th, 1877. 

R. B. Elliott, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

Am a resident of the city of Columbia, in this State, and am a lawyer. 
I have a recollection of having witnessed a paper of some kind at Sen¬ 
ator Patterson’s house, but do not remember what the paper was. I had 
no knowledge of the substance of the paper. Afterwards heard from 
Judge T. J. Mackey that the paper had been photographed. [The photo¬ 
graph copy.of the paper presented to witness, and his handwriting as the 
witness thereto recognized and acknowledged.] It would seem to witness 
that the contents and the signature of the party first signing the paper 
are in the same handwriting, and it would seem to witness to be in the 
handwriting of John J. Patterson. The paper was signed on Sunday. 
Ivirapton, T. J. Mackey and Worthington were there, and I think 
Niles G. Parker also was there. The paper was delivered to T. J. 
Mackey, and Mackey informed me on the next day that he had had the 
paper photographed. This transaction was in the Spring of 1872. 

ROBERT B. ELLIOTT. 


July 24th, 1877. 


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TESTIMONY - OF W. P. HIX. 

W. P. Hix, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I am a resident of the city of Columbia, iu this State, and am an 
artist. Have frequently taken photograph copies of written instruments. 
Judge T. J. Mackey brought a letter to me and requested me to take 
two photograph copies of it, and bound me not to read it, and stipulated 
that I should destroy the negative in his presence. The negative was 
destroyed. I recognize the paper handed me by the Committee, signed 




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by John J. Patterson and witnessed by R. R. Elliott, dated March 4th, 
1872, as a copy taken by myself of the paper brought to me by Judge 
Mackey. The copy was taken March 4, 1872. 

W. P. HIX. 

July, 31st, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, October 18, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and sa>s: 

Sometime during the year 1871 I became very much in need of twenty- 
five hundred dollars, and, after many ineffectual efforts to borrow it else¬ 
where, I asked the loan of it from John J. Patterson. I had no security 
to give him, and he said that he would lend me the money on condition 
that I would give him a paper binding myself to deliver to him, at the 
next ensuing session of the House of Representatives, pay certificates, 
properly sigued and attested, to the amount of SI2,500 or $15,000, I do 
not remember which. I agreed to do so, and I signed the paper, which 
was drawn up in the bank of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com¬ 
pany by F. S. Jacobs, then teller of the said bank. On his demand 
I signed the paper as “Speaker.” Some time after that, while Patterson 
was threatening me with his possession of this paper, I heard that he 
had it photographed or lithographed. When the time came for me to 
issue the certificates, as provided for in the said paper, I refused to do so 
and kept putting Patterson off until the session of the General Assembly 
had closed, which left him very angry with me, and threatening that he 
would use the paper against me. Some time thereafter, during my term 
as Governor, in 1873 I think, while the Supreme Court were deliberating 
on the case in which was involved the validity or constitutionality of the 
Blue Ridge scrip, Patterson proposed to me, I think, in the presence of 
Gen. William Gurney and Judge T. J. Mackey, that he would deposit for 
me in the hands of General William Gurney, as my trusted friend, fifty 
thousand dollars in scrip and twenty-five thousand dollars in money, to 
be delivered to me if I would agree to use my influence with the Supreme 
Court to secure from them a decree in favor of the scrip—said scrip and 
money to be held by Gurney until said decree had been rendered, and 
then to be delivered to me. I accepted the proposition to use my influ¬ 
ence with the Court in that direction, making it as a condition prece¬ 
dent, however, that he (Patterson) should return to me the paper I have 
described in the first part of this statement, binding me to deliver to 
him the pay certificates. He promptly refused to do so, but after one or 





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two days he reconsidered his refusal, and he sent me the paper by the 
hands of Judge Mackey, who delivered it to me safely. I thereupon 
withdrew my acceptance of his proposition in connection with the 
Supreme Court and refused to have anything to do with it. I do not 
remember now how I arranged with him the $2,500 transaction. 

F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. T. J. MACKEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

August 1, 1877. 

Hon. Thomas J. Mackey, being further examined, deposes on oath as 
follows: 

While F. J. Moses, Jr., was Governor he steadily opposed any scheme 
to redeem the revenue bond scrip, either by funding or otherwise. I re¬ 
member that he stated to me that Patterson was threatening him with a 
suit on notes to a large amount which he (Patterson) held against him 
(Moses); but I delivered no paper from Patterson to Mcses, nor was 
I present at the delivery of any such paper. I was sustaining Governor 
Moses in his opposition to the scheme for funding the scrip. I acted as 
Solicitor for the House of Representatives before I became Judge, and 
performed the duty, being at my place every day as such. I never saw 
Mr. Moroso (John Moroso) nor General H. G. Worthington discharging 
any such duty. I w T as appointed by Attorney General Chamberlain in 
1871. I never saw Mr. M. Hirsch acting asSolicitor. I desire to make 
this further statement: I have never drawn a dollar from the Treasury 
that I did not earn by honorable public service actually rendered to the 
State, and I challenge investigation. 

T. J. MACKEY. 

August 1, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES AND JOSEPHUS WOODRUFF. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says as 
follows: 

During one of the sessions of the General Assembly while I was Gov¬ 
ernor, at which session a Bill was passed repealing the Act which pro¬ 
vided for the issue of the Blue Ridge scrip, John J. Patterson came to 
me and begged that I would veto the Bill. I told him that I would not 




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agree to do so, and that I would certainly sign the Bill if it reached rue. 
H. J. Maxwell, of the Senate, was then Chairman of the Senate Com¬ 
mittee on Engrossed Acts, and it was his duty to deliver the Bill to my 
Private Secretary, as it (the Bill) had originated in the Senate. Patter¬ 
son told me that it was a matter of so much consequence to him that he 
would see Maxwell and promise to give him $1,000 if he (Maxwell) 
would agree that the Bill should not reach me, and asked me to see 
Maxwell and persuade him to agree to it. I saw Maxwell and told him 
I believed Patterson would keep his promise, and Maxwell agreed to do 
as was asked, and the Bill did not reach me. Whether Patterson has 
ever paid Maxwell the $1,000 he promised, I do not know. I do know 
that, up to a certain time, it was not paid, as Maxwell talked with me of 
it several times and seemed to think that I ought to pay it as I had 
guaranteed Patterson’s promise. 

F. J. MOSES. 

Josephus Woodruff, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

That he was Clerk of the Senate at the session of 1872-73, when an 
Act to repeal an Act requiring the Comptroller General to levy an 
annual tax for the redemption of the revenue scrip (commonly known 
as Blue Ridge scrip) was passed and ratified. The Act was presented 
to Senator H. J. Maxwell, Chairman of Committee on Enrolled Bills, 
for presentation to the Governor. The Governor requested me to with¬ 
hold it, as a number of our mutual friends were deeply interested. 
I informed him that I had already placed the Act in the hands of Sen¬ 
ator Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell called on the Governor, and subsequently 
told me he had agreed that the Act should be lost. On the first day of 
the next session a copy of the Act was made, ratified, presented to the 
Governor and approved. 

J. WOODRUFF. 


EXTRACT FROM WOODRUFF’S DIARY. 

34— 1 . Friday, February 28, 1873. 

The Governor sent for me and asked me not to let it appear on the 
Journal that the Act to repeal the Blue Ridge scrip was presented to 
him. Told him that could not be avoided if it was included in the re¬ 
port of the Chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills. It was not 
in the report. 




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TESTIMONY OF W. B. NASH. 

Evidence continued to the 13th October, 1877: 

When the Funding Bill was up for discussion, and it was proposed to 
provide for the Blue Ridge scrip in the Bill by way of amendment, at a 
caucus of the colored Senators it was proposed, by way of compromise, 
to give tho Blue Ridge scrip the same footing of fifty cents on the dol¬ 
lar in funding as was given to the State bonds, but Whittemore was 
unwilling to accept the compromise and wanted it to be funded dollar for 
dollar. Patterson stated to me in conversation, about this time, that he 
was not personally interested in the scrip, as he had disposed of his scrip, 
but that he w r as authorized by the holders of the scrip to offer me 
$10,000 in money and $15,000 in scrip if I would support the funding of 
the scrip dollar for dollar. I refused the offer and fought the scrip. 
Whittemore afterwards was willing to take the fifty cents on the dollar 
after his amendment was defeated, but we wouldn’t agree to it then and 
voted down the Jervey amendment, which would have passed at first if 
Whittemore hadn’t refused to be satisfied with it. 

W. B. NASH. 

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KU KLUX REWARDS. 


PHOSPHATE ACT. 


MILITIA AND PURCHASE OF ARMS. 


CONSTABULARY AND ARMED FORCE. 


GOVERNOR’S CONTINGENT FUNDS. 


Treasurer’s I>ne Bills 


TRANSIENT SICK AND POOR. 


ELECTION OF T. C. DUNN, Comptroller General, 


LOAN TO F. J. MOSES. 


Bribery by D. H. Chamberlain in the Whaley 
Case before the Supreme Court. 


FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. 



























































































































































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To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives 

of the State of South Carolina: 

The reports heretofore submitted under their appropriate heads have 
occupied so large a space that your Committee feel constrained to con¬ 
dense many miscellaneous frauds and improper acts by a brief reference 
to the acts themselves with accompanying evidence. 

4 

KU KLUX REWARDS. 

From the accompanying testimony it will appear that Governor R. K. 
Scott, on the 28th of July, 1871, issued a proclamation offering a reward 
of two hundred dollars for each person arrested, with proof to convict of 
the charge, under the enforcement Act, commonly known as the Ku 
Klux Act. 

Afterwards one Hester made application to him demanding eighteen 
thousand six hundred dollars, the amount which would have been paya¬ 
ble for the arrest and conviction of ninety-three persons under said 
proclamation. This application, Governor Scott says, was endorsed by 
Judge Bryan of the United States District Court for South Carolina, 
D. T. Corbin, District Attorney, and W. E. Earle, Deputy District 
Attorney, and approved by Major Lewis Merrill and other officers. 
Governor Scott at first declined to pay, on the ground that there was no 
appropriation for such purpose. Hester on the next day returned with 
a recommendation from D. H. Chamberlain, then Attorney General of 
this State, to pay the said claim from the “Armed Force Fund.” Upon 
this official recommendation of the highest law officer of the State, Gov¬ 
ernor Scott issued to Hester three warrants, of $3,000 each, on said fund. 
He furnished the Commission subsequently raised for the disbursement 
of the fund provided for this purpose with the particulars of this claim, 
but does not know whether the same was discounted from the fund or 
not, as he has not been able to regain the papers. 

During the session of 1872-73 an Act was passed appropriating the 
sum of $35,000 for payment of claims under the proclamation of Gov¬ 
ernor Scott, as referred to above. It is charged in the testimony of 
F. J. Moses that this Act was procured to be passed through the influ¬ 
ence of D. H. Chamberlain and Judge T. J. Mackey, and that the whole 
amount was to be paid to Major Lewis Merrill, U. S. A. He states that, 




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under the Act, he, as Governor, was to have the distribution of the fund, 
and declared his intention to be very careful about it. D. H. Chamber- 
lain, however, prevailed upon him to appoint a Commission for said pur¬ 
pose; whereupon he appointed D. H. Chamberlain, C. D. Melton, J. D, 
Pope, R. B. Elliott and James A. Dunbar as said Commission for the 
distribution of the $35,000, and on their award warrants were drawn on 
the Treasury as follows: 


Major Lewis Merrill, U. S. A.$15,750 00 

T. M. Wilkes, United States Commissioner. 7,000 00 

F. B. Lloyd (brother-in-law of T. J. Mackey). 5,000 00 

H. H. D. Byron, United States Commissioner and Private 

Secretary of the Governor. 1,200 00 

W. H. Brown, U. S. A. 200 00 

James Canton, U. S. Marshal. 1,200 00 


F. J. Moses, in his testimony, declares that he received $3,000 on a 
warrant drawn in favor of F. B. Lloyd. The remaining $2,000 of 
Lloyd’s was discounted and paid to T. J. Mackey. C. H. Baldwin, 
County Treasurer of Richland County, collected the two warrants made 
payable to F. B. Lloyd, as charged by F. J. Moses. 

With this brief reference, it will be doing no injustice to the parties 
implicated that the Committee should incorporate in this report the 
testimony in full on this subject, leaving a proper and just discrimina¬ 
tion of the guilt or inuocence of the parties to your honorable bodies. 
But your Committee feel bound to call particular attention to the con¬ 
duct of D. H. Chamberlain in regard to this matter: 

1. Whilst he was Attorney General of the State recommending 
officially to Governor R. K. Scott the payment of this large claim of 
$18,600 to Hester, based upon his assumed arrest of ninety-three per¬ 
sons under the proclamation, the payment to be made from the Armed 
Force fund, which he well knew was contrary to law. 

2. Afterwards, as a lobby agent, using his influence to have the ap¬ 
propriation of $35,000 passed. As the attorney in fact of Major Lewis 
Merrill, persuading Governor F. J. Moses to appoint a Commission to do 
what the Act required the Governor to do himself; procuring himself 
to be appointed on the Commission for the distribution of said fund; 
and, whilst so deeply interested, presiding, hearing and joining in the 
decision of this matter; and, after the awards were made, collecting and 
receiving the amount of Merrill’s warrants, endorsing them “D. H. 
Chamberlain, attorney in fact for Lewis Merrill,” and with his asso¬ 
ciates appropriating $500 each for their services out of the money appro¬ 
priated to pay rewards offered under the proclamation of Governor Scott. 








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The conflict of interests represented by him is plain enough. How he 
was able to do exact and impartial justice to his client and the State is 
not so clear. The bald fact, however, stands out that his client, Major 
Lewis Merrill. U. S. A., was, in a pecuniary sense, well taken care of. 

It is to be hoped that this Commission carefully investigated the 
several claims for rewards under the proclamation and protected the 
State. Yet your Committee, in an earnest effort to obtain all the facts 
attending this large appropriation, have been furnished by James E. 
Hagood, Clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the District of South 
Carolina, with a certificate, under seal, that the records of said Court 
show only one hundred and nine persons convicted and pleading guilty 
under the Ku Klux indictments. If this is true, then $21,800, at $200 
each, would have been sufficient to pay all. Nevertheless, the whole 
835,000 was drawn from the Treasury ! 

T. M. Wilkes, United States Commissioner, states that he only ex¬ 
pected to receive his usual fees for his services, and did receive such 
payment from the United States government, but was induced, however, 
to present his little bill, and was awarded $7,000. The warrant issued 
to him contained the names of the persons arrested, &c., thus verifying 
his claim. Of the warrants issued to Major Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., 
some contained the names and others did not. This was certainly well 
calculated to excite suspicion—as leaving a wide door open for fraud. 

The Committee, in justice to the government of the United States and 
that high reputation for honor and noble bearing which should always 
characterize the officers of the United States army, cannot withhold the 
facts attending the conduct of Major Lewis Merrill in this transaction. 

The testimony shows that he made himself unusually active and offi¬ 
cious in procuring the appropriation of $35,000. After its passage he 
brought the Act to the attention of certain civil officers of the United 
States government, who were expecting only their usual fees, and induced 
such to put in their claims. He enlisted the Private Secretary of the 
Governor in his interests, and was rewarded himself with the lion’s share, 
a result not to be surprised at when he had D. H. Chamberlain, one of 
the Commission, in his employ. During all the arduous labor Major 
Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., was in the receipt of his usual pay and commu¬ 
tation as an officer of the United States army. 

The annexed order found in the State Treasurer’s office, and receipted 
for by Major Merrill, shows that he received five hundred dollars in ad¬ 
dition to the $15,750 awarded him by the Commission. From the fact 
of the warrant being made payable to the order of Colonel Lewis Mer¬ 
rill, and the other fact of its being endorsed “ Lewis Merrill, Brevet Col. 
U. S. A.,” your Committee are led to believe that this amount must have 
been drawn for the purpose of reimbursing the government for moneys 


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advanced in this national hunt for Ku Klux through and by United 
States army officers. Nevertheless no evidence of the manner of its dis¬ 
bursement could be obtained. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAEOLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, January 6, 1871. 
Hon. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer: 

Sir —Pay to the order of Colonel Lewis Merrill the sum of five hun¬ 
dred dollars, and charge the same to the appropriation for armed force. 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 

$500. 

[Endorsed Lewis Merrill, Bvt. Col. U. S. A. Also the following 
Treasury memoranda: 1061; Lewis Merrill; January 6, 1872.] 

In these halcyon days of general amnesty such conduct may be con¬ 
doned, but the facts, nevertheless, should not be forgotten. In the 
hunt after the Ku Klux, and this era of appropriating the funds of the 
people of the State for such purpose, our State authorities were not idle. 
See letter of Governor R. K. Scott employing the Hon. H. G. Worth¬ 
ington as assistant counsel at the moderate pay of $3,500 per annum. 


TESTIMONY OF R. K. SCOTT. 

Further examination of Governor R. K. Scott, held July 9th, 1877. 

After having been duly sworn, says: 

I recollect the proclamation that I issued about the time of the Ku 
Klux troubles during the Summer prior to the election in 1870; it might 
have been later than that; it was in the Summer of 1871. I recollect 
that there was a reward of $200 offered, by that proclamation, to each 
case in which there was a conviction. Two hundred dollars were offered 
to any person who would arrest any of the parties charged, and deliver 
to jail, with proof to convict of the offense with which they were charged. 
After the conviction by the United States Court, a man by the name of 
Hester, who was a government revenue agent or inspector, brought to 
me a list of names, claiming to have caused their arrest, and that he had 
produced evidence to convict, and claimed $18,600 under said proclama¬ 
tion. The application for the rewards was endorsed by Judge Bryan, 
D. T. Corbin, District Attorney, W. E. Earle, Assistant District Attorney, 
and approved by Lewis Merrill and other officers and persons in York 
County. The Judge and all the officers of the Court before whom and by 
which theKu Klux were convicted approved the application. I declined 



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to pay the amount, on account of the fact that no money had been appropri¬ 
ated for that purpose. Hester, on the next day, returned to me with the 
paper, with a recommendation from the Attorney General, D. H. Cham¬ 
berlain, that the amount be paid by warrants on the armed force fund. Hes¬ 
ter had called on my Private Secretary and had him to make out warrants 
on the armed force fund in such sums as he desired them. The warrants 
that he had were six in number, for about S3,000 each. I only signed 
three of the warrants, amounting to just $9,000. This was some time 
after the trial aud conviction of the Ku Klux in the United States 
Court, some time during the year 1872. The demaud was made upon a 
list of names presented by Hester, and must have embraced ninety-three 
names, as the proclamation allowed two hundred dollars to each case. 
The names of the parties were embraced in the application, and I am cer¬ 
tain that $18,609 was demanded. I reflected upon the subject, and doubted 
whether I could issue warrants upon that fund, and was of opinion that 
I would have to wait until the Legislature could act, and have only 
issued warrants for $9,0.00. Those warrants were issued to Hester, and 
there were only three. I do not know that I can recall the names of the 
parties who were embraced in that list. I think that Avery and Bratton 
were embraced in the list. I think the list comprehended the names of 
all the parties who were tried and convicted. At the time the General 
Assembly passed a Bill appropriating the sum of $35,000 to pay Merrill 
and others in connection with the Ku Klux cases, I took the position 
that I had paid out of the armed force fund a certain sum for at least some 
of the purposes intended to be met by the said appropriation, and I for. 
warded the list of names and the opinion of the Attorney General to the 
Commission appointed to distribute the fund, with a statement that the 
three warrants for $3,000 each should be paid out of the appropriation, 
and have never been able to regain possession of either of said docu¬ 
ments. It does not come within my knowledge that Hester had any 
agent or attorney here in reference to the matter. What Hester said to 
me was said direct from himself. Those three warrants were never 
paid by the State. Hester sold them to A. L. Solomon, the Auditor of 
Richland County, at fifty cents on the dollar. I notified the Commis¬ 
sioner that the Hester warrants had never been paid. Don’t know 
whether the Commissioner made any allowance to Hester out of the 
$35,000. Have no means of knowing. 

R. K. SCOTT. 


Columbia, S. C., July 9th, 1877. 


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TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Personally came F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

The passage of the Bill making an appropriation to pay the rewards 
offered for the apprehension and conviction of the members of the Ku 
Klux Kian was secured by D. H. Chamberlain and T. J. Mackey, who 
were in the interest of Major Lewis Merrill. After the passage of the 
Bill, Chamberlain came to me and requested that the entire amount 
should be awarded to Merrill and that I would receive a certain sum if 
I would do so. I replied that, under the provisions of the Act, the distri¬ 
bution of the fund was placed in my hands exclusively, and that in that 
matter I intended to be very careful, and would not accede to his propo¬ 
sition. Then Mackey came to me and made the same request and propo¬ 
sition, and to him I gave the same reply as I had given to Chamberlain. 
Chamberlain then came again and suggested that I should appoint a 
Commission, who should recommend the distribution of the fund, and 
that if I would appoint him on the Commission he would induce them to 
award the whole amount to Merrill, and that he would see that I should 
be paid a certain proportion. I did as he asked, but he only succeeded 
in having the Commission award to Merrill about $22,000, I think, war¬ 
rants for which sum were given to Merrill, less the sum paid to Mackey 
and myself. One warrant for $1,000, or two warrants, each for $1,000, 
were issued by me at Judge Mackey’s request and by Merrill’s order to 
F. B. Lloyd, Mackey’s brother-in-law, for Mackey himself, and I gave 
Mackey a note addressed to C. H. Baldwin, then Treasurer of Richland 
County, asking him (as a favor to me) to cash the warrant or warrants 
for Mackey; he did so. There was no consideration given by Mackey 
for the warrant or warrants, save that he lobbied for the Bill and used 
his influence in favor of Merrill. And the warrant that I received (for 
$3,000, I think,) was drawn in Lloyd’s name also, so that my own name 
would not appear. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 


TESTIMONY OF HON. T. J. MACKEY. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 1,1877. 

Hon. Thomas J. Mackey, further examined, deposes on oath and says : 
In reference to the appropriation made by the General Assembly for 
paying rewards for the arrest, with evidence to convict, of persons guilty 



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of the crime of Ivu Kluxiug, I would state that I did not get one dollar 
trom the Treasury of the State of the money appropriated and paid for 
that purpose. My whole connection with the matter was this: 

Mr. F. B. Lloyd, of Chester, who is my brother-in-law, was engaged 
as an agent for one or more parties who claimed rewards for arresting 
Ivu Ivlux under the proclamation of the Governor, and visited Colum¬ 
bia and aided in the passage of the Bill. Major Lewis Merrill, of the 
United States army, was the chief claimant as against those represented 
by Mr. Lloyd. The claims were based upon a proclamation issued by 
Governor Scott in 1870 or 1871, in which he offered to pay a reward of 
$200 for the apprehension, with proof to convict, of any person engaged 
in Ivu Ivluxing. It was distinctly stated in the proclamation that the 
reward would be paid to auy officer of the United States army, or to any 
person, military or civil, who would furnish the desired information. 
The Bill appropriating the sum of $35,000 to pay these rewards received 
a very general support in both houses from members of both political 
parties, it being understood from Major Merrill, as I was informed, that 
he intended to use his influence, which was very potent at Washing¬ 
ton, to prevent further prosecutions or arrests for this cause. The 
report of the Attorney General of the United States, issued shortly 
before the passage of this Bill, and which I now have in my possession, 
showed that there were eighteen hundred indictments pending in South 
Carolina for violations of the enforcement Act, commonly called the 
Ku Klux Act. No one questioned the fact that the State was bound 
to pay the rewards which the Governor, pursuant to the authority vested 
in him, had offered. Eighty odd of the persons in whose cases rewards 
were claimed had confessed their guilt in open Court. Mr. Lloyd was 
obliged to leave Columbia the day on which the Bill was passed, and 
informed me that Major Merrill was to assign to him (Lloyd) five 
thousand dollars of the amount awarded him, (Merrill,) and requested 
me to see Major Merrill when the award was made, or before, and 
obtain a written assignment, which I did, and delivered it subsequently 
to Mr. Lloyd. There were two orders delivered to me, drawn payable to 
F. B. Lloyd, one for $3,000 and the other for $2,000. He (Lloyd) 
had requested me to obtain the order in that form, and to have the one 
for $2,000 discounted at some bank, as it was well known that there was 
no money in the Treasury to meet the appropriation. Mr. Lloyd arrived 
in Columbia on the day the orders were paid, or the day after, having 
been absent but a few hours, not more than a day, and endorsed the two 
orders. The one for $2,000 I had cashed at a discount of 10 per cent., 
and delivered the proceeds to him, he paying me the sum of $300 for his 
board, as he resided with me. I gave him the order for $3,000, and do 
not know what disposition he made of it. A reference to the Journals of 


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the General Assembly will show that no man challenged the claim for 
the rewards stated as in anywise illegal or improper. I do not know 
whether the State has ever paid any of these rewards. I do know, how¬ 
ever, that when the orders on the appropriation were issued to Major 
Merrill, they were absolutely his property, and not that of the State, 
and the State had no interest in the premises. This matter of 
paying the rewards offered by Governor Scott was fully discussed 
by Committees in both branches of the General Assembly, and 
numerous witnesses w 7 ere cited and appeared, ex-Attorney General 
Chamberlain appearing as attorney for Major Merrill. The only 
part I bore in reference to the passage of the Bill was to express 
the opinion that the proclamation of the Governor bound the State if 
the required services were rendered by the claimants.. There were two 
proclamations, one offering a reward of $500 in each case, and a later 
proclamation offering a reward of only $200. I insisted that the reward 
could be claimed on the part of Major Merrill only under the second 
proclamation, and that was the proclamation referred to in the appro¬ 
priation to pay the rewards. I discounted the $2,000 claim to Mr. C. H. 
Baldwin, who was well known as engaged in purchasing claims upon the 
State. I do not know the consideration of the assignment made by 
Merrill to Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd stated to me that it was for aiding in the 
passage of the Bill, and I think he said to prevent opposition on the part 
of some other claimants. As to this point my memory is not clear, as I 
have not conversed since with Mr. Lloyd as to the special consideration 
that he gave for the orders. 

T. J. MACKEY. 

August 1, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF HENRY H. D. BYRON. 

Greenville, S. C., July 27, 1878. 

Henry H. D. Byron, being duly sworn, says: 

He resides in Greenville, South Carolina, and is by occupation a 
Special Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, and also holds the office 
of United States Commissioner for the South Carolina district; that 
during the year 1872 he held the office of United States Commissioner 
and resided in Union County, S. C., and at said time and place examined 
the cases of several persons charged with conspiracy, &c., under what 
was commonly known as the Ku Ivlux Act. For the services rendered 
as Commissioner I was paid by the United States the fees allowed by 
law, and I expected no payment from the State of South Carolina. Sub¬ 
sequently, and while I was Private Secretary of Governor Moses, I 



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learned from Major Merrill that a claim would be brought before the 
Legislature for the payment of the rewards offered by Governor Scott for 
the conviction of Ku Klux, and was advised by him to submit claims 
for the conviction of six persons whose cases had been sent to Court by 
me from Union County. 

This claim, amounting to twelve hundred dollars, was sent before the 
Commission which had been appointed, and was allowed me. 

(Signed) H. H. D. BYRON. 


TESTIMONY OF T. M. WILKES. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, July 24, 1878. 

T. M. Wilkes, Esq., sworn, says: 

In answer to your first inquiry, let me say that I acted as a Commis¬ 
sioner for the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, enforcing 
the statutes of the United States, denouncing such crimes as it was 
alleged those who were brought before me, under warrants duly issued, 
had committed, or in bailing or committing those for trial who came be¬ 
fore me voluntarily confessing the violation of those statutes. My com¬ 
mission as United States Commissioner bears date the 10th day of June, 

1870. I made application for the office on the third day of June, 1870, 
and my appointment was “cheerfully recommended” by the gentlemen 
who then composed the Walhalla bar, Judge Orr and others. At that 
time I had just located at Walhalla with the view to practice my profes¬ 
sion, and had not the slightest knowledge or suspicion of the existence 
of the Ku Klux order. My official duties rendered it necessary for me 
to attend the August Term, 1871, of the United States District Court 
sitting at Greenville, South Carolina. During the progress of the term 
I was called upon to investigate some alleged violations of the internal 
revenue laws, and went to the upper portion of Greenville County for 
this purpose. I very soon disposed of the business left unfinished by a 
Commissioner who had preceded me there, and came back to Greenville. 

If I am right in my recollection, there were some cases tried at this 
(August, 1871,) term of Court called “ Ku Klux” cases, but the char¬ 
acter of the men accused, and the evidence adduced to support the 
charges did not aw T aken a belief in the existence of such an order. Just 
before or about the close of the term, however, an affidavit was presented 
to me purporting to be signed by one Asberry Peck, who claimed to be 
a citizen of Spartanburg County, S. C., dated the 14th day of September, 

1871, alleging the existence of the Ku Klux order, declaring its objects, 
and in it he confessed his acts as a Ku Klux and gave the names of the 
members of the klan to which he belonged. 



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The officers of the Court took this statement of Peck’s under advise¬ 
ment, and it was decided that I should go to Spartanburg, accompanied 
by the AssistantUnited States Attorney, the United States Marshal, with 
one or two of his deputies, and Peck, and should proceed to investigate 
the matter. As to the details of what did occur, I would gladly tell you 
as far as I can recollect, or papers in my possession will show; but I take 
it this is beyond the scope of your inquiry. The country has been gener¬ 
ally informed through the medium of the press and the Courts of the 
result. I have testimonials from citizens of the highest character who, 
as attorneys and spectators, attended my examinations, assuring me of 
the fair, patient and impartial manner in which cases were conducted by 
me. See if the letters I have with me do not bear me out in this state¬ 
ment. At this time I scarcely knew any of the officers of the State 
government, and had no official or social relations with them. Indeed, 
except the United States officials I had met at Court, and the military 
officers stationed at Spartanburg, I knew none of them, and I can never 
forget the anxiety my position occasioned me. I was simply bent upon 
performing my sworn duty, as I interpreted the law, with fairness to the 
citizen and with fidelity to the government. I had no other object in 
view. If I had ever seen the proclamation of Governor Scott, of date 
28th July, 1871, offering a reward of two hundred dollars each for the 
apprehension and conviction of Ku Klux, I do not remember it; cer¬ 
tainly I was not actuated by any motive in the performance of my official 
duties save that which should characterize a faithful officer. And now 
as to your question as to amount of money I received from the State for 
this service, I have to answer that I received Comptroller’s warrants for 
seven thousand dollars, which were disposed of at a price less than their 
face value. I wish to explain how and why I submitted the papers I 
did upon which this allowance was made. The General Assembly of 
South Carolina, on the 26th day of February, 1873, passed an Act ap¬ 
propriating thirty-five thousand dollars for the payment of claims arising 
under the proclamation of Governor Scott before referred to. I was 
advised that under the proclamation and the provisions of the Act 
making this appropriation I ought to submit a statement of my work to 
the Commission appointed by the Governor to examine and report upon 
the legal sufficiency of claims arising under the proclamation. The 
Commission appointed by the Governor consisted of the following named 
gentlemen, to wit: Major C. D. Melton, Colonel J. D. Pope, Hon. R. B. 
Elliott, Hon. D. H. Chamberlain and James A. Dunbar, Esq., three of 
whom certainly ranked as the ablest lawyers at the Columbia bar. I 
determined that I would only submit to the Commission thirty-five vol¬ 
untary confessions made before me at Spartanburg. These confessions 
were duly subscribed and transmitted to the Court. Upon them indict- 


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merits were found, and the parties themselves afterwards, in open Court, 
made confessions, which are to be found in the published proceedings of 
the November Term, 1871, of the United States Circuit Court. I refer 
you to pages 770 to 787 inclusive of the “Ku Klux Trials.” In their 
report the Committee say: “The Committee further report, after a very 
patient and careful consideration of the claims of the several claimants, 
that they have made the awards as follows: 


******** 

To T. M. Wilkes— 

Convictions, 35, at $200.$7,000 00” 


And this report is signed by every member of the Commission. I 
have no present recollection, but I have no doubt that I was paid by the 
United States government the usual fees for the warrants issued and the 
hearings I had in the cases in question, and I expected no more than 
those fees at the time the service was performed. If I am right in my 
recollection, Major Merrill was the first person who called my attention 
to the proclamation of Governor Scott and informed me of the provi¬ 
sions of the Bill before the General Assembly, which afterwards became 
a law. 

T. M, WILKES, 


[Copy.] 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, September 22, 1871. 
Hon. H. G. Worthington, Columbia , S. C. 

Sir —I am directed by His Excellency Governor Robert K. Scott to 
notify you that you have been retained as special counsel on the part of 
the State to prepare aud aid in the prosecution of all cases under the 
enforcement and Ku Klux laws of Congress, and your compensation for 
such services will be at the rate of thirty-five hundred ($3,500) dollars 
per annum, for which you are authorized to draw monthly. I am also 
directed to impress you with the necessity of using your energy and pru¬ 
dence in the premises. 

Very respectfully. 


JOHN HEART, 

Private Secretary. 




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PHOSPHATES. 

It is a melancholy reflection that the great gift to the poor and im¬ 
poverished people of this State which nature had reserved in her treasury 
house until the most fitting time for its discovery and use (those remark¬ 
able phosphate beds) should so soon have become the subject of miserable 
bribery, traffic and corruption among greedy whites and reckless, ignorant 
legislators; a source of wealth peculiarly belonging to the farming in¬ 
terests of the State, which should have been most carefully guarded by 
the Legislature, aud drawn upon only as the necessities of the people 
required, and never permitted to fall into the power and possession of 
favored companies and monopolies. But even this, as novel as the dis¬ 
covery and value of the phosphate beds then were, could not escape the 
maws of the ravenous laud sharks then prowling around the General 
Assembly. The evidence appended exhibits Chamberlain again as an 
efficient bribegiver and lobbyist, even drawing on his private bank 
account for $270,ably seconded by Mr. Timothy Hurley, who seemed to be 
the general treasurer of the bribery fund. The title of the Act which 
required this large outlay was an “Act to grant to certain persons therein 
named, aud their associates, the right to dig and mine in the beds of the 
navigable streams and waters of South Carolina for phosphate rocks and 
phosphatic deposits.” The names of the corporators are as follows: 
George W. Williams, Charles C. Coe, James H. Taylor, Joseph R. Rob¬ 
ertson, Edwin Platt, W. L. Bradley, James Bridge, Jr., and William 
Birnie. They are certainly well known to the people of the State. 
Governor R. K. Scott vetoed the Bill on the 1st day of March, 1870, 
but it was passed over the veto by a large vote—a result not surprising 
when it is known that Hurley was furnished money to secure it. 


TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL J. LEE. 

Rooms Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C. 

Samuel J. Lee, being duly sworn, says: 

I reside at Aiken, S. C., and am a lawyer by profession. I was a 
member of the General Assembly from 1868 to 1874. In the Spring of 
1870, while the phosphate Bill was before the Legislature—the one known 
as the George W. Williams & Company’s Bill—Timothy Hurley was 
the lobbyist in its support. I soon found out that money was used in its 
passage, and I was soon approached by Hurley. I agreed with him to 
sustain the Bill for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. The 
money was not paid to me at the time, but was to be paid after the Bill 



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passed. After the Bill had passed in both houses and had been duly 
ratified in the Senate, it was sent to the Governor and was vetoed by him. 
The purpose was then to pass it over the Governor’s veto. I determined 
to sustain the Governor’s veto, and avowed revenge against Hurley for 
his bad faith toward me. Hurley heard of this and again came to me, 
but I declined to see him. Mr. D. H. Chamberlain, at that time Attorney 
General of the State, heard of my dissatisfaction and sent for me. I went 
to him and he inquired the cause of my opposition to the Bill, and I in¬ 
formed him of Mr. Hurley’s bad faith and expressed my determination 
to have revenge. Mr. Chamberlain said that if I had confidence in him 
that the matter could be arranged, and offered me two hundred and fifty 
or seventy-five dollars to support the passage of the Bill over the Gov¬ 
ernor’s veto. I accepted the proposition and voted for the Bill, and it 
passed, the veto notwithstanding. The next day Mr. Chamberlain gave 
me a check on the Carolina National Bauk, in Columbia, for two hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars or two hundred and seventy five dollars, and I col¬ 
lected the money on the check. This was at the end of the session in 
1870. 

SAMUEL J. LEE. 

October 3, 1877. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Whilst the phosphate Bill was in progress of passage over the Gov¬ 
ernor’s veto, I received $1,000 for; my services as Speaker. T. Hurley, 
from Charleston, was the lobbyist on that Bill, in whom the colored mem¬ 
bers here had lost confidence. The colored members appointed a Com¬ 
mittee of five of their number to take care of their interests in the 
matter. Hurley put a large sum of money—$20,000 or $25,000—in an 
envelope sealed up in my hands, to be by me delivered to the said Com¬ 
mittee upon the passage of the Bill. I delivered the money to the said 
Committee. Rush, from Darlington, was one of the Committee, and 
P. R. Rivers was another; forget the balance. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 


TESTIMONY OF PRINCE R. RIVERS. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August 13, 1877. 

Prince R. Rivers, Esq., being duly Bworn, deposes on oath as follows: 
My name is Prince R. Rivers, and my occupation is that of a farmer at 
present. I was a member of the House of Representatives fiom 1868 

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until 1874, six years. I held the office of Trial Justice from 1868 till 
about the first day of June, 1877. As to the phosphate Act, (Marine 
and River Phosphate Company,') Tim. Hurley engineered the Bill. Tim. 
Hurley made arrangements with myself and Rush, of Darlington, John 
Mead, Wade Perrin, Harry Daniels, and one or two others, at three 
hundred dollars a vote for such members as voted for the charter. We 
were the Committee of arrangements chosen to confirm the arrangements 
with Hurley. The way it happened was this: Hurley wanted to give 
some members fifty dollars and some one hundred dollars, and so on, and 
the members found it out and had a caucus, and appointed this Commit¬ 
tee. The Committee met him and stated that they were authorized to 
state that if he did not pay them all equally they would not vote for the 
Bill, and that he must also put the amount in an envelope, subject to the 
Committee, where they agreed to make the deposit. Hurley agreed to it, 
and we selected Governor Moses, then Speaker of the House, to hold the 
money, and after Hurley agreed to meet the Committee in the Speaker’s 
room when the House was in session, and we did so, and Hurley brought 
the money, the Committee counted it and sealed it up. After we did 
this we sent for the Speaker, (the House was in session,) and the Speaker 
came and I handed him the envelope, and I asked him to put it in his 
safe until I called for it. No one told him what it was. He opened the 
safe and put it in there, and after the Bill passed that evening I took the 
Committee with me and asked the Speaker for the envelope that I gave 
him; he handed it to me, and the Committee went off and we divided it 
according to the agreement, and each man got his part. Hurley was not 
then a member of the House, but was a lobbyist. There was a ring 
ahead of this. The Committee paid about twenty-five members three 
hundred dollars a piece. The other was of down country members, and 
I turned in with the up country members, and we found that with the 
Democratic vote we could defeat anv measure of the down country Re- 

f m/ 

publicans. They used to control matters, and gave us no showing until 
we found it out, and by our combining together we then had our show¬ 
ing too. We didn’t find out for some time that the down country mem¬ 
bers were using us, and getting paid themselves for their own and our 
votes, and when we found it out we combined against it so as to secure 
our share of pay as well as the others. 


P. R. RIVERS. 


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MILITIA. 

Having heretofore shown that the leaders of the administration party 
in this State had been furnished at the expense of the State with sup¬ 
plies—that “gratification” pay certificates were issued in unlimited 
numbers, covering immense sums of money,—the printing fund divided— 
innumerable bribes paid, each and all for the purpose of “ harmonizing 
the friends,”—it would seem that no other contrivance was necessary for 
preserving the unity and solidity of the party in power. Nevertheless, 
in the course of our investigation, the testimony taken and vouchers from 
the State Treasury office conclusively prove that the enrollment, organi¬ 
zation, inspection and maintenance of the militia was but another excuse 
and pretext intended and used to enrich and secure in power the great 
wire-pullers of the Republican party by taxes wrung from an oppressed 
and helpless people. 

Local agents and politicians were appointed in almost every County in 
the State for the ostensible purpose of mobilizing the militia, but really 
covertly to solidify the Republican party. Just previous to the general 
election in 1870 more than $100,000 was expended, and indeed the simple 
enrollment absorbed over $200,000 of the public funds, thus furnishing 
favorites with an individual campaign fund to be used in securing their 
election to the General Assembly or County offices, and those favored 
persons, in their turn, were expected to and did operate as auxiliaries to 
perpetuate the power of the party and the ring. As, for instance, the 
Rev. William M. Thomas, who was a supporter of the ring, and elected 
to the Legislature, besides his clerical duties, was also employed in a 
military capacity, as the following voucher will show. Under the head 
of Exhibit A your Committee submit a few other vouchers of similar 
import, out of a large number, sufficient, however, with the testimony, to 
demonstrate for what purpose the militia was mobilized aud this large 
sum of money distributed where it could do the most good politically: 

[Form No. 13.] 

Columbia, S. C., November 29th, 1870. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 

To Wm. M. Thomas, Dr. 

To services rendered in organizing and enrolling Company F, 

4th Regiment, N. G. S. S. C.$125 00 


$125 00 

I certify that the above account is correct aud just, and that the 
articles specified were used in the public service. 




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Received of Adjutant General’s Department this 18th day of Janu¬ 
ary, 1872, the full amount of above account. 

(Signed,) WILLIAM M. THOMAS. 


The following endorsements are on the back: 

ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. 2. 

Columbia, S. C., November 29, 1870. 
Thomas, William M., Captain Company F, 4th Regiment, N. G. S. 
S. C, transmits account of self for services rendered in organizing Com¬ 
pany F, 4th Regiment, N. G. S. S. C. 

(Original) $125. 

Received headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General S. C., Co¬ 
lumbia, S. C., , 187 . 

[stamped.] 

Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, January 18, 1872. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr, 
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved: 

R. K. SCOTT. 

Treasurer’s No. 1321. 

W. M. Thomas, $125. 

January 19, 1872. 


Next the State Guards were organized and furnished with officers 
from the local politicians in a large number of Counties—officers 
and privates drawing full pay and rations or subsistence funds. The 
principal and only service rendered, so far as can be seen, was in 
rallying and keeping in hands the party to answer the beck and call of 
the ring. The following voucher will illustrate. Captain E. L. Mann, 
of the State Guards, was stationed at Abbeville Court House with his 
officers and squad. He was a Deputy Constable under John B. Hub¬ 
bard, his chief, imported by Governor R. Iv. Scott from Ohio, and 
assigned to Abbeville. The paper shows the remarkable fact that this 
squad, with the exception of their Captain, was so ignorant and illiterate 



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as not to be able to write their names, yet they must have been selected 
for their peculiar usefulness as political whips, as they were paid from 
twenty-live dollars to twenty-nine dollars per month and subsistence, 
whilst the poor and honest laborers were ground to dust to pay taxes to 
support and maintain such insolence and fraud. 

Under head of Exhibit B we submit several vouchers of similar 
character, selected from a great number found iu the State Treasurer’s 
office and marked paid: 

[Form No. 11.] 

Roll of Stale Guard Commanded by Colonel E. L. Mann , Stationed at 
Abbeville C. JET., S. C.,for the Month of September , 1870. 


Names. 

Time. 

Pay per 
Month. 

Subsistence. 

Total. 

Signatures. 

E. L. Mann. 

1 mo. 

$90 00 


$90 00 

his 

Sergt. Jos. Moore.. 

1 mo. 

20 00 

$9 62 

29 62 

Joseph X Moore, 
mark, 
his 

Miles Brown. 

1 mo. 

16 00 

9 62 

25 62 

Miles M Brown, 
mark, 
his 

Benjamin Brown... 

1 mo. 

16 00 

9 62 

25 62 

Benjamin t*j Brown 
mark, 
his 

Emanuel Perrin... 

1 mo. 

16 00 

9 62 

25 62 

Emanuel M Perrin 
mark.. 
his 

Caleid Ward. 

1 mo. 

16 00 

9 62 

25 62 

Caleid M Ward, 
mark, 
his 

Joshua Wardlaw.. 

1 mo. 

16 00 

9 62 

25 62 

Joshua M Wardlaw 
mark, 
his 

Isaac Kennedy. 

1 mo. 

16 00 

9 62 

25 62 

$273 34 

Isaac M Kennedy, 
mark. 


We, the subscribers, do hereby acknowledge to have received, at 
Columbia, S. C., from F. J. Moses, Jr., Adjutant General S. C., the 


































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amounts set opposite to our names, respectively, in full of our pay for 
services in the Adjutant General’s Department during the period herein 
expressed, having signed duplicates thereof. 

E. L. MANN, 
Colonel Commanding Post. 


Witness: 


Under the head of Exhibit B will also be found accounts for rations, 
as furnished the State Guards. The following is a sample, made pay¬ 
able to one J. Ward Hayward, a notorious carpet-bagger and political 
tramp: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To J. Ward Hayward, Dr. 

1870. 

April 30.—To provisions furnished “ National Guard,” at Edgefield 
Court House, during the month of September, A. D. 1870, to wit: 


492 lbs. bacon @ 221c. $110 70 

496 lbs. flour @ 5c. 28 80 

75 lbs. beans @ 31c. 2 63 

69 lbs. coffee @ 30c.. .. 20 70 

75 lbs. sugar @ 20c. 15 00 

6 lbs. caudles @ 30c. 1 80 

20 lbs. salt @ 5c.. 1 00 


$180 63 

Edgefield C. H., S. C., September 30, 1870. 


The political managers were also allowed full pay, including expenses, 
whilst traveling through the State under the pretense of military duty, 
but in truth and in fact canvassing the Counties for political purposes, 
all looking to the maintenance of the supremacy of the party, and, 
through this, their own individual personal and pecuniary interests. Out 
of a large number of such accounts we cull only one as a specimen, pay¬ 
able to R. B. Elliott, one of the chief organizers: 












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[Form No. 13.] 

Columbia, S. C., September 17, 1870. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 


To R. B. Elliott, Dr. 

For expenses incurred in traveling on inspecting tours to Barn¬ 
well, Tutt and Wilson’s Creek, Aiken, Blackville, &c., &c., $125 00 

For money advanced on freights, cartage, &c. 100 00 

For incidental expenses of office. 75 00 


$300 00 

The above amounts have not been included in any previous account. 

I certify that the above account is correct and just. 

(Signed,) R. B. ELLIOTT. 

Approved : 

(Signed,) R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 

Received of Adjutant General’s Department this-day of-, 

187—, the full amount of above account. 

(Signed,) JOHN B. DENNIS. 


From the evidence it appears that in the Summer of 1869 the conclu¬ 
sion was arrived at by the leaders of the party that the militia of the 
State should be organized, armed and equipped for the political campaign 
of 1870; and to facilitate this purpose, Governor R. K. Scott authorized 
and appointed F. J. Moses, Adjutant and Inspector General of the State, 
to proceed to Washington and procure from the general government 
10,000 Springfield muskets and infantry accoutrements, of the quota of 
South Carolina. In the same manner, and without any authority of law 
or appropriation having been made for such purpose, contracts were 
made as follows: with Roberts Breech-Loading Company to change 5,000 
Springfield muskets to Roberts breech-loaders, at $8.85 each, aggregating 
$44,250. [See contract, marked Exhibit C.] About the same time a 
contract was also made with one C. H. Pond to change 5,000 muskets to 
breech-loaders, Remington pattern, at $9 each, aggregating $45,000. 
[See contract under head of Exhibit D.] During the same month, as 
will be seen from Exhibit E, a contract was entered into with the American 
Metallic Ammunition Manufacturing Company for 1,000,000 central fire 
copper cartridges, at the rate of $37 per thousand, aggregating $37,000; 
also a contract with William C. Starr & Co., of New York, [see Ex¬ 
hibit F,] to change 10,000 cartridge boxes into patent metallic cartridge 
boxes, at $1.15 each, aggregating $16,500. 









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Now, adding these several sums together, it will show the monstrous 
amount of $142,750 paid for the change of 10,000 muskets and ammu¬ 
nition into these at least costly patterns. And this does not include the 
purchase of the 1,000 Winchester rifles. Adding this purchase swells 
the total amount to $180,750. F. J. Moses testifies that he was to re¬ 
ceive from these manufacturing companies a royalty of $1 for each mus¬ 
ket, or $10,000 for the whole, which, Kimpton, being paymaster, dis¬ 
counted and paid at $7,000. J. B. Dennis also swears that he was paid 
a commission on the Winchester purchase, which he divided with F. J. 
Moses. 

Although the contracts for the purchase and change of arms and am¬ 
munition amounted only to $180,750, yet the records of the State Trea¬ 
surer’s office from September, 1870, to October, 1871, shows payments 
for this purpose to the amount, within a fraction, of $250,000. Where 
the difference went to can only be conjectured. 

Having thus expended more than $100,000 in enrollment, $250,000 in 
the purchase of arms and ammunition, the distribution of such arms 
and ammunition commenced, preparatory to the memorable political cam¬ 
paign of 1870. The militia thus organized presented an army of near 
100,000 men,—a large proportion of them armed and equipped. The 
very few white companies allowed were disbanded and arms taken away, 
because the colored militia expressed strong dissatisfaction at any white 
companies being enrolled and armed. 

Numbers of persons, both male and female, were on the militia roll, 
and paid for supposed political influence; the Adjutant and Inspector 
General’s office perverted from its legitimate business to an electioneer¬ 
ing and corrupting bureau; arms, ammunition and accoutrements issued, 
helter-skelter, to nominal officers and men who could neither read or 
write,—10,000 cartridges actually being distributed to several Counties 
at one time. 

, The following is a fair specimen of the numerous receipts on file, and 
referred to in the testimony of Mr. L. T. Levin, a clerk in the Adjutant 
and Inspector General’s office: 

Captain Wallace Morgan, Company D , 9th Regiment. 

Received at Columbia this 20th day of June, 1870, of General John 
B. Dennis, A. O. O., S. C., the following ordnance and ordnance stores, 
as per invoice dated the 20th day of June, 1870: 

80 rifle muskets. 

80 bayonet scabbards. 

80 tompions. 

80 screw drivers and wrenches. 

80 brush wipers. 


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20 tumbler punches. 

80 cartridge-box belts. 

80 cap pouches and cone picks. 

80 waist belts and plates. 

80 gun slings. 

his 

WALLACE X! MORGAN, 
mark. 

Captain Commanding Co. 

It would seem that the ring selected well the most ignorant and un¬ 
tutored to do their nefarious bidding, as it could hardly be imagined that 
persons of the commonest understanding could be inveigled into such 
monstrous frauds and reckless waste of public money. And all this 
occurred in time of the profoundest peace. However much the wild 
waste of money is to be deplored, denounced and punished, if practi¬ 
cable, yet the terrible effect upon the peace and harmony of the people 
of the State cannot be imagined, much less portrayed in words. What 
can the good people of the United States or of the civilized w r orld think 
of the heartless wretches who placed arras and ammunition into the 
hands of thousands of poor, ignorant, deluded and betrayed negroes as 
proper and necessary instruments by which to carry on an election? 
The lamentable result may long remain in the distinct and seeming an¬ 
tagonism between the races in the State; and that it did not culminate 
in general bloodshed and havoc is not to be credited either to the hu¬ 
manity or good conduct of the Republican organizers or leaders. 

As illustrative of the object for which the militia was organized, the 
political complexion given to it, and to show the low espionage to which 
the white people of all classes were subjected, your Committee would 
refer to the letter of B. G. Yocum, a notorious carpet-bagger and 
Colonel of a negro regiment; also other letters from Deputy Constables 
upon the same subject, only a few being selected for publication from 
a large number in the hands of your Committee. One prominent fact 
stands out in bold relief: that whilst the white people were taxed thus 
oppressively for arms and ammunition, there was a settled design and 
purpose that no white company should be organized or armed, and even 
the few arms purchased by private means occasioned pretended trepida¬ 
tion and alarm, and was made the special subject for observation and 
sensational reports. The writers of the letters submitted were mainly 
strangers imported by Governor R. K. Scott and John J. Patterson, as 
will appear from the evidence under the head of “Armed Force.” 


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Chester, S. C., Sep. 2, 1870. 
Cap. John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable. 

Sir : I have written the Governor concerning a cavalry company that 
appears to have been accepted by His Excellency as a part of the militia 
in this County. 

Now I will tell you what such a policy am’ts to. The present compa¬ 
nies that have already been armed and equipped are loyal, peaceable, 
orderly and efficient, and can be controlled for the good of the country. 
They are insenced over the prospect of having an armed and authorised 
enemy to contend against, and say if the Governor is going to arm the 
white K. Iv.’s to operate against them, he, the Gov., can take back the 
guns and commissions that has been already sent to this County. It may 
be very fine for the Gov. to make such experiments but it does not sute 
the loyal citizens of Chester. It might be a satisfaction to some to prove 
to the world that these men are yet disloyal and will resort to bloodshed 
to satisfy" their depraved dispositions. But if such should come, it will 
not be so funny if our best men get killed of by those villins. The Gov. 
says punish them for their crimes, there is no sense in such talk. Does 
he think a lot of ignorant colored men with clumsy muskets in their 
hands can catch a squad of experienced soldiers on blooded horses. If 
so my knowledge of military movements are insufficient and I shall 
respectfully resign and give place to such competent officer. I cannot 
imagine what kind of a policy it is to arm the very men that caused my 
being sent here. This is the best I will say" with regard to the case, and 
when I see their is no other way but to have a fight, I will gather what 
men that will stand by me and make the best fight I can. The opposite 
party make no secret of their intention of arming against our militia. 

Very respectfully, 

B. G. YOCUM, 

Col. 14th Regiment, N. G. S. C. 


Yorkville, S. C., June 25th, 1870. 
Captain John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable , Columbia , S. C. 

Dear Captain : I am visiting some of the Leagues aud intend to try 
and get into the convention aud be elected to the Legislature. The 
Democrats are quiet now but playing possum. Some of them say they" 
intend to organize all over the State against Scott’s militia. I have it 
from good authority that the whites are receiving guns through the mer¬ 
chants and are secretly organizing, f AVe can carry the County if we get 
V Constables enough by encouraging the militia and frightening the poor 


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white men. I am going into the campaign for Scott. I hear Hannibal 
White and some of the colored men are opposed to him. Will keep you 
posted. 

Respectfully yours, 


J. W. ANDERSON, 


Deputy Constable. 


Laurens, S. C., July 8, 1870. 

Capt. Hubbard, Chief Constable. 

Dear Sir: Your letter of the 2d was received to-day enclosing $128 
due me. It came in good time. We are going to have a hard campaign 
up here, and we must have more Constables. I will carry the election 
here with the militia if the Constables will work with me. I am giving 
out ammunition all the time. Tell Scott he is all right here now. Let 
me know how times are below. 

Respectfully, 

JOSEPH CREWS. 


Sumter, S. C., July 3, 1870. 

Capt. John B. Hubbard, Columbia. 

Dear Captain: The Democrats are organizing companies, I hear, in 
several Counties against the militia. I think we had better arrest some 
of the leaders and stop it. The colored people are rejoicing over their 
guns, but will be ruiued and driven out of the party if the whites organ¬ 
ize companies. They are working on the quiet to fool us all, and are 
getting guns all the time, I think, from the stores. If they commence 
any rows, I will expect you to send me all the good men you can spare. 

Y'ours obediently, &c., 

J. A. JACKSON, 

Deputy Constable Commanding Sumter. 


Chester, S. C., October 10th, 1870. 

Capt. John B. Hubbard. 

Sir: There are Winchester rifles being received here almost every 
day, but in such a way that they cannot easily be detected. I have it 
from good authority that the merchants of this place now buying goods 
North are shipping them down here in packages of dry goods. There 
are several of the stores here have them for sale, and the people are very 
well supplied with them now. They are playing a pretty smart game, 
but it will do them no good. 




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I wish, if you possibly can, you will send me two or three Deputies, 
for a few days, about election time. 

Everything is nice and quiet here at present. Please inform me if 
you appointed Marshall. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

JOHN BURKE, 

Deputy Constable. 


Newberry, S. C., October 7, 1870. 

Captain. 

Sir: Yesterday evening I heard some men from near the Lauranee 
R. R. say that a wagon containing fifteen or twenty guns (did not say 
what kind they were) had passed from the R. R. East. They men 
thought the guns were shipping about for no good, as they were in the 
hands of the Democrats. I believe that Capt. Leahue has been informed 
of the matter. This place was thrown into great excitement yesterday 
evening on account of the arrest of A. Reiser, the Postmaster of this 
place, by a postoffice detective, who lodged the P. M. in the jail for night. 
For the last two days and nights quiet has been again restored, but the 
people say it is hard to say how long it may last. 

Yours, truly, 

J. P. WHARTON. 


Unionville, S. C., Night, 12 o’clock, September 19, 1870. 

To Captain J. B. Hubbard, Chief Constable. 

Sir: This evening word came to town of trouble in Laurens, and soon 
after night a party of some twenty went from here to Laurens, and it is 
generally understood that a regular company has been organized in this 
County. By the time they get to Laurens some said they would have 
one hundred men. They were all armed. One of the principal firms 
received a very large invoice of pistols and guns—so large that it does 
not look all right. 

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

J. C. BONSALL, 

• Deputy State Constable. 


Unionville, S. C., September 28, 1870. 
Captain J. B. Hubbard, Chief Constable. 

Sir: Have nothing new to report to-day. Has been quite a number 
of people in town from the County; considerable drinking. A white 


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man assaulted a colored man ; was arrested by the Town Marshal and 
placed under bonds. The excited feelings of the people are becoming 
more quiet, although they say they are determined to protect themselves 
against Scott’s militia, and that when the fight commences it will be a 
hard one. Some do not think the difficulty in Laurens is settled. A 
mass meeting will be held here to-morrow; expect a large turnout. No 
news from the mines to-day. Will I send you the names of those who 
were on the raid ? 

I am, sir, your obedient servant, 

J. C. BONSALL, 
Deputy State Constable. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, South Carolina. 

F. J. Moses, Jr., being recalled, says : 

I served as Adjutant and Inspector General of the State of South 
Carolina. Assisted in organizing the militia, and made the contract for 
changing ten thousand muskets to br?ech-loaders. The militia was or¬ 
ganized and armed for political purposes by the advice and consent of 
Governor Scott. I was commissioned by Governor Scott to proceed 
to Washington and secure all the arms and accoutrements possible 
from the United States government, (this was in the Summer of 
1869,) and at the same time purchase ammunition and make the con¬ 
tract referred to. The object was to arm and organize the militia for the 
campaign in 1870. By appointing the local leaders in the various Coun¬ 
ties as officers, and keeping them on full pay, Governor Scott was enabled 
to secure to himself friends and supporters in almost every County in the 
State. Not one-fourth of the persons whose names appear on the pay 
rolls rendered any service except of a political nature. 

I entered into a contract with one Pond to change five thousand mus¬ 
kets to breech-loaders, of the Remington pattern, for nine dollars for each 
gun so changed, and with the Roberts Breech-Loading Company to 
change five thousand muskets to breech-loaders of the Roberts pattern, 
and to pay them $8.85 for each gun so changed. For each arm changed 
and altered I was to receive one dollar as a royalty, aggregating $10,000 
on the entire transaction. Under the contract the money was to be paid 
by H. H. Kimpton, the Financial Agent of the State. Kimpton informed 
me that it would be some time before the money would be paid, and 
offered me seven thousand dollars in cash for the royalty. This I ac- 




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i 


cepted, and Ivimpton paid me the money. I have no means of knowing 
whether he paid me in the State’s money or not, but always supposed he 
did. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 


I made a contract at the same time for one million metallic cartridges 
with the American Metallic Cartridge Company, and with William S. 
Star, of New York, to alter ten thousand cartridge boxes. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

General Dennis, recalled, says : 

That he knows about the Winchester arms purchase, and about the 
amount actually paid for these arms, but does not know about the pay¬ 
ment of nearly two hundred thousand dollars said to have been paid on 
that purchase. He says that some time in the early part of 1869, and 
while the Legislature was in session in the South Carolina University 
buildings, he met on the street one day Governor Winchester, of Con¬ 
necticut, and, in conversation, the Governor said he had been showing 
his improved rifle to Professor Alexander, of the University. The Gov¬ 
ernor invited him to call at his hotel and see him and look at the rifle. 
He called there, and, while talking with Governor Winchester, Governor 
Scott came in aud he introduced him to Governor Winchester. After a 
little general talk, Governor Winchester asked them both to his room to 
see his rifle. After examining it, Governor Scott pronounced it an ad¬ 
mirable weapon, and turned to witness and said: “I wish, General, you 
would have a resolution passed authorizing the purchase of a couple of 
thousand of these guns, with the necessary amount or complement of 
ammunition;” to which witness replied he would do so. Nothing further 
was said to Governor Winchester about the purchase at that time. Thinks 
that Governor Winchester left that night for Connecticut. Says that 
the next day he introduced a Joint Resolution into the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives authorizing the Governor of the State to purchase, for the use 
of the State, two thousand Winchester rifles, with the necessary comple¬ 
ment of ammunition, if so much, in his judgment, were deemed neces¬ 
sary. The resolution passed the House and Senate and was approved by 
the Governor. Some time afterwards he wrote to Governor Winchester, 
asking him if it was not customary to allow parties who were influential 
in making purchases of arms, &c., a commission. The Governor replied 
that if the arms were purchased direct from the manufactory, and not 
from a jobber, that he would allow him, as there would then be no 



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middleman, the same amount or the same commission that it was usual 
to allow to jobbers, and in such case the State would be no loser, as 
they would get the arms for the same price they would have to pay 
the jobbers if purchased from them. Soon after this, witness went to 
Washington, where he was joined by General Moses, who was then the 
Adjutant General of the State. They proceeded together to New Haven, 
Connecticut, the Adjutant General having with him the order from Gov¬ 
ernor Scott to purchase, in accordance with the Joint Resolution of the 
Legislature to purchase one thousand Winchester rides, with the usual 
complement of ammunition, instead cf two thousand, he deeming the 
former number enough for the present. The purchase was made of one 
thousand rifles and one hundred thousand metallic cartridges for same. 
The arms and ammunition were shipped to Columbia, and the payment 
was arranged for same with the Financial Agent in New York, H. H. 
Kimpton. The arrangement was made by Governor Scott and General 
Moses in person. The price of the rifles was thirty-three dollars each; 
bayonets for each gun were purchased at a cost of three dollars each. 
The cartridges cost twenty dollars per thousand or $2,000, making an 
aggregate amount of $38,000, out of which an allowance was made to 
witness of, he thinks, one dollar and a half on each gun aud five per 
cent on each bayonet, and the same on the ammunition; an aggregate 
of $1,075. He is not quite certain about the amount of commissions, 
but thinks he is correct about it. The commissions he received, and 
divided them with General Moses, the Adjutant General of the State. 
He says that he fully believes, aud in fact knows, that any amount in 
excess of the above, except it be a few dollars for boxing, carting and 
freight, charged by the Financial Agent of the State on the above pur¬ 
chase is a fraud aud a swindle. As to the Remington & Roberts arms 
purchase, he knows nothing, beyond the fact that there was such a pur¬ 
chase, further than what was ascertained by him as Chairman of the 
Joint Special Investigating Committee appointed under concurrent reso¬ 
lution of the General Assembly at the session of 1870-71, which will be 
found in their report. [Reports and Resolutions of General Assembly, 
1871-72.] Savs he saw the guns as they arrived, and attended to the 
carting of them from the depot in this city, they having been consigned 
to Colonel Edie, the commandant of the United States troops in this 
city. Says that Major Wilhelm, the Post Adjutant at the time, was 
paid by the Governor, he thinks, $150 for his services and the use of the 
United States mules aud wagons to haul the guns. He further says 
that he thinks there was no written contract made in the Winchester 
purchase, but all was done by word of mouth. He says further that 
the guns known as the Remington-Roberts purchase were originally 
Springfield rifles, and given to the State by the then Secretary of War, 


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General Rawlings. There were ten thousand of them. Five thousand 
were altered to the pattern known as the Remington and five thousand 
of them were altered to the pattern known as the Roberts gun. Cannot 
tell what the expense of altering was without referring to the report 
heretofore mentioned, but believes that the guns, before the alteration was 
made, were a much more serviceable arm than after the alteration and 
great outlay was made. Says he was connected with the Adjutant 
General’s office of the State from the time just after the Winchester 
purchase and until some time after the Remington-Roberts purchase. 
He says that these arms were scattered throughout the State and dis¬ 
tributed to the State militia by order of and under the direction of the 
Commander-in-Chief. A full report of the issue of arms and ammuni¬ 
tion can be found in Reports and Resolutions to the General Assembly, 
session of 1870-71. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. HUBBARD. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C. 

John B. Hubbard, being recalled, says: 

As Chief Constable, I was ordered by Gov. Scott to appoint certain 
Deputy Constables on my force as Captains over the State Guards or 
militia stationed and under full pay in several Counties in the State. 
Captain Mann was in charge at Abbeville and J. Ward Hayward at Edge- 
field. I think Captain Jackson was in command a portion of the time. 
They were all Northern men and brought here by Gov. Scott. I was 
ordered to assist the militia organization every way possible. The object 
was to have an active and efficient corps of organizers in the field. I 
knew that the militia was organized and armed for political purposes. 
It was understood that by arming the colored militia and keeping some 
of the most influential officers under pay that a full vote would be 
brought out for the Republicans and the Democracy or many of the 
weak-kneed Democrats intimidated. At the time the militia was organ¬ 
ized, there was, comparatively speaking, but little lawlessness. The militia 
being organized and armed caused an increase of crime and bloodshed 
in most of the Counties in proportion to their numbers and the number 
of arms and amount of ammunition furnished them. 

JOHN B. HUBBARD. 



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TESTIMONY OF L. T. LEVIN. 

L. T. Levin, being sworn, says: 

I reside iu the city of Columbia. I was employed as clerk in the 
office of the Adjutant and Inspector General for about two years. I was 
not informed as to the secret workings of the office, except what I heard 
at different times by accident. The object of the organization of the 
militia was purely of a political nature. Numbers of local politicians 
in the various Counties of the State were kept upon the pay roll, who 
only rendered service of a political nature. Many clerks and attachees 
were placed upon the rolls for the sole purpose of providing for them on 
account of their influence as politicians. 

Several women were paid regularly, as clerks, at the rate of SI00 per 
month, who never rendered any service whatever to the State. Some of 
these women were appointed through the influence of Governor Scott. 
In many instances local leaders were allowed pay by the month, ostensi¬ 
bly for the purpose of organizing the militia, but the real motive was to 
organize the Republicans for the campaign and to bring out a full vote 
at the elections. 

Most of the officers were totally ignorant of the duties of their re¬ 
spective offices. Arms of the most improved pattern were delivered to 
officers who could neither read nor write. Upon examination of the re¬ 
ceipts, I find numbers of Captaius of companies receipting for arms and 
ammunition who could not sign their name except with a X. The fol¬ 
lowing are average specimens of such receipts : 

To Captain George Adams, 

Company K, 14 tji Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this day of , 187 , 

of General J. B. Dennis, Acting Ordnance Officer of South Carolina, 
the following ordnance and ordnance stores, as per invoice dated 

day of , 187 : 

96 rifle muskets. 

96 bayonets and scabbards. 

96 tompions. 

96 screw-drivers aDd wrenches. 

96 brush wipers. 

96 gun slings. 

24 tumbler punches. 

96 cartridge boxes. 

96 cartridge-box belts. 

96 waist belts and plates. 

96 cap pouches. 

4 arm chests. 


Witness: Miles Johnson. 

o 

O 


his' 

GEORGE ft ADAMS, 
mark. 


Fourteenth Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

To Captain James Williams, Company A. 

Received at Columbia, 8. C\, this day of , 187 , 

of Captain J. Kennedy, Acting Ordnance Officer of South Carolina, the 
following ordnance and ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the 
day of , 1870: 


96 rifle muskets. 

96 bayonets and scabbards. 

96 tompious. 

96 screw-drivers and wrenches. 
96 brush wipers. 

96 gun slings. 

24 tumbler punches. 

96 cartridge boxes. 

96 cartridge-box belts. 

96 waist belts and plates. 

96 cap pouches. 

4 arm chests. 


Witness: 

Miles Johnson. 




his 

JAMES X WILLIAMS, 
mark. 


Captain Theodore Ingles, Company G, 2d Regiment , N. G. S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this 21st day of June, 1870, of General 
John B. Dennis, the following ordnance and ordnance stores, as per in¬ 
voice dated the 21st day of June, 1870: 

80 rifle muskets. 

80 bayonet scabbards. 

80 tompious. 

80 screw drivers and wrenches. 

80 brush wipers. 

20 tumbler punches. 

80 cartridge boxes. 

80 cartridge-box belts. 

80 cap pouches and cone picks. 

80 waist belts and plates. 

80 gun slings. 

his 

THEODORE X INGLES. 

mark. 

Witness to signature: 

W. B. Nash. 


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Similar instances of this x mark nature occur in every regiment 
throughout the various Counties of the State. 

The field officers and members of the Senate and House, with a few 
exceptions, generally receipted for the ammunition. This was done for 
the purpose of allowing them to distribute the ammunition in such way 
as to encourage the Republicans and at the same time intimidate the 
Democracy. The following are specimens of such receipts. At least a 
half million rounds of ammunition were distributed through the various 
Counties of the State: 

To Samuel Dogan, Newberry , S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this first day of July, 1870, of General 
J. B. Dennis, A. O. O., S. C., the following ordnance and ordnance stores, 
as per invoice dated the first day of July, 1870: 

Ten thousand rounds of ammunition. 

SAMUEL DOGAN. 


To Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Crews, Laurens Court House. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this thirteenth day of June, 1870, of 
General John B. Dennis, Acting Ordnance Officer, S. C., the following 
ordnance and ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the thirteenth day of 
June, 1870: 

300 rifle muskets. 

300 bayonet scabbards. 

300 tompions. 

300 screw-drivers and wrenches. 

300 brush wipers. 

25 tumbler punches. 

300 cartridge boxes. 

300 cartridge box belts. 

300 cap pouches. 

300 waist belts and plates. 

300 gun slings. 

12 arm chests. 

2000 rounds of ammunition. 

JOSEPH CREWS, 
Lieutenant Colonel and A. D. 0. 


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To Joseph Crews, Laurens C. H. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this 2d day of August, 1870, of General 
J. B. Deunis, Acting Ordnance Officer, S. C., the following ordnance and 
ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the 2d day of August, 1870 : 

320 rifle muskets. 

320 bayonets and scabbards. 

320 tompions. 

320 screw-drivers and wrenches. 

320 brush wipers. 

80 tumbler punches. 

320 cartridge boxes. 

320 cartridge-box belts. 

320 cap pouches. 

320 waist belts and plates. 

320 gun slings. 

12 arm chests. 

8000 rounds of ammunition. 


Eleventh Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

To Colonel E. L. Mann, 1 1th Regiment , N. G. S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this sixth day of October, 1870, of Capt. 
J. Kennedy, Acting Ordnance Officer, S. C., the following ordnance and 
ordnance stores, as per iuvoice dated the 6th day of October, 1870 : 
Ninety-six breech-loading rifles. 

One thousaud rounds of ammunition. 

E. L. MANN, 
Colonel Commanding Post. 


Ninth Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

To Captain Carey Harris, Company B, 9th Regiment , N. G. S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this 21st day of June, 1870, of General 
John B. Deunis, Acting Ordnance Officer, 8. C., the following ordnance 
and ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the 21st day of June, 1870: 

80 rifle muskets. 

80 bayonet scabbards. 

80 tompions. 

80 screw-drivers and wrenches. 

20 tumbler punches. 

80 cartridge boxes. 

80 cartridge-box belts. 

80 cap pouches and cone picks. 

80 waist belts and plates. 

80 gun slings. 

2000 rounds of ammunition. 

CAREY HARRIS, 
Captain Commanding Company. 


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To Y. J. P. Owens, Laurens C. H. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this day of , 187 , 

of Captain J. Kennedy, Acting Ordnance Officer of S. C., the following 
ordnance and ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the 25th day of Sep¬ 
tember, 1870: 

Ten thousand rounds of ammunition—(Rem. pat.) 

Y. J. P. OWENS. 


To J. S. Mobley, Unionville , S. C. 

Received at Columbia this 31st day of August, 1870, of Captain J. 
Kennedy, Acting Ordnance Officer, S. C., the following ordnance and 
ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the 31st day of August, 1870: 

Ten thousand rounds ammunition—(Rem. pat.) 

Columbia, S. C., August 31, 1870. 

The Assistant Adjutant General will let Mr. J. Mobley, of Union 
County, have ten thousand cartridges for the use of the militia. 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 

J. S. MOBLEY. 


Thirteenth Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

To Btigadier General J. C. Winsmith, Spartanburg , S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this 23d day of September, 1870, of 
Captain James Kennedy, Acting Ordnance Officer, S. C., the following 
ordnance and ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the 23d day of Sep¬ 
tember, 1870: 

192 rifle muskets. 

192 bayonets and scabbards. 

192 tompions. 

192 screw drivers and wrenches. 

192 brush wipers. 

48 tumbler punches. 

192 cartridge boxes. 

192 cap pouches. 

192 waist belts and plates. 

192 guu slings. 

10 arm chests. 

5000 rounds of ammunition. 

J. C. WINSMITH, 
Brigadier General Commanding. 


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First Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

To Colonel W. N. Taft, 1$£ Regiment , N. G. S. C. 

Received at Columbia, S. C., this first day of* August, 1870, of General 
J. B. Dennis, Acting Ordnance Officer, S. C., the following ordnance and 
ordnance stores, as per invoice dated the first day of August, 1870: 

Ten thousand rounds of ammunition. 

WM. N. TAFT, 

Colonel Commanding 1st Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

The entire militia, as organized and armed, was composed of colored 
men, with the exception of a few white officers. During the year 1870 
there was organized fourteen full regiments, of nearly one thousand men 
to each regiment. There was issued to the above regiments seven thou¬ 
sand rifle muskets (breech-loading) with the necessary equipments, con¬ 
sisting of bayonets, scabbards, cartridge boxes, &c., also a large number 
of Winchester rifles, including ammunition. The enrollment of the mi¬ 
litia was accomplished at a large expense to the State. The real object 
of the enrollment was to give employment to the different local leaders 
while they were, in reality, organizing the party for the coming cam¬ 
paign. The number of enrolled militia was ninety-six thousand, 58,000 
between the ages of 18 and 30, and 38,000 between the ages of 30 and 
45. At one time there were two or three white companies armed by the 
Governor, but the colored militia became so much dissatisfied on account 
of these few white companies receiving arms that Governor Scott issued 
an order calling in the arms in their hands. At least two-thirds of the 
amount paid on account of the militia was a huge fraud upon the State, 
and for no consideration, except for political services rendered. 

L. T. LEVIN. 


EXHIBIT A. 

The following organizers, along with others, were elected to the House 
of Representatives: 

[Form No. 13.] 

Darlington C. H., S. C., July 1G, 1872. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 


To Captain Samuel J. Keith, Dr. 

For services rendered in organizing and drilling Company A, 

8th Regiment, N. G. S. S. C.$100 00 


$100 00 

1 certify that the above account is correct and just, and that the arti¬ 
cles specified were used in the public service. 


Received of Adjutant General’s Department this nineteenth day of 
January, 1872, the full amount of above account. 

S. J. KEITH, 

Captain Company A, 8th Regiment, N. G. S. C., 

Commanding Company. 







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The folio wing endorsements are on the back: 

ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. —. 

v 

Darltngton C. H., S. C., January 16, 1872. 
Keith, Samuel J., transmits account of self for services in organizing 
Company A, 8th Regiment, N. G. S. S. C. 

(Original) $100. 

Received headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General S. C., Colum¬ 
bia, S. C., , 187 . 

Stamped Adjutant General’s office, Columbia, S. C., January 19, 1872. 

Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, January 19, 1872. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved : 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 

(Armed Force.) 1340. S. J. Keith, $100, January 19, 1872. 


EXHIBIT A. 

[Form No. 13.] 

Columbia, S. C., August 31, 1870. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 

To Captain R. W. Cousart, Dr. 

For services rendered in organizing Companies A and B, Sixth 

Regiment, N. G. S. S. C. $100 


$100 

I certify that the above account is correct and just, and that the 
articles specified were used in the public service. 


Received of Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department this 
day of , 187 , the full amount of above account. 

R. W. COUSART, 

Captain Co. “ A,” 6th Reg’t, S. C. N. G. 






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The following endorsements are on the back: 

ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. —. 

Columbia, S. C., August 31, 1870. 
Cousart, R. W., Captain Company A, Sixth Regiment, transmits 
account of self for services rendered organizing Companies A and B, 
Sixth Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

Received Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General South Caro¬ 
lina, Columbia, S. C., , 187 . 

[Stamp.] 


Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1872. 
The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 


Approved (Armed Force.) 


R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor S. C. 


Treasurer’s No. 1339. 
R. W. Cousart, SI00. 
January 19th, 1872. 


EXHIBIT A. 

[Form No. 13.] 

Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1872. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 

To Lieutenant John Lilly, Dr . 

For services rendered in collecting arms and equipments in 
Chester County, S. C., in compliance with S. O. No. 27, 
Headquarters S. C. M., November 9th, 1871. $60 00 


$60 00 





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I certify that the above account is correct and just, and that the 
articles specified were used in the public service. 


Received of Adjutant General’s Department this 
187 , the full amount of above account. 


day of 

JOHN LILLY. 


The following endorsements are on the back: 

ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. —. 

Columbia, S. C., January 17th, 1872. 
Lilly, John, Lieutenant 14th Regiment, N. G. S. S. C., transmits 
account of self for services rendered in collecting arms, &c., in Chester 
County, S. C. [860. John Lilly.] 

Received Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General S. C., Co¬ 
lumbia, S. C., , 187 . 


Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, January 17, 1872. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved: 


R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 
(Armed Force.) 

1285. C. L. Anderson, $60. 

January, 1872. 


EXHIBIT A. 

[Form No. 11.] 

Hamburg, S. C., April 30, 1870. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 


To Captain P. R. Rivers, Dr. 

For services rendered in organizing and drilling Companies A, 

B and C, 9th Regiment, N. G. S. S. C., in Edgefield County, 

S. C. 8300 00 


8300 00 






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I certify that the above account is correct and just, and that the arti¬ 
cles were used in the public service. 


Received of Adjutant General’s Department this day of 

187 , the full amount of above account. 

Captain P. R. RIVERS. 


The following endorsements are on the back: 


ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. . 

Hamburg, S. C., April 30, 18—. 

Rivers, P. R., Captain Company A, 9th Regiment, N. G., transmits 
account of self for services in organizing Companies A, B and C, 9th 
Regiment, N. G. S. C. 

(Original) $300. $275 received of the within—$25. 

P. R. R. 

Received headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General S. C., Colum¬ 
bia, S. C., January 15, 1872. $300. 


Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, , 187 . * 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 


Approved : 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 
1214. P. R. Rivers, $300. January 16, 1872. 



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EXHIBIT B. 


[Form No. 11.] 

Pay Roll of State Guard Commanded by John R. Farries, Captain , Sta¬ 
tioned at King's Mountain , S. C., for the Mouth of July , 1870. 


Names. 

Time. 

w a 

Zi 
>* O 
< ^ 

w 

u 

fc 

w 

H 

(fi 

*—» 

GG 

& 

CO 

<fj 

H 

O 

C—> 

Signatures. 

J. R. Farries. 

31 

890 00 


8 90 00 

J. R. Farries Capt. 

H. K. Roberts. 

31 

16 00 

810 33 

26 33 

H. K. Roberts. 

W. A. Barrett. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

W. A. Barrett. 

Abner Hambright 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

Abner Hambright. 

H. J. Hulinder. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

H. J. Hulinder. 

D. M. Stewart. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

D. M. Stewart. 

J. A. Gordon. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

John A. Gordon. 

John Barber. 

O 1 

o 1 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

John Barber. 

John Barrett. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

John Barrett. 

David Bower. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

David Bower. 

Matison Grant. 

31 

16 00 

10 33 

26 33 

Matison Grant. 

Total. 




8353 30 



We, the subscribers, do hereby acknowledge to have received at Co¬ 
lumbia, S. C., from F. J. Moses, Jr., Adjutant General, S. C.,the amounts 
set opposite our names respectively, in full of our pay for services in the 
Adjutant General’s Department during the period herein expressed, hav¬ 
ing signed duplicates thereof. 

Witness: 


The following endorsements are on the back : 

Yorkville, S. C., August 1, 1870. 
Pay roll of State Guard stationed at King’s Mountain, S. C., for month 
of July, 1870. 8353.30. 

Received Headquarters, Adjutant and Inspector General’s office, Co¬ 
lumbia, S. C., , 187 . 












































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Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, August 4, 1870. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

R. B. ELLIOTT, 

Acting Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved : 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 


EXHIBIT B. 

[Form No. 11.] 

Pay Roll of State Guard Commanded by A. R. Gantt, and Stationed at 
Newberry , S. C\, for the Month of December , 1870. 


Names. 


Time. 


03 . 

H hH 

Pm e-i 
. & 
K* o 

Ph ^ 


w 

o 

z, 

w 

H 

co 

— 

CO 

« 

p 

W 


A. R. Gantt. 

Simeon Young... 
Charley Gary... 
Oscar Cannon .. 
Chaning Green.. 

Lang Dew alt. 

Loid Henderson 


1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 


month. 

month. 

month. 

month. 

month. 

month. 


$50 00 
30 00 
20 00 
20 00 

18 00 
18 00 


$156 00 


Total. 


Signatures. 


$50 00 A. R. Gantt. 

80 00 Simeon Young. 
20 00 Charley Gary. 

20 00 Oscar Cannon. 

18 00 Lang Dewalt. 

18 00 Loid Henderson. 

_j 

$156 00| 


We, the subscribers, do hereby acknowledge to have received, at 
Columbia, S. C., from F. J. Moses, Jr., Adjutant General S. C., the 
amounts set opposite to our names respectively, in full of our pay for 
services in the Adjutant General’s Department during the period herein 
expressed, having signed duplicates thereof. 

Witness: 

A. R. GANTT, 

Adjutant 10th Regimeut and Acting Captain Armory. 




































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EXHIBIT B. 


[Form No. 11.] 

Pay Roll of State Guard Commanded by -, and Stationed at 

Newberry , S. C., for the Month of November, 1870, 


Names. 

• 

Time. 

Pay per 
Month. 

: 

Subsistence. 

Total. 

Signatures. 

A. R. Gantt. 

1 month. 

$ 50 00 


$ 50 00 

A. R. Gantt. 

Simeon Young. 

1 month. 

30 00 


30 00 

Simeon Young. 

Charley Gary. 

1 month. 

20 00 

■ 

. 

20 00 

Charley Gary. 

Oscar Cannon. 

1 month. 

20 00 


20 00 

Oscar Cannon. 

Chaning Green. 

Lang Dewalt. 

Loid Henderson... 

1 month. 
1 month. 
1 month. 

18 00 
18 00 


18 00 
18 00 

Lang Dewalt. 
Loid Henderson. 



$156 00 


$156 00 



We, the subscribers, do hereby acknowledge to have received, at 
Columbia, S. C., from F. J. Moses, Jr., Adjutant General S. C., the 
amounts set opposite to our names respectively, in full of our pay for 
services in the Adjutant General’s Department during the period herein 
expressed, having signed duplicates thereof. 

Witness: 

A. R. GANTT, 

Adjutant Seventh Regiment and Acting Captain Armory. 

[Original, j 


The following endorsements are on the back: 

Newberry, S. C., December 6, 1870. 
Pav roll of State Guard stationed at Newberry C. H., S. C., for mouth 
of November, 1870. 

Received headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General’s office, 
Columbia, S. C., December 6th, 1870. 


Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, S. C., December, 187—. 
The within account has been examined, found correct, aud is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES, 

Adjutant aud Inspector General. 

Approved: 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 

[Original.] $156.00. 










































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EXHIBIT B. 
[Form No. 13.] 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To Wm. Kennedy, Dr . 

1870. 

Nov. 30. To provisions furnished to National Guard at Edgefield 
Court House during November, A. D. 1870, to wit: 

492 lbs. flour @ 5c. 8 28 80 

492 lbs. meat @ 22-lc. 110 70 

75 lbs. beans @ 3?. 2 63 

69 lbs. coffee @ 30c. 20 70 

75 lbs. sugar @ 20. 15 00 

6 lbs. caudles @ 30... 1 80 

20 lbs. salt @ 05... 1 00 


$180 63 


Received payment. 


WILLIAM KENNEDY. 


Edgefield C. H., S. C., November 30, 1870. 


The following endorsements are on the back: 

o 

ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. —. 

Columbia, S. C., November 30th, 1870. 

Kennedy, William, transmits account of self for subsistence stores 
furnished National Guard at Edgefield Court House during the month 
of November, 1870. 

(Original) $180.63. 

Received headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General S. C., 
Columbia, S. C., December 1, 1870. 

Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, December 5, 1870. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES. Jr., 
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved: 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 










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EXHIBIT B. 

[Form No. 13.] 

Newberry, S. C., November, 1870. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 


To A. R. Gantt, Dr . 

. _ f 

For expenses of armory for the mouth of November: 

5 loads of wood, 4 @ $*2.50. $10 00 

1 load of wood @ $1.50. 1 50 

3 gallons kerosene oil @ 75c. 2 25 


$13 75 

I certify that the above account is correct and just, and that the arti¬ 
cles specified were used in the public service. 

A. R. GANTT, 

Adjutant Seventh Regiment and Acting Captain Armory. 

Received of Adjutant General’s Department this day of , 

187 , the full amount of above account. 


The following endorsements are on the back: 


ABSTRACT. VOUCHER No. —. 

Newberry C. H., S. C., November 30, 1870. 
Gantt, A. R., transmits account of expenses of armory at Newberry 
C. H., during the mouth ending November 30, 1870. 

(Original) $13.75. 

Received headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General S. C., Colum¬ 
bia, S, C., December 6, 1870. 

Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, December 6, 1870. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved : 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor S. C. 








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EXHIBIT C. 

This agreement, made this seventh day of August, eighteen hundred 
and sixty-nine, by and between F. J. Moses, Jr.., Inspector and Adjutant 
General of the State of South Carolina, on behalf and for the State of 
South Carolina, and by authority and instructions received from the 
Governor of said State, party of the first part, and the Roberts Breech- 
Loading Arms Company, of the city and County and State of New York, 
party of the second part, 

Witnesseth, That the said parties above mentioned have covenanted 
and agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to 
and with each other as hereinafter stated. 

1. That the said party of the first part shall deliver to the said party 
of the second part, at their factory in Providence, R. I., five thousand 
good and serviceable Springfield muskets, calibre 58, well boxed for ship¬ 
ment and in perfect order, the same being the property of the people of 
South Carolina, party of the first part, on or before the first day of 
October, 1869, in lots of not less than twenty-five hundred at any one 
time, beginning on or before the 20th day of August, 1869, for the pur¬ 
pose of alteration and conversion into breech-loaders, on the Roberts 
system, upon the terms and conditions as hereinafter set forth. 

2. That the said party of the second part shall receive said five thou¬ 
sand (5,000) muskets and shall transform and alter the same into breech¬ 
loading arms, upon the plan knowu as the Roberts system of conversion 
and in accordance with and to correspond to the model gun in the hands 
of the said party of the first part. 

And it is further understood and agreed that the said party of the 
first part are to assume all risks of fire while the said arms are at the 
factory and during the progress of the said conversion; that they are to 
furnish their own inspector to accept and receive the work as it pro¬ 
gresses, and are to furnish such component parts as may be found neces¬ 
sary to complete the arms should they be found deficient in any respect, 
and to furnish such component parts as may be required to complete the 
arms should any portions of the arms be broken during the process of 
conversion. 

3. The party of the first part agrees to receive the arms in lots of 
twenty-five hundred as rapidly as completed in such lots, provided the 
parties of the second part shall produce the proper certificate of inspec¬ 
tion signed by the inspector appointed by the party of the first part. 

It is further agreed that one-half of the said muskets shall be con¬ 
verted and finished and delivered within sixty days from the date of this 
contract, provided the delivery of the arras at the factory shall take 
place before the 20th day of August, 1869, or if not delivered at that 


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time, then within sixty days from the receipt of said arms at the factory, 
and the balance to be finished and delivered by or before the first day of 
January, 1870. 

It is further agreed that in case of accident to machinery, fire or other 
reasonable unforeseen delay may occur, whereby the delivery may be im¬ 
peded, that then the said parties of the second part shall be allowed such 
reasonable time to complete the delivery as may be agreed upon by the 
parties hereto. 

It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that in consider¬ 
ation ot the faithful performance of the above conditions and stipula¬ 
tions that the State of South Carolina, party of the first part, upon the 
delivery of* the said muskets so transformed and altered in the manner 
and the time above specified, will, and hereby covenant and agree to, 
pay unto the Roberts Breech-Loading Arms Company, party of the 
second part, through their Financial Agent in the city of New York, 
the sum of eight dollars eighty-five cents for each and every arm so 
transformed and altered, payment for the first twenty-five hundred on 
delivery and for the last twenty-five hundred on the 15th day of Janu¬ 
ary, 1870. 

Aud it is conditioned and agreed that for such service as may 
be performed for the cleaning and repairing of deficient arms, payment 
shall be made in the manner above described, the proper charge for such 
cleaning and repairing to be determined by the parties hereto when such 
imperfections may be shown, the party of the second part agreeing they 
shall be done at their factory at as low figures as they could be done for 
at any other factory in the country. 

And it is further agreed that should the said party of the first part 
fail to pay for the work as agreed herein, that then the said party of the 
second part shall hold the said completed arms for the term of three 
months, and if the said payment is not made by that time, the said party 
of the second part be at liberty to sell the completed arms at public 
auction, to reimburse them for their bill of alteration and service done. 

And it is further agreed, for the faithful performance of this contract 
and for the return of all the guns which may from time to time be in¬ 
trusted to them, the party of the second part will execute such bonds in 
the sum of fifty thousand dollars as may be required and approved by 
the said Adjutant General of the State of South Carolina. 

In witness whereof the parties hereto have affixed their hands and 
seals the day and year above written. 

[ L . g.j ‘ A. B. STEINBERGER, 

Managing Director Roberts Breech-Loading Arms Compauy. 

lu presence of 

John C. Quinn. 

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EXHIBIT D. 

This agreement made and entered into this seventh day of August, 
1869, by and between Franklin J. Moses, Jr., Inspector and Adjutant 
General of the State of South Carolina, on behalf and for the State of 
South Carolina, and by authority and instructions received from the 
Governor of said State, party of the first part, and Charles H. Pond, of 
the town of Milford, County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, 
party of the second part, witnesseth that the said parties above men¬ 
tioned have covenanted and agreed, and by these presents do mutually 
covenant and agree, to and with each other as hereinafter stated. 

First. That the said party of the first part shall deliver to the said 
party of the second part, at the factory of E. Remington & Sons, in 
Ilion, Herkimer County, New York, five thousand serviceable Spring- 
field muskets, calibre fifty-eight, well boxed and in perfect order, the 
same being the property of the State of South Carolina, party of the 
first part, on or before the first day of October, 1869, in lots of not less 
than twenty-five hundred at any one time, beginning on or before the 
20th day of August, 1869, for the purpose of alteration and conversion 
into breech-loaders on the Remington system upon the terms and condi¬ 
tions hereinafter set forth. 

Second. That the said party of the second part shall receive said five 
thousand muskets and shall transform and alter the same into breech¬ 
loading arms upon the plan known as the Remington system of conver¬ 
sion and in accordance with and to correspond to the model gun in the 
hands of the said party of the first part. And it is further hereby 
understood and agreed that the said party of the first part are to assume 
all risks of fire while the said arms are at the factory and during the 
process of said conversion ; that they are to furnish their own inspector 
to accept and receive the work as it progresses; are to furnish such com¬ 
ponent parts as may be found necessary to complete the arms should they 
be found deficient in any respect, and to furnish such component parts as 
may be required to complete the arms should any portion of the arms be 
broken during the process of conversion. 

Third. The party of the first part agree to receive the arms in lots of 
twenty-five hundred as rapidly as completed in such lots, provided the 
party of the second part shall produce proper certificates of inspec¬ 
tion, signed by the inspector appointed by the party of the first part. 
It is further agreed that one-half the said muskets shall be converted 
and finished within sixty days from the date of this contract, provided 
the delivery of the arms at the factory shall take place before the 20th 
day of August, 1869, or if not delivered at that time, then within sixty 
days from the receipt of the said arms at the factory, and the balance to 
be finished and delivered by or before the first day of January, 1870. 


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Fourth. It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that in 
consideration of the faithful performance of the above conditions and 
stipulations that the State of South Carolina, party of the first part, 
upon the delivery of the said muskets so transformed aud altered in the 
manner and time above specified, will and hereby covenant and agree to 
pay unto the said Charles H. Pond, party of the second part, through 
their Financial Agent, in the city of New York, the sum of nine dollars 
for each and every arm so transformed and altered, payment for the first 
twenty-five hundred on delivery, and for the balance on the 15th day of 
January, 1870. 

And it is conditioned and agreed that for such service as may be per¬ 
formed for the cleaning and repairing of deficient arms payment shall be 
made in the manner above described, the proper charge for such cleaning 
and repairing to be determined by the parties hereto when such imper¬ 
fections may be shown, the party of the second part agreeing that they 
shall be done at the factory of E. Remington & Sons at as low figures as 
they could be done for at any other factory in the country. And it is 
further agreed that should the party of the first part fail to pay for the 
work as agreed herein, or to give note due 15th day January, 1870, that 
then the said party of the second part shall hold the said completed arms 
for the term of three months, and if said agreement is not carried out by 
that time the said party of the second part shall be at liberty to sell the 
said completed arms at public auction to reimburse him for his bill of 
alterations and service done. And it is further agreed, for the faithful 
performance of this contract, and for the return of all the guns which 
may be from time to time entrusted to him, the party of the second part 
will execute such bond, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, as may be 
required and approved by said Adjutant General of the State of South 
Carolina. 

In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereto affixed 
their hands and seals the day and year above written. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Adjutant General South Carolina. 

C. H. POND. 

In presence of 

Charles Thurman. 


EXHIBIT E. 

This agreement, made this seventh day of August, 1869, by and be¬ 
tween Franklin J. Moses, Jr., Inspector and Adjutant General of the 
State of South Carolina, on behalf of the State of South Carolina, party 



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of the first part, and the American Metallic Ammunition Company, of 
the city and County and State of New York, party of the second part, 

Witnesseth, said party of the second part hereby agrees to make and 
deliver at their factory, in the city of New York, on or before the first 
day of December, 1869, ten hundred thousand (1,000,000) central fire 
copper cartridges, as per sample furnished to the party of the first part, 
and also hereby agree to deliver one-half of said cartridges within sixty 
days of the date hereof. 

And said party of the first part hereby agree to receive said cart¬ 
ridges when inspected and finished at the factory of the said party of 
the second part in the city of New York. 

It is also hereby agreed between the parties hereto that the party of 
the first part shall furnish an inspector at his own expense to inspect and 
receive said cartridges. 

In consideration of the faithful performance of this contract on the 
part of the party of the second part, the said State of South Carolina, 
party of the first part, will cause to be paid through their Financial Agent 
in the city of New York the sum of thirty-seven dollars for each and 
every thousand so delivered, payment for the first half to be made 
within sixty days from the date hereof, and for the last half on the 
fifteenth day of January, 1870. 

Should the said party of the second part have the cartridges ready for 
delivery at any time previous to the time herein mentioned, the said 
party of the first part hereby agrees to give the said party of the second 
part the note of the State maturing at the time for payment specified 
herein. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

[l. s.] Adjutant General S. C. 

A. B. STEINBERGER. 

Presid’t American Metallic Ammunition Co. 

Witness: 

S. S. Sargeant. 


EXHIBIT F. 

This agreement, made the seventh day of August, 1869, by and between 
Franklin J. Moses, Jr., Inspector and Adjutant General of the State of 
South Carolina, on behalf of the State of South Carolina, party of the 
first part, and William S. Starr, of the city and County and State of 
New York, party of the second part, witnesseth, That the said party of 
the first part hereby agrees to deliver unto the said party of the second 
part, at his warehouse, in the city ol New York, ten thousand cartridge 



boxes, of U. S. pattern, and known as the calibre 58 Springfield musket 
cartridge box, for the purpose of alteration into the patent metallic car¬ 
tridge box, known as the Morris patent, and as per sample furnished 
and now in the hands of the party of the first part, within twenty days 
from the date hereof; and the said party of the second part agrees to 
receive the said boxes and make the said alteration, as above specified, 
and to complete the same ready for delivery within four months from the 
receipt of the goods at his warehouse, in the city of New York. 

It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that in consid¬ 
eration of the faithful performance of this contract on the part of the 
party of the second part, that the State of South Carolina, party of the 
first part, shall cause to be paid, and pay, through their Financial 
Agent of the State, at the city of New York, the sum of one dollar and 
fifteen cents for each and every box so altered or transformed, one-half 
to be paid for on delivery, and the balance on the fifteenth dav of Jan- 
uarv, 1870. 

And it is further agreed that should the said party of the first part 
fail to perform their part of this contract, as above specified, and pay for 
the same, that then the said party of the second part shall, at the expira¬ 
tion of four months from the date of this contract, hold the said cartridge 
boxes for three months ensuing, and if not paid for at that time he shall 
be privileged to sell the same at public auction to reimburse him for his 
amount due under this contract. 

In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereto fixed their 
hands and seals the day and year above written. 

WILLIAM S. STARR. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Adjutant General S. C. 


In presence of 


S. S. Sargeant. 


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ARMED FORCE AND CONSTABULARY. 

0 

During the year 1869, a Joint Resolution was adopted by the General 
Assembly authorizing the Governor of the State (R. K. Scott) to employ 
an “Armed Force ” for the preservation of the peace, and, for such pur¬ 
pose, to use any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

Your Committee, in the course of their investigations, have met with 
much to cause astonishment and absolute wonder, yet the facts revealed 
as to the real object of the above organization, the appointment of Con¬ 
stables, their employment and service, their reckless pay, frauds and 
perjuries committed, are enough to fill one with dismay. If the then 
Governor of the State, the Chief Constable, the then Adjutant and In¬ 
spector General, F. J. Moses, ably seconded by his assistant, R. B. 
Elliott, certain members of Congress and other distinguished members 
of the Republican party, alluded to in the testimony to follow, are not 
already sufficiently infamous, their frauds and perjuries in this matter 
alone should consign them to degradation and proper punishment. A 
humane discrimination should, however, separate the ignorant dupes 
from the leaders and chief conspirators. All through the testimony it will 
be seen that the “ Armed Force” was used not to preserve the peace but to 
carry elections for the party and intimidate and demoralize the Demo¬ 
cracy. A Northern man was selected and appointed Chief Constable by 
Gov. R. K. Scott, and his evidence and private correspondence with the 
Governor will show the confidential and intimate relations of the two. 151 
Deputy Constables were appointed on full pay per diem, also mileage; 
and over 500 Specials to do duty just before and during elections. Some 
were mounted, armed and equipped at the public expense to scour from 
County to County and to perform the peculiar services alluded to in their 
daily and weekly reports to their chief, and by him consolidated and 
handed to the Governor,—such as to attend political meetings, report 
political condition of Counties and townships and have themselves 
elected to the Legislature and County offices. A large number of these 
deputies were imported from Ohio and Pennsylvania,—friends of Gov¬ 
ernor Scott and John J. Patterson,—and it is interesting to know that 
at least twenty of the number were elected to the Legislature or import¬ 
ant County offices. In addition to the 151, Governor Scott sent one 
C. C. Baker to New York, who returned with thirty-two roughs of vile 
reputation, under cover of working a gold mine in Union County, but, 
in fact, to overawe and intimidate the good people of that County. But 
the valiant Governor, it seems, became more anxious to ship them back 
to New York than he had been to have them brought, as he entreated 
the Chief Constable to see them safely shipped from Charleston, being 
fearful of his own dear life if they remained in the State. Hubbard 


testifies that the particular service this man Baker rendered on the 
“Armed Force” was to shoot several balls through his own coat and 
swear that bushwhackers had so served him, but it was impossible that 
his own precious body could have been inside the garment without 
serious wounds. 

A number of these deputies charged and received their regular per 
diem and mileage while canvassing for themselves and their party 
leaders. Their accounts were regularly made out, certified to, approved 
and paid, upon the Governor’s warrant, from the Armed Force Fund. 
Squads of militia were placed under the deputies selected for supposed 
political influence,—performing no legitimate duty, but paid from the 
same fund. As indicative of their intelligence and fitness, see Exhibit 
A B in evidence of Hubbard. 

Over twenty horses and equipments were purchased for the use of the 
mounted men, and it is curious to trace the history of this public prop¬ 
erty and the cunning means adopted by Elliott and Dennis in a vain 
attempt to convert them to their own private use; but the sequel shows 
that Governor Scott came in and swept the proceeds. [See order of 
John B. Dennis to the Chief Constable, March 24, 1870, in Hubbard’s 
testimony.] Hubbard telegraphed to Governor Scott in Washington, 
D. C., for instructions. Scott replied, same day: “You will tarn over 
the horses on paper, but retain control of them until I return.” Two of 
the horses were delivered, by Scott’s order, (at 8300) to J. M. Allen. 
One was given to one Butler Spears for a horse he claimed to have been 
poisoned at a political meeting by the Democrats. The remainder of 
the horses were sold and Scott received a large proportion of the 
proceeds, amounting to about $2,000. 

The employment of Jerry Hollingshead as Constable at the request of 
Scott, his receiving pay without service, except to secure a seat in the 
Senate from Abbeville County, is on a par with many other appoint¬ 
ments. Still, there is much mystery connected with the employment of 
one C. V. Hamilton and what secret service he rendered Governor 
Scott. Hamilton’s character as a lawless and desperate bushwhacker 
was well known, and Hubbard swears that he was never employed by 
him, yet Scott ordered Hubbard to pay him $300 from the Armed 
Force Fund. An estimate may be somewhat approximated of the 
expense of this Armed Force from the many vouchers appended: 
Board bills for the men at first-class hotels; pay rolls furnished by the 
deputies, &c. But these are insignificant when compared with some 
great frauds to which your attention is directed. 

Governor Scott was seemingly greatly interested in having Robert C. 
DeLarge nominated and elected to Congress from the Charleston Dis¬ 
trict. He ordered the Chief Constable to appoint a large number of 


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Constables to assist in carrying the Congressional nominating convention 
for DeLarge. Twenty-four were appointed in one County alone and 
kept in service for one month at full pay. Again, a large number were 
appointed after the nomination to attend political meetings in the 
interest of DeLarge aud as a body guard. But just before the meeting 
of the nominating convention in Elliott’s Congressional District some 
money had to be raised, and the barefaced fraud and moral perjury 
used to obtain this by Scott, Elliott and Hubbard can scarcely be 
realized by a civilized people. Two vilely fraudulent vouchers were 
made out, certified to and approved, and the money paid for Elliott’s 
benefit: one for $2,500 and the other for $1,500, aggregating $4,000, 
and charged to Militia Fund. The services charged to have been ren¬ 
dered, in Hubbard’s itemized account, are so far-fetched that their 
fictitious and fraudulent character must have been apparent to all, and, 
however much Governor Scott cursed and swore before approving the 
last for $1,500, this cannot relieve him from the base fraud and 
treachery to the taxpayers of the State. 

But your Committee feel that any attempt to portray in language the 
infamous character of such conduct is idle and useless. The testirnonv 
alone must place the proper brand upon it, and severe and infamous pun¬ 
ishment should vindicate the justice and majesty of the law. 

But for a perfect understanding and corroboration of the conclusions 
arrived at by the Committee as to the objects and purpose of this organi¬ 
zation,—that the services to be rendered were wholly to promote and pre¬ 
serve the ascendancy of the Republican party, that it was intended to be 
a body of spies organized and required to report daily and weekly to 
headquarters, that it was used by Scott to secure his own election and 
the election of many carpet-baggers who were Constables to the General 
Assembly, that the armed force fund, through the Chief Constable, was 
corruptly perverted to the election of DeLarge and Elliott to Congress, 
we call particular attention to the following letters and papers, some of 
them being from copy letter books of John B. Hubbard, kept by him as 
matter of record. 

The specimen narrative reports of Deputy Constables, submitted, de¬ 
monstrates the vigilance of these men in performing duties properly 
belonging to the civil officers of the United States government. It will 
also be observed that the reports and letters reiterate that “all was 
quiet,” except the notable instance in which a white man had his arm 
broken with a club in the hands of a colored Justice of the Peace in 
Newberry. It will be seen that the faithful were anxious to obtain United 
States troops, provided the officers sympathized with them. 


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WEEKLY NARATIVE REPORT OF H. SHAW AND A. JACK- 
SON, DEPUTY STATE CONSTABLES, FOR THE WEEK 
ENDING SUNDAY, AUGUST 21st, 1870. 

Monday. —In Marion all day until evening. Started in search of IT. 
Cannon; unsuccessful. 

Tuesday. —At Florence on business connected with the Republican 
Nominating Convention. 

Wednesday. —In Marion. Political meeting. All quiet. 

Thursday. —In Marion. All quiet. 

Friday. —In upper part of this County, in search of unlawful distiller. 
Saturday. —Still in search of unlawful distiller. 

Sunday. —In Marion. All quiet. 

Remarks. —Please send me some more Narrative Report blanks. 


Sumpter, S. C., July 17th, 1870. 

Capt. John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable of State, Columbia, S. C. 

Sir: I have the honor to acknoled the receipt of the forage you sent 
me. Everry thing is all quiet here. We had our Convention yesterday 
here to send delegates to State Convention. Gen. F. J. Moses, Sam 
Lee and Capt. T. B. Johnson, Enock Arehv,—those are the four. Albery 
Singleton has got him a horse; he would like you to send him a saddle 
and bridle. We ar a going down to Claridon County this week to have 
a Scott meting and wake them up. 

Verry respt, 

Capt. J. A. JACKSON. 


State of South Carolina, 
Office of Chief Constable, 
Sumter, S. C., April 24, 1870. 

Capt. A. H. Barber, Chief Constable of State, Columbia, S. C. 

Sir: I have the honor to inform you of our meating in Sumter on the 
23d instant. It was a red hot one. We had plenty of speakers. Mr. 
Whitteuiore and the Sheriff, Coglan, Senitor Johnson, S. J. Lee, Bigger, 
of Clariden County, and a Mr. Flood, of Florance, and then our worthey 
friend, ex member of the House, Mr. Feriter, of Sumter. Poor fellow ! 
They did give him hell in plain words. The Democrats all sympathised 
with the poor fellow. Everything passed off quiet. The meating lasted 
six hours and a half. Mr. Whittemore says to-day there was about eight 
hundred people in town to hear the speaches. 

Yours respectfully, 


5 


J. A. JACKSON. 



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April 8th. 

Friend Bonsall: I enclose herewith a commission for W. F. M. 
Williams as Deputy Constable. I have had an interview with the Gov¬ 
ernor and he urges strongly the propriety of your going in for a return 
to the next Legislature from Union County. It is not necessary, as you 
know, to rush in headforemost from the present time, but gradually feel 
your way and work stealthily, putting a word here and there. And you 
may rest assured that you will meet with success. You know the sup¬ 
port that you may depend upon from your friends, and it seems to be the 
Governor’s express desire that you come to the Legislature. Let me 
hear from you. 

Yours, &c., 

JOHN B. HUBBARD. 


Unionville, S. C., (10 o’clock P. M.,) September 29, 1870. 
Cctpt. J. B. Hubbard, Chief Constable 
Sir: All passed off quietly here to day. Rained in the morning and 
the crowd was not large. A considerable number of roughs were in 
town. I learnt to-day that it is supposed that three companies went 
from this County; one company of sixty men were armed with Winches¬ 
ter rifles. What has become of our money for forage? The loyal men 
are all anxious for a garrison of United States soldiers, provided they are 
commanded by officers who sympathies with us. A new ticket was made 
to-day; old members are to be voted for; I am left of. There is no hope 
for carrying the County unless we have more protection. 

I am, sir, your obedient servant, 

J. C. BONSALL, 
Deputy State Constable. 


[Bonsall, failing to be nominated to the House from Union County, 
is sent to Cheraw with his friend Wharton to assist in foisting one Little-' 
field upon the people of that County as a member of the House,—all of 
them being carpet-baggers brought to South Carolina by John J. Patter¬ 
son and referred to in Hubbard’s evidence.] 

Cheraw, October 19, 1870. 

Capt. J. B. Hubbard, Chief Constable. 

Sir: Arrived here on Saturday eve. Placed in charge. Went to 
Oro on Sunday; left four men there. Wharton and myself were here 
to-day. All things went off quietly here. Republicans have a majority 
of 170 in this precinct. Prospects are good for carying the County. 

J. C. BONSALL, 

« * 

Deputy State Constable. 


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Abbeville, S. C., October 14, 1S70. 

Captain J. B. Hubbard. 

Sir: Your letter and the commissions were received last night with 
many thanks. I gave the commissions to the men as you directed, and 
will do the best I can with them. 

There is some little excitement in the country, but nothing dangerous 
I think. 

Very respectfully, 

JOHN BROWN. 


Newberry C. H., September 30, 1870. 

Captain . 

Sir: W r e had a gay time here yesterday on account of the troops 
comming here. In the evening I thought we were going to have war on 
a small scale, but the result was that one white man had his arm broken 
by a club in the hands of a colored Justice of the Peace by the name of 
Gray, of this place. About ten o’clock they begain to leave, and the 
town was quiet during the balance of knight. Two white had a fight 
with knives at Helena some time yesterday evening, and are both badley 
wounded, so much so that their lives are dispaired of. There are some 
bad men about this town and County, and if an opportunity presented 
itself that would be all that would be wanting for an outbrake of the 
freedmen. Some men North of this feel sure that in a general fight they 
could master the freedmen, as the do not understand the new arm that 
has been given them by the State. 

Yours truly, 

J. P. WHARTON. 


Charleston, S. C., August the 21st, 1870. 

Capt. Hubbard. 

Dear Sur: I take pleasur in informing you of the success we have 
had so far. Thare have bin severl large mass meetings in Colleton Co., 
and have past reslutions in Dorsing the nomination of his Excellency 
R. K. Scott for Govner and Hon. A. J. Ransare for Lieut. Gov. and 
H on. R. C. Delarge for Congress and Hon G. F. Mcintire for the State 
Senate. They oil pledg them selves to soport these candidates by oil 
hasard. I take notis that Hon. R. C. Delarge is gaining groun varey fast, 
and i do believe without a doubt that we will defeet Bowen. Everything 
is lovely so far in Colleton, i will gow with Bob to St. Palls to-morrow,, 
and from thare to Whit Hall Mansion. 

At present i am, very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

Wm. M. VINEY. 


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April 8th. 

Friend Mann: I thought I would address you a few words relative 
to matters and things. Everything is going on here quietly, but, some¬ 
how or other, the report is gradually growing that you are opposing cer¬ 
tain parties for the next election. I have been thinking the matter over, 
and would advise that nothing that pertains to a decided support of any 
person be spoken of at present. Of course it is well enough to keep an 
eye on all. Some one has circulated the report here that you have been 
denouncing Elliott. I cannot believe it, for the reason that I know you 
would not consider it policy, I hope to hear from you soon, with full 
particulars as regards matters. 

Yours, as ever, 

JOHN B. HUBBARD. 

B. 

When the proper times come for action, then go in. 

J. B. H. 


June 30th. 

Mr . Wm. Littlefield, Cher aw: 

I write to advise you to be very careful in your conversation and 
actions as regards the man who attempted to break up your meeting. If 
I recollect right, his name is Shrewsbery. However, you know who I 
meau. Caution and discretion will work wonders. 

Yours, &c., 

J. B. HUBBARD. 


Cheraw, July 2d, 1870. 

Ca.pt. J. B. Hubbard. 

Dear Sir: Your letter cautioning me is at hand. I am very thank¬ 
ful for your kind advice, and shall do my utmost to follow it to the let¬ 
ter. 

I have never said a word about Shrewsbery, not even to his enemies. 
Friends he has none, at least I have failed to see any of them thus far. 
Some ten day3 since there was a meeting called to nominate candidates 
for school trustees. I learned his gait before night. Jim Donaldson and 
I posted all the colored men we knew. When the time was up they 
organized the meeting and nominated six candidates, after which Mr. 
Cardozo delivered a very fine speech. When he was through Mr. 
Shrewsbery got up and attempted to kick a fallen man, i. e., a tirade 
against Mr. Whittemore. Our Chairman promptly dismissed the meeting 


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and left Mr. S. in an empty house. All listened attentively to Mr. Car- 
dozo, but our people will not hear Mr. Whittemore abused at this time. 

Mr. R. J. Donaldson and myself will start for the upper portion of 
the County oil Monday next, if nothing occurs. 

I remain, sir, very respectfully, &c., 

WM. LITTLEFIELD. 


May 25th. 

Mr. J. W. Anderson, Yorkville, So. Ca.: 

I have this day directed Mr. M. L. Owens to report to you for duty. 

I would like very much to have you come here as one of the delegates 
to the nominating convention, and again as a member of the Legislature. 
I think by manipulation you can do it. The Governor and myself ap¬ 
preciate your services and worth and will assist you in every way in our 
power. Mr. Owens will also assist you with the knowledge he has of 
that County. Let me hear from you. 

Respectfully, &c., 

JOHN B. HUBBARD, 

Chief Constable. 

B. 


Charleston, October 10, 1870. 
Captain John B. Hubbard, State Constable, Columbia, S. C. 

Dear Sir: I have been looking for you since I came from Columbia to 
appoint the specials for the election. It is now but eight days to the 
election, and as this County is very large and most of the specials to be 
appointed are men who reside near the polling precincts, whatever is to 
be done must be done quickly. I would suggest that if you are not 
coming to Charleston right away that you send the blanks to me imme¬ 
diately, signed by yourself, and I would fill them out and give,them to 
the parties who are to act. There is forty-eight polls established in the 
County, fifteen of which are in the city. Two at a poll would be little 
enough to preserve the peace and look after business. It will take at 
least two days to get the appointments distributed to the various polls. 
Bowen will carry this Couutv by three thousand votes at least. The re¬ 
formers will vote for him in a body, but we will not let them <jo more than 
that'anyway. Answer as soon as possible, as I have quite a number of 
men waiting for their appointments—men who are sound and true. 
Everything will go straight here with proper management. 

Yours truly, 


WM. N. TAFT. 


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P. S.—Scott and Ransier will have eight thousand majority in this 
County without doubt, if precaution is taken. 


TAFT. 


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Charleston, S. C., Oct. 22d, 1870—9 o’clock P. M. 
Copt. John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable, Columbia , S. C. 

Dear Sir: Having been so busy, I have not had time to write you 
before this. I telegraphed you the probable result in this County as far 
as known up to yesterday morning. Since that time the result has not 
been altered as far as the State ticket is concerned, but I think we may 
probably carry the city by a very small majority. The city will give a 
large majority for Bowen. Bowen’s majority in the County will not be 
less than 8,000 in the County. We have nothing from Beaufort, Barn¬ 
well or Colleton that can be relied on, although DeLarge claims that he 
is elected, and Bowen’s friends admit that the result cannot be ascer¬ 
tained except by an official count. What accounts for Bowen getting so 
large a majority is that he has played into the reformers’ hands at every 
turn; first by Tim Hurley’s card in the News for Edwin Bates, and 
then he played the entire party false by the ticket not being sent into 
the country as shown when it came from New York. The ticket from 
New York was only used in the city. On the night you left Charleston, 
Hurley took the plates to Perry’s printing office and there had fifty 
thousand tickets struck off like the one enclosed, marked number two. 
The ticket I send you marked 1 is the genuine ticket as nominated by 
the Convention. The tickets was not to be opened until the polls were 
opened, so that no one should discover the fraud until it was too late. 
Hurley received from Whiting $3,000 for putting him on in place of 
me. Hurley had a large number of tickets struck up with the same 
plates for the reformers, and they were sent into the country also, but, 
so far as I can ascertain, there were not many of them voted. Large 
numbers of them were found on the islands, but were destroyed. Bowen 
was on the regular reform ticket and got there by the means I have 
stated. The entire ticket of the 12th of Sept, has been elected notwith¬ 
standing the endeavors of Bowen and Hurley trying their utmost to 
defeat the few friends of DeLarge on the ticket by placing the name of 
Thomlinson in place of Levy, Reed in place of Miller, Emory in place 
of Mackey, and Whiting for myself. The ticket you find marked 3 has 
the name of Mackey left off and Emory substituted. This ticket came 
with the original ticket from New York. So you can see they made war 
on us in earnest and intended to defeat us at any cost. There were 
tickets printed without the name of Scott and Ransier, and Carpenter 
and Butler put on in a fine hand. I will get you one of these tickets. 
Also, I send you one of the New York tickets, marked 4, pasted over 
with the name of Carpenter and Butler. I will send you a full list of 
the specials appointed on Monday, together with my account and the 
number of miles traveled. 1 exceeded vour instructions, but considered 
myself warranted on Tuesday afternoon on detecting the issue of bogus 


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tickets. I immediately went to Bowen, and he and Hurley swore to me, 
as did also Dennis, that no other ticket but the genuine ticket had gone 
in the country; but I, having seen one of the tickets put out by them, 
immediately appointed more for the country and some for the city, and 
sent them out immediately, not having time to communicate with you. 
By so doing, I prevented their pretty little game from winning. Please 
inform me if the Constables will be entitled to mileage, and how much. 
Will keep you posted as the vote is counted and any new developments. 

Very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

WM. N. TAFT. 


Columbia, October 27, 1872. 

J. B. Hubbard , Esq. 

My Dear Sir: I want you to go to Union County a few days before 
the election on the 5th of November. I am very anxious to see Mobley 
elected Senator. The Deputy United States Marshals are opposed to 
him and will do all they can to have a Democrat elected, as they did at 
the former election. If you could be there one day before the election 
you would deter them from their opposition to him. I hope you will go 
over at all hazzards. Please consider this confidential, and believe me 
your friend, 

B. K. SCOTT. 


Capt. J. B. Hubbard: 

Please let Mr. Mobley have a revolver. 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 


you will Please let the Barer have the for goine for me. I am goine 
a way iu the morning and I want it Rit off 

yours &c 


J. S. MOBLEY. 


Sumter, S. C., September 18th, 1870. 
Capt. John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable of State, Columbia, S. C. 

Dear Sir: We are having some trouble in our County, but I think 
we will fetch it out all right. The reformers are a doing, their best to 
split the party but they cannot make it. On Friday they had some hand 
bills printed and sent around and put all colored men’s names to it. It 


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created a big excitement in town among the black and the mulatto men. 
We are agoing to have them arrested for forgery, to-morrow, if we can. 
We ar getting along all right. We ar a holding meetings all over the 
County. 

I will send you one of those bills so you can see what they are a doing. 
You see the six names put at the bottom are all colored, and they did not 
know anything about it. 

Yours respectfully, 


J. A. JACKSON, 

Sumter, S. C. 


[The following paper shows how small favors were granted : ] 


I hereby certify that Mr. O. P. McRoy, the bearer hereof, is a citizen 
of Sumter. I have known him for many years and have always found 
him an honest, hard-working and industrious man, and a good citizen. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 

November 5, 1870. 


Capt. Hubbard will please let this 
expenses of constabulary. 


man have $5.00 and put it in 

R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 


Newberry C. H., S. C., 
October 19th, 1870, 12 o’clock. 
Col. John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable: 

All quiet now. The whites started a rough, but the soldiers were 
orded out and put it down. No one hurt. The Republicans ahead 
here about 800 or 900. Have hered nothing from the County. 
Respectfully, in haste, 


R. W. BOONE. 


P. S.—Boise, the old watchmaker, droped dead wdiile cursing the Gov. 
and the Ratical party, &c. 


Later — 1 o’clock P. M.—The Republicans ahead in this place over 

1 , 000 . 

Yours, 

R. W. B. 

Excuse grate haste in writing. 



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Rock Hill, So. Ca., 

October 20th, 1870. 

Mr. J. B. Hubbard, Chief Constable: 

I he election at this place passed of quietly. Our friend J. M. Steele 
has deserted us and voted the reform ticket and did all he could against 
us. i he Republican majority at this precinct is between one and two 
hu ndred. 

Yours very respectfully, 

JAS. RATTERREE, 
Deputy Constable. 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. HUBBARD. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee. 

John B. Hubbard, being recalled, says: 

He resides in the city of Columbia. Was appointed Chief Constable 
of the State of South Carolina, August 27, 1868, by ex-Governor Scott. 
Served under Governor Scott for four years. , Had full charge of the 
constabulary force, consisting of Deputy Constables and Special Con¬ 
stables. Durwig Governor Scott’s administration I appointed, upon his 
order, one hundred and fifty-one Deputy Constables; they were stationed 
in the various Counties of the State. I appointed Deputy Constables in 
all the Counties; some of them furnished their own horses; the State 
furnished forage for them. The State also furnished over twenty horses 
and equipments for the use of the constabulary force. The mounted 
men were sent from County to County, as the Governor directed. Os¬ 
tensibly, the object of the constabulary force was for the preservation of 
the peace, but in reality it was organized and used for political purposes v 
and ends. Governor Scott would order me to send men to any County 
where the Republican party most needed encouragement and reorganiza¬ 
tion. The Deputies were authorized and instructed to attend all political 
meetings and report the political condition of the County to me, and I 
would report the same to the Governor. The Deputies in most of the 
Counties reported to me weekly, and in some Counties daily; in addition 
to this they made monthly reports. Of the one hundred and fifty-one 
Dap uties, ninety-eight (98) were Northern men, twenty-six (26) colored 
and twenty seven (27) natives. Governor Scott always insisted that 
Northern men should have the preference. It was understood that the 
administration could not trust Southern men. A Captain was appointed 
and placed in command of a squad in most of the Counties; they were 
all Northern men, except in one instance. Men were sent as Deputy 
Constables into different Counties, with the distinct understanding that 



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they were to work for the State ticket and be elected to the General 
Assembly or some County office. At least twenty Constables were in 
this manner elected to fill positions of profit and trust. The number re¬ 
ferred to in the foregoing portion of this statement as aggregating one 
hundred and fifty-one (151) Deputy Constables does not include thirty- 
two (32) men brought here from New York by Deputy Constable C. C. 
Baker, all under the command of Colonel J. E. Kerrigan. These men 
were brought here under the authority of Governor R. K Scott and 
stationed in Union County. I had but little to do with this force. I 
understood the object of bringing them here was to carry Union County 
and to demoralize the Democratic party by their presence. At the same 
time it was reported that a larger number would be brought if necessary. 

\ Governor Scott, in my presence, threatened to bring sufficient numbers 
of this class of men to intimidate the white voters. C. C. Puffer seemed 
to have charge of these men and was instrumental in haviug them 
brought here. I don’t think it possible to have found or selected a more 
dangerous lot of men than they were in any city in the Union. The 
Governor became frightened and demoralized after they had been here 
for a time and was exceedingly anxious to get them out of the State. 
He feared they would kill him, as he could not comply with all their 
demands upon him. He (Scott) gave me the money to-pay them off, 
provided they would go to Charleston first. He desired to have them 
paid in Charleston, because he did not want any of them left in this 
city. I purchased through tickets for them from Columbia to New York, 
via Charleston. The Deputy and Special Constables were all commis¬ 
sioned as follows : 

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

[seal of the state.] By the Chief Constable of the State: 

To - 

I, reposing special trust and confidence in your abilities, care, pru¬ 
dence and integrity, have commissioned, constituted and appointed, and 
by these presents do commission, constitute and appoint, you, the said 

-, Constable-in the State aforesaid; to have, 

hold, exercise and enjoy the said office of-Constable, 

together with all the rights, privileges, profits and emoluments whatever 
thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. 

Columbia, S. C., July 20, 1870. 

This commission to continue in force. 

(Sigued) 


JOHN B. HUBBARD, 

Chief Constable. 






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I appointed from three to five hundred special Constables to serve during 
election day and a few days previous to and subsequent to the election. 
Ostensibly, they were appointed to preserve the peace; nevertheless, it was 
understood that they were required to look after the interest of the can- ' 
didate of the Republican party, and thus by their aid, counsel and 
encouragement to bring out and secure every vote possible for the regular 
nominees. The deputies and specials were paid, in every instance, from 
the “Armed Force Fund.” The Deputy Constables were paid three dol¬ 
lars per day, and in addition were allowed mileage; in some instances 
their expenses were paid; their pay as mileage included number of miles 
traveled attending political meetings. Special Constables were allowed 
three dollars per day only. 

The following account is that of Deputy B. G. Yocum, and includes 
amount allowed him in canvassing and organizing in Charleston County 
for forty-eight (48) days: 

November 1st, 1868. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To B. G. Yocom, Deputy State Constable , Dr. 

To services as Deputy Constable, from September 14th to October 


31st, both inclusive, 48 days, at S3 per day.$144 00 

Number of miles traveled during months of October and Sep¬ 
tember: 

September 17—To George’s Station. 49 miles. 

“ 17—To Parler’s plantation. 12 

“ 22—To George’s Station. 49 

“ 22—To Parler’s plantation. 12 

October 6—To St. Stephen’s Depot. 50 

“ 7—To Black Oak. 44 

“ 8—To Strawberry Ferry. 26 

“ 10—To Cainhoy. 18 

“ 13—To McClellandville. 36 

“ 15—To John’s Island. 23 

“ 17—To Wadmalaw. 49 

“ 20—To Edisto. 62 

24—To Goose Creek Bridge. 24 

“ 9(3—To Brick Church. 36 

“ 29—To Hickory Bend. 64 

November 1—To Summerville. 22 

“ 2—To James Island. 11 

All inclusive...587 miles. 





















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Stationery. 2 00 

Postage. . 1 50 

Canvassing County, 587 miles, @ 6c... 35 22 


$182 72' 

Less six Sundays. 18 00 

$164 72 

Over charge mileage... 5 87 

$158 85 


I, B. G. Yocom, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the number 
of days and rendered the services as set forth in said account; and that 
I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred and 
actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the perform¬ 
ance of my official duty, under order of the Constable of the State. 

B. G. YOCOM, 
Deputy Constable of the State. 


November 13th, 1868. 

Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. 

JOHN E. RIVERS, 
Justice of the Peace. 

Approved: 

John B. Hubbard, 

Constable of the State. 


The following account represents amount paid Griffin Holliman, De¬ 
puty State Constable, for canvassing Darlington County. He was elected 
a member of the House of Representatives while Deputy Constable. 
The account referred to above and the following two accounts were paid 
during the year 1868; they were contracted solely for the purpose of 
carrying the Counties for the Republican party : 

November 1 , 1868. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To Griffin Holliman, Dr . 

To services as Deputy Constable from September 30th to 

October 31st, 16 days, at $3 per day.$48 00 

To actual number of miles traveled in performance of duty 

as Deputy Constable, 490, at 5c. per mile. 24 50 

$72 50 


/ 














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I, Griffin Holliman, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the num¬ 
ber of day3 and rendered the services as set forth in said account, and 
that I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred 
and actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the 
performance of my official duty under order of the Constable of the 
State. 

GRIFFIN HOLLIMAN, 
Deputy Constable of the State. 

Columbia, November 30, 1868. 

Richland Countal 

Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and made 
oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. 

W. B. NASH, Magistrate. 


The following account was paid to Deputy Constable H. W. Webb 
for services rendered in the campaign in Georgetown County. Mr. 
W r ebb was elected to the House of Representatives. The package 
marked “A” are accounts of a similar nature, and include amounts paid 
Deputy Constables for their services during the campaign of 1868 : 

Georgetown County, November 25th, 1867. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To W. H. Webb, Deputy State Constable, Dr. 

To services as Deputy State Constable from September 29th to 

November 25th, both inclusive, 57 days, at $3 per day... $171 00 
To mileage as Deputy Constable of Georgetown County: 


From Georgetown to Sampit, 20 miles. 1 20 

Santee. 1 80 

Brown’s Ferry. 3 00 

Waccamaw. 3 60 

Club House. 2 40 

Lenan’s Ferry. 3 60 

Black River. 2 40 

Summer House. 1 80 


$190 80 

Less eight Sundays. 24 00 


$166 80 














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I, H. W. Webb, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the number 
of days and rendered the services as set forth in said account; and that 
I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred and 
actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the per¬ 
formance of my official duty under order of the Constable of the State. 

H. W. WEBB, 

Deputy Constable of the State. 

Columbia, S. C., November 25th, 1868. 

Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. 

ROBERT C. DeLARGE, [l. s.] 

Justice of the Peace, 


The constabulary force had charge of a portion of the militia in sev¬ 
eral Counties, the militia being paid SI6 to S22 per month out of the 
“Armed Force” Fund. The following paper, marked A B, represents 
an account paid to members of the State Guard who were employed and 
placed under Deputy State Constable John A. Jackson by order of Gov¬ 
ernor Scott. At one time there was probably one hundred men thus 
employed, most of whom were colored, and who had considerable politi¬ 
cal influence in their respective neighborhoods. They rendered no ser¬ 
vice, to my knowledge, except of a political nature. The package 
marked C D contains numerous accounts of the same nature as the one 
referred to, and represents accounts of the State Guard stationed at Ab¬ 
beville, Edgefield and other Counties: 



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[A B.] 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

In Account with State Guard, Dr . 


Names. 

Time. 

Pay. 

Amount. 

Signatures. 

J. A. Green, Sergeant... 

One Month 

| 

$50 00 

$ 50 00 

J. A. Green, 
his 

Mac Brooks. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

Mac x Brooks, 
mark, 
his 

Frank Cooper.. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

F. x Cooper, 
mark, 
his 

Anderson Gray. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

1 

A. x Gray, 
mark, 
his 

Wash. Conner. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

1 

W. X Conner, 
mark, 
his 

A. Borrough. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

A. x Borrough. 
mark, 
his 

Sye Hill. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

Sye x Hill, 
mark, 
his 

A. Forrest. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

A. x Forrest, 
mark, 
his 

John Geary. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

John x Geary, 
mark, 
his 

P. Stewart. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

P. X Stewart, 
mark, 
his 

Nesbit Perrin. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

N. X Perrin, 
mark, 
his 

W. Williams. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

W. X Williams 
mark, 
his 

W. Barrinton. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

W. X Barrintor 
mark, 
his 

B. Harris . 

One Mouth 

16 00 

16 00 

B. x Harris, 
j mark, 
his 

Ed. Owens. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 00 

E. x Owens, 
mark. 

David Harris, Jr. 

One Month 

16 00 

16 0C 

$290 0C 

David Harris, Ji 
























































I certify that the above account is correct and just, as per voucher 
annexed. 

JOHN A. JACKSON, 
First Lieutenant State Guard. 

Edgefield C. H., Nov. 30, 1866. 


The following is an account of the same class and character as the one 


referred to as A B : 

State of South Carolina, Dr. 

To the following named freedmen : 

No. 1. Miles Brown. . $21 99 

2. Samuel Martin. 21 99 

3. Israel Bowie. 21 99 

4. Snowden Brown.. 21 99 

5. Charles Kennedy . 21 99 

6. Calyen Ward. 21 99 


S131 94 

To services rendered as guards at Abbeville C. H. from July 22d, 1869, 
to September 1st, 1869, one and one-third months, at $16 per month each, 

$21.99.... $131 94 

JERRY HOLLINSHEAD, 
Commanding Post, Abbeville, S. C. 


The paper submitted marked “A C” is an account paid Deputy Consta¬ 
ble David Foulk in 1869. This account is one of the same character as 
the vouchers in package marked “A L.” The accounts in the package 
referred to contain more than one hundred vouchers. Not one man in 
twenty whose name appears in the body of the vouchers rendered any 
service except to keep the party in power fully organized in their re¬ 
spective localities and report the political status of townships and Coun¬ 
ties, unless it be considered a duty to have kept watch over the move¬ 
ments of the Democrats and report if they were organized either as 
Democratic clubs or as volunteer militia companies, number of arms 
received, and report the same to my office, it being made a part of my 
duty to report to Governor Scott : 

“A C.” 

Laurens C. H., December 2d, 1869. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To David Foulk, Deputy State Constable, Dr. 
To services as Deputy Constable from November 1 to November 

30th, both inclusive, 30 days, at $3 per day. $90 00 













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I, David Foulk, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the num¬ 
ber of days and rendered the services as set forth in said account, aud 
that I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred 
and actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the 
performance of my official duty under the order of the Constable of the 
State. 

DAVID FOULK, 
Deputy Constable of the State. 

South Carolina—Laurens County. 

Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. 

NATHANIEL FREEMAN, Magistrate. 


The paper marked “OK” represents amount paid William Little¬ 
field, a Deputy Constable appointed by Governor Scott, at the request of 
John J. Patterson. Patterson brought several of his friends here from 
Pennsylvania and bad them all appointed on the constabulary force in 
the various Counties, with the understanding that they must come to the 
Legislature. 

Littlefield was sent to the Couuty of Chesterfield for that purpose, 
was a candidate, but defeated, but, through Patterson’s influence, was 
seated, and the Democrat who was elected unseated. Littlefield was 
in the County of Chesterfield from thirty to sixty days when he became 
a candidate. During the entire time he was there he was receiving three 
dollars per day from the State as Deputy Constable. 

“O K.” 

November, 30th, 1869, 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To W m. Littlefield, Deputy State Constable, Dr. 

1869. 

To services as Deputy Constable from November 1st to 
November 30th, both inclusive, 30 days, at $3 per 

day [ordered by Capt. J. B. Hubbard.]. $ 90 00 

Nov. 8. Fare 2 men Abbeville to Columbia [ordered by Capt. 

J. B. Hubbard.]. 12 00 

Nov. 9. Fare 1 man Columbia to Mayesville [ordered by Capt. 

J. B. Hubbard.]. 3 00 

Meals at Mayesville [ordered by Capt. J. B. Hub¬ 
bard.] . 1 00 


6 







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Nov. 13. Fare Sumter to Columbia.. 2 50 

Meals . 75 

Nov. 15. Hotel bill at Columbia. 6 00 

Repairing pistol... 3 00 

Nov. 21. Board bill at Columbia, 3 men. 18 00 

Fare 3 men to Chester... 10 50 


$146 75 

I, W. Littlefield, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the number 
of days aud rendered the services as set forth in said account; and that 
I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred and 
actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the perform¬ 
ance of my official duty, uuder the order of the Constable of the State. 

WM. LITTLEFIELD, 
Deputy Constable of the State. 

Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing. 

LEM. L. GUFFIN, 
Magistrate. 


Paper marked “ H H ” is from package marked “ Z,” which contains a 
large number of vouchers for amounts paid Captains of the constabulary 
force stationed in the Couuties, including their expenses. Captain 
Jackson was stationed in several different Counties; he was considered 
an efficient organizer : 

“H H” 

Edgefield C. H., S. C., December 31st, 1869. 


STATE OF SOUrH CAROLINA 

To John A. Jackson, Deputy State Constable, Dr. 

To services as Deputy State Constable from December 1 st to 
December 31st, both inclusive, thirty-one days, at $3 per 

da y. $93 00 

Moneys expended duriug the month for the force uuder my 

command. 157 39 


$250 39 

I, John A. Jackson, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the number 
of days and rendered the services as set forth in said account; and that 













I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred and 
actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the perform¬ 
ance of my official duty, under the order of the Constable of the State. 

JOHN A. JACKSON, 
Deputy Constable of the State South Carolina. 


Edgefield C. H., December 31st, 1869. 
Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing. 

A. RAMSAY, 
Justice of the Peace E. C. 

Approved: 

John B. Hubbard, 

Constable of the State. 


The paper marked “L I P” represents amount paid C. C. Bciker, 
Deputy Constable in Uniou County. Baker never rendered any service 
to my knowledge, except to shoot several holes in his own coat and rep¬ 
resent that he had been shot at by bushwhackers in Union County. I 
examined his coat myself, and know that he would have been severely 
wounded had the balls passed through his coat while on his person. I 
so stated to Governor Scott at the time; nevertheless he immediately sent 
Baker to New York after the thirty-two men heretofore referred to: 

“LI P” 

Union C. H., November 30th, 1869. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To C. C. Baker, Deputy State Constable, Dr. 

To services as Deputy State Constable from November 1st to 

November 30th, 16 days, at $3 per day. 848 00 

Feeding horses. 12 00 

Expenses. . 9 80 


$69 80 


I, C. C. Baker, Deputy Constable of the State, do certify that the 
foregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the num¬ 
ber of days and rendered the services as set forth in said account; and 
that I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred 
and actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the 
performance of my official duty, under order of the Constable of the 
State. 


C. C. BAKER, 
Deputy Constable of the State. 







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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ^ 

Richland County. j 

Columbia, S. C., March 30th, 1869. 
Personally appeared the above named Deputy Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. 

J. H. RUNKLE, 
Notary Public. 


The following paper was delivered to me by C. C. Baker. The pistols 
were delivered to Baker for the purpose of arming the New York roughs 
referred to heretofore. In addition to the pistols furnished, these tneu 
were armed with Winchester rifles, and a large amount of ammunition 
delivered to them at the same time: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, November 29th, 1870. 
Capt. John B. Hubbard., Chief State Constable, Columbia, S. C. 

Capt.: Please deliver to, Col. C. C. Baker twenty-five (25) pistols and 
holsters. 

Very respectfully, 

R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 


Paper marked “I J” is a voucher showing amount paid to C. J. An- 
dell as Special Constable. This paper is an, exact copy of several hun¬ 
dred in package marked “D T,” except as to amounts, name of Consta¬ 
ble, County and precinct. Mr. Andell was elected to the House of 
Representatives from Charleston County. Special Constables were ap¬ 
pointed at every precinct and were paid for from one to ten days. They 
were appointed for the purpose of assisting on election days in rallying 
- and encouraging the regular nominees of the party. Printed circulars 
were issued on one or two occasions for the purpose of deceiving the 
public as to their duties: 

“I J.” 

John’s Island, Dec’r 2d, 1868. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To C. J. Andell, Special State Constable, Dr. 

To services as Special Constable for John’s Island from Oct. 22d 

to Dec’r 2d, both inclusive, ten days, at $3.00 per day. $30 00 

Thirty dollars. 





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I, C. J. Anclell, Special Constable of the State, do certify that the 
loregoing account is just and true; that I have been on duty the num¬ 
ber of days and rendered the services as set forth iu said account; and 
that I have traveled the miles and necessarily and reasonably incurred 
and actually disbursed the expenses as they are charged while in the 
performance of my official duty, under order of the Constable of the 
State. 

C. J. ANDELL, 
Special Coustable of the State. 

Charleston County, Dec. 23d, 1868. 

Personally appeared the above named Special Constable and sub¬ 
scribed and made oath to the truth of the fo,regoing affidavit. 

S. B. THOMSON, 
Magistrate. 


The following paper is an account made up for A. V. Wilson when he 
left this State. Wilson was a citizen of Ohio, brought by Governor 
Scott and appointed as a Constable. Governor Scott brought down from 
fifteen to twenty men from Ohio and had them appointed on the force. 
I remember Capt. E. L. Mann, John Brown, Kahlo, Tyler, Jackson, 
Bellanger, Leahey, McMeekin, Placket, Foulk, Pleyward and several 
others were all brought here by Governor Scott, who stated that he 
would not appoint natives on the force: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To A. V. Wilson, Deputy State Constable, Dr. 


To services as Deputy Constable from October 1st, 1870, to Jan¬ 
uary 31st, both inclusive,—123 days, at $3 per day.$369 00 

Expenses from Edgefield to Columbia and return, including 

hotel four days. 20 00 

Expenses to Greenville and return.... 19 50 


$408 50 


The following is a letter from Governor Scott asking that Hollins- 
head be appointed. It represents the general run of his orders for 
appointment: 








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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, November 27th, 1868. 
J/r. J. B. Hubbard, Chief Coyistable. 

Sir: Please appoint the bearer, Mr. J. Hollingshead, a Deputy Con¬ 
stable. I am personally acquainted with Mr. H.; he served three years 
in my command. I desire that he be put on duty at once. When you 
have the time I would be pleased to see you at this office. 

Respectfully, &c., 

R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 


The following paper is an order from John B. Dennis to turn over the 
horses belonging to the constabulary force to the Adjutant and Inspec¬ 
tor General’s Department. Upon receipt of the order I refused to obey, 
it, believing that it was a plan agreed upon between Dennis and Elliott 
to get control of them for the purpose of appropriating them, or the 
proceeds arising from their sale, to their own use: 

Headquarters South Carolina Militia, 
Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 

Columbia, March 24th, 1870. 
Capt. John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable S. C. 

Capt.: I am directed by Col. R. B. Elliott, Adjutant and Inspector 
General, to receive and receipt to you for the horses, saddles, bridles and 
forage now in your possession, the property of the State, and which have 
been kept for use of constabulary force. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 

Upon the receipt of the order I telegraphed to Gov. Scott, who was in 
Washington, for instructions. He sent the following reply. I never 
turned the horses over to Dennis. Elliott was considerably exercised 
when I refused to turn the horses over to him: 

The Western Union Telegraph Company. 

Dated Washington, March 24th, 1870. 

Received Columbia, S. C., March 24th. 

To John B. Hubbard: 

You will turn over the horses on paper, but retain control of them 
until I return. 

R. K. SCOTT, 

16 W. 218 paid. Governor of South Carolina. 

C. H. 

5.50 P. M. 



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The horses were eventually sold and brought $2,375. A portion of 
^ s t u r ned over to Gov. Scott, also some notes made payable 
to me, the consideration being horses sold to the parties. The notes 
amounted to about $1,000. I remember one was given by Dr. Ensor for 
one horse, price $150; one by Allen for two horses, price $300 for the 
two. General Anderson, one note for one horse for $200. I can’t recall 
the others now. The notes were turned over to Gov. Scott. I remem¬ 
ber that Purvis gave a note for one horse. I think the amount was 
$150. J. Crews one note for one horse, price $150. I turned over about 
one thousand dollars in money to Gov. Scott on account of the sale of 
the horses. The remainder was allowed to me in my salary and travel¬ 
ing expenses. 

The following is an order from Gov. Scott to deliver the horses to Mr. 
James Allen, heretofore referred to: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, January 15th, 1871. 

Capt. J. B. Hubbard will let Hon. J. M. Allen have the horses agreed 
upon, valued at $300. 

R. K. SCOTT. 

I am mistaken in the statement made that all the horses were sold. 
One was given to Butler Spears, of Sumter County. He attended a 
political meeting in Clarendon County; his horse died and he claimed 
that he was poisoned by the Democrats, when the following account and 
certificate was made out and presented to Governor Scott. He refused 
to approve of it, and ordered me to deliver one of the horses purchased 
for the constabulary force to Spears. I thereupon delivered him the 
horse of his choice, a very fine black; the Governor directed me to allow 
him to take any horse he desired: 

July 30th, 1870. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To Butler Spears, Dr . 

July 23. To price of horse poisoned while in service of State.$225 00 

B. SPEARS. 

I certify that the horse for which the above bill has been made out by 
Mr. Spears was poisoned while in the service of the State. 

JOHN A. JACKSON, 

Captain Commanding at Sumter, S. C. 


Approved this 


day of 


, 1870. 



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The following paper is an account of W. E. Rose, proprietor of Rose’s 
Hotel in this city. The account was for board of Deputy Constables 
who were brought here to be sent to the upper Counties. All such 
expenses were paid from the Armed Force Fund, upon the order of the 
Governor: 


Rose’s Hotel, 

Columbia, S. C., November 3d, 1870. 
John B. Hubuaed, Esq., State Constable, 

To ROSE’S HOTEL, Dr. 


1870. 

Oct. 31. To 7 days’ board, F. D. Leahy. $ 10 50 

6 days’ board, T. A. Howerton. 9 00 

3 days’ board, R. C. Kahls. 4 50 

3 days’ board, John Brown. 4 50 

2 days’ board, R. C. Cameron. 3 00 

6 days’ board, Ed. C. Steele. 9 00 

6 days’ board, A. Marochetti. 9 00 

6 days’ board, E. H. Smith. 9 00 

6 days’ board, S. Sneider. 9 00 

5 days’ board, T. H. Hawkins. 7 50 

5 days’ board, E. H. Sanders. 7 50 

5 days’ board, P. C. Collins. 7 50 

5 days’ boarj, Thos. Snyder. 7 50 

5 days’ board, C. K. Smith. 7 50 

2 days’ board, Win. Anderson. 3 00 

4 days’ board, John Burke. 6 00 

•3 days’ board, J. J. Blake. 4 50 

11 days’ board, R. C. Tyler. 16 50 

8 day’s board, J. Hettinger. VI 00 


$147 00 

Received payment, 

W. R. ROSE, 

Per J. D. Cooper. 


1 cannot form a correct estimate of the average cost per month of the 
constabulary force. During the campaigns it cost a great deal more 
than it did after the election. The force was generally increased three 
months before an election to from three to four times the number on 
regular duty. 

The following paper is a pay roll of the regular Deputies for the 
month of November, 1870: 























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Pay Roll of Deputy Constables for November , 1870. 

1. Hiram Spears.pd 8 96 00 

2. John Burke.pd 91 50 

3. J. \V. Anderson, less 856.36.pd 109 71 

4. Wm. Anderson.pd 100 00 

5. J. E. Nesmith.pd 75 00 

6. Butler Spears. pd 90 00 

7. James Kelly.pd 90 00 

8. Peter Collins.pd 102 00 

9. John Marshall.pd 90 00 

10. Alfred Mongville.pd 143 00 

11. Thos. A. Sullivan... pd 96 50 

12. J. W. Hayward.pd 73 00 

13. Jas. C. Griffin.pd 90 00 

14. R. W. Boone.pd 108 15 

15. R. E. Cameron.pd 42 00 

16. JI. W. Seyffiirth.H.pd 33 00 

17. E. A. Hackett. pd 510 00 

18. John Davis.pd 45 00 

19. F. H. Gurley. pd 45 00 

20. Ed. Hudson Smith. pd 72 00 

21. E.C. Steel.pd 72 00 

22. Thos. Snyder. II. pd 33 00 

23. Thos. A. Howerton. pd 42 00 

24. A. Marochetti.pd 72 00 

25. J. A. Lederer.H.pd 21 00 

26. James Jackson.pd 90 00 

27. Wm. Littlefield.pd 166 25 

28. J. IT. Donaldson, less 878.pd 179 00 

29. J. P. Wharton .pd 60 00 

30. J. C. Bonsall.pd 163 40 

31. F. D. Leahy. pd 39 00 

32. Thos. H. Hawkins.pd 62 20 

33. Wm. Kennedy.pd 40 00 

34. S. J. Coates. .pd 154 40 

35. H. H. Wilson, less 8133...pd 158 00 

36. J. J. Blake.pd 33 00 

37. James Leckie.pd 48 50 

38. John A. Jackson.pd 369 95 

39. R. C. Tyler.pd 90 00 

40. John Brown. . pd 90 00 

41. J. C. Leahy.pd 93 50 

42. Geo. T. Frost.pd 78 00 
















































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The following paper represents property of the State used by the con¬ 
stabulary force, and turned over by Deputy Constable Captain Thomas 
Sullivan to Deputy Constable Captain William Littlefield: 

Invoice of State property transferred to Captain William Littlefield 
by Captain Thomas A. Sullivan, of Newberry County, S. C., December 
9th, 1870 : 

12 rifles (10 Winchesters and 2 Spencers.) 

(15) fifteen gun slings. 

(2) two pistol belts and holsters. 

(19) nineteen horses. 

(18) eighteen saddles and bridles. 

(16) sixteen saddle blankets. 

(19) nineteen halters. 

I certifv that the above is a correct invoice of property transferred by 
me to Captaiu William Littlefield, in obedience to orders received from 
Captain John B. Hubbard, Chief Constable S. C. 

THOMAS A. SULLIVAN, 

Deputy State Constable S. C. in charge at Newberry, S. C. 

The following paper is an order from Governor Scott to pay Samuel 
Dickerson for one month as Constable. He never rendered any service 
except to deliver political harangues in favor of Scott and DeLarge: 

Copt. J. B. Hubbard: 

I promised to pay Major Dickerson full pay for the month of October 
as Constable. 

Yours, &c., 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 

In 1870, some time before the Nominating Convention met to nomi¬ 
nate a State ticket and members of Congress for the election of 1870, 
Gov. Scott sent for me (it was in May or June, I think,) aud said : “ Hub¬ 
bard, I want DeLarge and Elliott nominated for Congress, and you 
must use all the influence you can bring about to prevent Hoge and 
Bowen being nominated.” He also said: “ When the time comes I will 
want you to appoint as many Constables as DeLarge and his friends may 
ask, for Bow r en must be defeated, no matter what it costs.” I was ordered 
to Charleston to w r ork in the interest of DeLarge and to secure the election 
of delegates to the Convention who favored him and Scott. I went to 
Charleston and worked for DeLarge’s success. I appointed the following 
twenty-four Constables to assist me in carrying the County for DeLarge: 




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Benj. Hernandez, Albert Aspinwall, Alexr. Williams, Jacob Royall, 
Thos. Smith, John F. Robertson, Henry Hall, George Shrewsbury, W. 
T. Spencer, J. J. Young, John R. Pinckney, Henry May, George Burk- 
ley, Josiah Brown, B. C. McPherson, L. Hill, A. Mackey, Charleston. 
Gabriel Gorman, St. James’ Santee. 

George A. Richmond, James Grant, Edisto. 

Abraham Smith, Christ Church. 

Marcus Unyard, Summerville. 

B. Manigault, St. Andrew’s. 

Robert Brown, John’s Island. 

They were under full pay for one month at the rate of sixty dollars 
per month each. Under instructions from Gov. Scott, I appointed six or 
more Constables, who served until after the election. They were all 
friends and supporters of DeLarge and rendered no service except of a 
political nature. They attended all the political meetings as a body 
guard and advocate of DeLarge’s election to Congress. Frank Mason, 
George Shrewsbury, John Burklev, Samuel Dickerson, John R. Pinckney 
and John Steadman were among the number referred to above. T. J. 
Mackey knew of this arrangement and assisted me; he kept the Gover¬ 
nor and myself fully informed. The following telegrams were received 
from him and relate to this matter. I assisted DeLarge up to the time 
he was seated in Congress. The “appointments promised,” referred to 
in the telegram of T. J. Mackey, was the Constables to assist DeLarge 
after the nomination : 

The Western Union Telegraph Company. 

Charleston, S. C., July 22, 1870. 
Col. J. B. Hubbard, Chief Constable: 

DeLarge will be up with delegation Sunday evening. Bowen sick. 
All rosy. 

T. J. MACKEY. 

The Western Union Telegraph Company. 

Charleston, x\ugust 1st, 1870. 

Capt . Hubbard: 

Has DeLarge started? Answer immediately. Escort arranged. Send 
appointments promised. 

T. J. MACKEY. 
Charleston, July 6th, 1870. 

J. B. Hubbard: 

Commission sent mislaid or lost before being filled. Please send 
another. Also, book; it’s important. 


ROBERT C. DeLARGE. 


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The Western Union Telegraph Company. 

Charleston, S. C., February 20th, 1871. 

J. B. Hubbard: 

I am confined to bed. Will be thankful to be able to travel in a 
week. See him and ask him if he procured the rooms for me at Wash¬ 
ington. I am anxious to know, as it’s time for arrangements. 

R. C. DeLARGE. 

The Western Union' Telegraph Company. 

Washington, March 6th, 1871. 
Col. J. B. Hubbard, Columbia , S. C: 

DeLarge seated without objection. Gen. Butler and Bingham stood 
ready to defend him. Members universally endorse DeLarge and de¬ 
nounce Bowen. You are remembered. 

T. J. MACKEY, 

920 F Street. 

While in Charleston I wrote to Governor Scott that it was necessary 
for him to come there aud look after his and DeLarge’s interest. He 
sent the following reply, but I think he eventually came dowm to see 
what he could do, telling me to use as many men as was necessary. 
Dennis was Bowen’s friend and deceived us, receiving his pay all the 
time from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, July 18, 1870. 

Captain J. B. Hubbard. 

Dear Sir: In reply to your note, I can only say that it is impossible 
for me to come down even if it defeats my nomination. I am confident 
that Bowen will do all he can to put delegates in the Convention op¬ 
posed to me, which he has a right to do; and if the Republicans of 
Charleston think him so important to them in Congress as to sustain him 
against me I will be entirely satisfied with their decision. We all know 
that Bow r en is a man entirely destitute of principle, and if the party 
must always be loaded dowm with weights there is but little encourage¬ 
ment in sustaining it. I will not do a thing which will degrade me in 
my own estimation, therefore I cannot come down until after this Con¬ 
vention. If they select delegates opposed to Mr. DeLarge and in favor 
of Bowrnn, of course they will go against me; but Mr. Ransier or Dennis 
can call a Congressional Convention aud select new delegates, when, of 
course, you can secure such men as will do right. 

My respects to all. 


Yours, 


R. K. SCOTT. 


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I never used any of the money of the State for the purpose of nominat¬ 
ing R. C. DeLarge for Congress. He was, so far as I know, carried by 
having his friends appointed on the constabulary force and through the 
Land Commission funds. I used money (or, at least, I drew it and 
turned it over to R. B. Elliott,) raised on fraudulent accounts approved 
of by R. B. Elliott, Acting Adjutant and Inspector General, and R. K. 
Scott as Governor. During the month of July, about the time the State 
Nominating Convention met, Governor Scott and Elliott informed me 
that they must have some money to assist Elliott iu receiving the nomi¬ 
nation for Congress as against Hoge. I agreed to make out an account 
for alleged services, which was to be approved of as hereinbefore men¬ 
tioned. The following account, marked “R E,” is a duplicate in my 
office, and was made out July 25th, 1870. It is in my handwriting. 
Elliott said I must not trust my clerk to make it out. The nominating 
convention met July 26th; I drew the money July 25th and delivered 
it to R. B. Elliott the same day. Governor Scott did not approve the 
duplicate, but I am satisfied he approved the original. The money was 
paid out of the Militia Fund. If the expenses had been incurred the 
money would have been paid out of the Armed Force Fund, though 
forged accounts were paid from Militia Fund on several occasions: 


“R E.” 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Office of Chief Constable, 
Columbia, S. C., July 25th, 1870. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To Constabulary Department, Dr . 

To forage for horses owned by State.$1,250 00 

incidental expenses. 600 00 

expenses incurred for traveling. 300 00 

for transportation of supplies, &c. 350 00 


Received payment. 


I certify the above is correct. 


$2,500 00 

JOHN B. HUBBARD, 

Chief Constable. 


Endorsed: 


Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 

Columbia, July 25th, 1870. 

The within has been examined, found correct, and is hereby approved. 

R. B. ELLIOTT, 

Act’g Adj. and Ins. General. 


Approved: 










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Columbia, S. C., July 25th, 1870. 

Hubbard, John B., transmits account for expenses of Constabulary 
Department. 

Received headquarters, Adj. and Ins. GenTs office, Columbia, S. C., 
July 25th, 1870. 


I recognize the following paper as Treasurer’s voucher No. 1746. It 
is the original account aud an exact copy of the paper marked “R E.” 
It is approved of by R. B. Elliott, as Acting Adjutant and Inspector 
General; also by R. K. Scott, as Governor. The paper*attached to the 
account is the warrant of Governor Scott on the State Treasurer to pay 
the amount of the account: 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Office of Chief Constable, 
Columbia, S. C., July 25th, 1870. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To Constabulary, Dr . 

For forage for horses owned by State.. SI,250 00 

“ incidental expenses. 600 00 

“ expenses incurred for traveling. 300 00 

“ transportation of supplies, &c. 350 00 


Received payment. 


$2,500 00 

JOHN B. HUBBARD, 
Chief Constable. 


I certify the above account is correct. 


JOHN B. HUBBARD. 


Endorsed: 


Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, July 25th, 1870. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

R. B. ELLIOTT, 

Acting Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved: 

R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 


[Original.] 








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Endorsed on same paper: 

Columbia, S. C., July 25th, 1870. 

Hubbard, John B., transmits account for expenses of Constabulary 
Department. 

Received headquarters, Adjutant and Inspector Geueral’s office, Co¬ 
lumbia, S. C., July 25th, 1870. 

Treasurer’s voucher No. 1621; John B. Hubbard; $2,500; 25th July, 
1870. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, July 25th, 1870. 

Hon . Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer . 

Sir: Pay to the order of John B. Hubbard the sum of twenty-five 
hundred dollars and charge the same to the appropriation for militia. 

R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 


$2,500. 


After the State Convention made its nominations the Congressional 
Conventions met. The delegates for the Third District (Elliott’s district) 
met July 30th and nominated Elliott. He informed me that he was 
compelled to have more money, and to make out another account for 
$1,500, and to see Governor Scott at once concerning it. I called on the 
Governor in his office and told him that Elliott said he must have more 
money. He asked how much. I said $1,500. The Governor became 
very much enraged aud cursed Elliott, the Convention and almost every 
one he could think of; swore that the damned nigger cost more than he ' 
was worth, but finally said : “I’ll approve this account for the damned 
rascal, but tell him it shall be the last.” I then made out the following 
account, marked “H U B,” it being a duplicate of the original. Elliott 
aud Scott approved of the original. I receipted for the amount on the 
books August 4th, 1870. I received five hundred dollars out of one or 
the other of these accounts; I am almost certain it was from the last one. 

I used considerable money treating delegates by order of the Governor. 
The account was made up; there was no such services rendered, and if 
thev had been I would have received payment out of the Armed Force 
Fund. 



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Columbia, S. C., July 31, 1870. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

To John B. Hubbard, Dr. 

Amount paid special detective for 3 months’ services at $90.$ 270 00 

Railroad fare and horse hire for special, 3 months. 380 00 


Hotel and sundry expenses of special, (3 months,) traveling 
through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi hunting Josh 
Logan, John VV. Tolbert and Samuel Murtishaw, implica¬ 


ted in the murder of Hon. B. F. Randolph. 350 00 

Forty days’ services at $3... 120 00 

Railroad fare and expenses of special, (40 days,) at Atlanta, 

Ga., Memphis, Tenu., and Jackson, Miss., looking for one 
Eichelberger, the attempted murderer of E. A. Hackett at 
Laurens C. II. 380 00 


$1,500 00 

Columbia, S. C., July 31st, 1870. 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Department, 


To John B. Hubbard, Dr. 

To amount of bill rendered. $1,500 00 


I certify that the above account is correct aud just, and that the 
articles specified were used in the public service. 

JOHN B. HUBBARD. 


Endorsed: Duplicate. 

Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, Julv 30th, 1870. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

R. B. ELLIOTT, 

Acting Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved: 

-, Governor S. C. 

Columbia, S. C., July 30th, 1870. 

Hubbard, John B., transmits account for expenses of Constabulary 
Department. 

I recognize the following as the voucher upon which I was paid the 
$1,500 by State Treasurer Parker for the fraudulent account last re- 











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ferred to. The paper attached to the blank is the order of Governor 
Scott upon the Treasurer to pay the same: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 

Columbia, August 4th, 1870. 
Hon. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer , 

Sir: Pay to the order of Captain John B. Hubbard the sum of fifteen 
hundred dollars and charge the same to the appropriation for militia. 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 

$1,500. 

Endorsed: Original. 

Headquarters Adjutant and Inspector General, 

State of South Carolina, 
Columbia, July 20th, 1870. 

The within account has been examined, found correct, and is hereby 
approved. 

R. B. ELLIOTT, 

Acting Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. 

Approved : 

R. K. SCOT T, Governor S. C. 

$1,500. 

Paid August 4th, 1870. 

Treasurer’s number 1746. 

J. B. Hubbard, $1,500. 

4th August, 1870. 

Columbia, S. C., July 30th, 1870. 

Hubbard, J., transmits account for expenses of Constabulary Depart¬ 
ment. 

Received headquarters, Adjutant and Inspector General’s office, Co¬ 
lumbia, S. C., July 30th, 1870. 


I recognize the following order as the Treasurer’s voucher upon which 
I drew three thousand two hundred and five 75-100 ($3,205.75) dollars 
to pay the legitimate expenses of the constabulary force for the month 
of July, 1870, the same month that I made up the fraudulent accounts 
by direction of Scott and Elliott. I have vouchers to show where every 
dollar of this money was disbursed, most of it being remitted, per ex¬ 
press, to the different Captains in command of the force . 


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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, August 3d, 1870. 
Hon. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer. 

Sir: Pay to the order of Captain John B. Hubbard the sum of thirty- 
two hundred and five 75-100 dollars, and charge the same to the appro¬ 
priation for State Constabulary. 

R. K. SCOTT, Governor. 

$3,205.75. 


The following paper is an order to pay C. V. Hamilton three hundred 
dollars from the “Armed Force Fund.” It was out of this fund that the 
constabulary force was always paid. I never employed C. V. Hamilton 
on the force; he never served with my knowledge; if he rendered any 
service it was of a secret nature; he must have been employed by the 
Governor if he rendered any service. He was considered the most dan¬ 
gerous bushwhacker in the up-country; was arrested while General 
Sickles was in command of the military, and before Scott was elected 
Governor I remember that Hamilton succeeded in making his escape 
from the guard. After Scott became Governor it was generally under¬ 
stood, in fact it was well known, that Hamilton shot and killed a United 
States soldier at Newberry, and shot another one at Hodges’ Depot, also 
shot and killed a colored man at or near Newberry. I can’t imagine 
why Governor Scott would employ him, and any money paid him for 
services on the constabulary force was a greater fraud upon the State 
than the payment of the Mooney-Leggett orders or the amounts made 
up for the purpose of assisting Elliott: 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Executive Department, 
Columbia, April 3d, 1871. 

Hon. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer. 

Sir: Pay to the order of Captain C. V. Hamilton the sum of three 
hundred dollars and charge the same to the appropriation for Armed 
Force. 

R. K. SCOTT. 

$300. 

Endorsed: Treasurer’s No. 129; C. V. Hamilton; April 4, 1871; 
John B. Hubbard. 



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CONTINGENT FUND. 


The evidence under this head shows the trickery and artifices resorted 
to to obtain from the Legislature a large contingent fund, and also how 
recklessly and disgracefully it was disbursed. James A. Bowley, Chair¬ 
man of the House Committee of Ways and Means, received $2,500; 
John A. Barker, member from Edgefield, also of the disbursement and 
contingent fund Committee to investigate, received a warrant for $1,500 
for the Committee, which, according to evidence, he traded for a pair of 
horses and a carriage, but failed to account to the Committee. Accord¬ 
ing to the evidence of F. J. Moses and J. B. Dennis, R. B. Elliott received 
$3,500 and H. G. Worthington $1,000. As a part of this report, copies 
of original warrants to parties are appended, showing the system of 
appropriation and division. 

We call your attention to the contract between F. J. Mose3, Governor, 
and Thaddeus C. Andrews as to the purchase of one-half interest in the 
Daily Union-Herald and how the same was to be paid for,—the contract 
witnessed by the immaculate Cardozo, State Treasurer, and his letter in 
regard to the matter. 

TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 18th, 1877. 

F. J. Moses, being recalled, says: 

I cannot name every person to whom I gave orders oil my contingent 
fund as Governor. I remember of a Committee being appointed to 
examine into the manner iu which I had disbursed the contingent fund 
appropriated during the first session after I became Governor. I paid 
that Committee fifteen hundred dollars to make a favorable report and 
to recommend that a large appropriation be made for the following year. 
They made the report as I desired. I then drew a warrant for fifteen 
hundred dollars, payable to the order of C. J. Houston, my Private 
Secretary. He endorsed it, and I delivered it to Dr. John Barker, of 
Edgefield, or Butler Spears, of Sumter, both being members of the Com¬ 
mittee heretofore referred to. Barker informed me that he traded the 
warrant to W. H. Gardner, Treasurer of Sumter County, for a pair of 
horses and a carriage. I recognize the following as the order or warrant 
given to Barker: 



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No. 72. $1,500. Executive Department, 

Columbia, S. C., November 3, 1873. 

Pay to C. J. Houston or order fifteen hundred dollars, Governor’s 
contingent fund. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 

Governor. 

On Francis L. Cardozo, 

Treasurer of South Carolina. 

Endorsed on back as follows: 

Treas. No. 1781; W. H. Gardner; $1,500; March 11th, 1874; C. J. 
Houston. 

I will pay this claim as soon as the appropriation is made. 

F. L. CARDOZO, 

Treasurer S. C. 

I was compelled to pay James A. Bowley,Chairman Committee on Ways 
Means of the House of Representatives, $2,500 to report in favor of an 
appropriation for my contingent fund. When I made the arrangement 
with him I gave him the following order on a slip of paper: 

The State Treasurer will pay to the Hon. James A. Bowley twenty- 
five hundred dollars out of the Governor’s contingent fund. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr, 

Governor. 

This order was paid, as the following endorsement proves, showing the 
Treasurer’s number of voucher: 

“ 1896. J. A. Bowley. $2,500. March 4, 1874.” 

The following endorsement also appears on the order: 

“I will pay this order when an appropriation is made for the purpose. 

“F. L. CARDOZO, Treasurer S. C” 

Also endorsed “James A. Bowley.” 

During the same session I was compelled to pay to the Senate Com¬ 
mittee $1,500 to pass the appropriation. This order was made payable 
to C. J. Houston also. I am not positive, but the voucher presented and 
collected by Senator F. A. Clinton is, I think, the warrant given to the 
Senate Committee. It bears date November 3d, 1873, being drawn on 
the same day that the order was giveu to Dr. Barker, of the House Com¬ 
mittee. It was accepted in same way as the two hereinbefore referred to 
by Treasurer Cardozo. He knew that I was compelled to make the pay¬ 
ments and accepted the orders at my request. I gave an order on my 
contingent fund at one time for a half intei _-st in the Union'Herald; I 


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think it was for six thousand dollars;-I afterwards ordered the Treasurer 
not to pay it. I gave numerous other orders to leading politicians in 
order that I might secure their influence. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., October 19, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: 

M hile I was Governor, R. B. Elliott came to me and wanted money. 
I had no money of my own, hut, alter consultation with Treasurer Car- 
dozo, at Elliott’s request, I drew my warrant on the Governor’s contin¬ 
gent fund, in favor of John B. Dennis, and with the consent of the latter, 
for thirty five hundred dollars. I delivered the warrant to Elliott and 
he received the money on it. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

Rooms of the Legislative Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., November 26, 1877. 

Personally appeared F. J. Moses, who, being duly sworn, deposes and 
says as follows: 

While I was Governor of the State, H. G. Worthington came to me 
and stated that he was behind in his accounts as Collector of the Port in 
Charleston, and, fearing an investigation, needed at least one thousand 
dollars. I informed him that at that time I had no ready money, but 
that I could and would give him an order on my contingent fund, 
which I at once did, for one thousand dollars, and the amount was paid. 
Subsequently, just before giving up the office of Governor, I wrote to 
Worthington and requested him to give me a receipt or a voucher of 
some description, but he took no notice whatever of my letters. Finally, 
I communicated with him through John B. Dennis, and at last he gave 
Dennis the receipt, which is now among the archives of this Committee. 
Dennis delivered the receipt to me ; the body of the receipt is in Dennis’s 
handwriting, and the signature is the genuine handwriting of IT. G. 
Worthington. On the 23d day of July, H. G. Worthington sent for 
me while I was in Charleston, and when I went to his office he referred 
to the fact of this Committee being in session, and no one knew what 
they might find, and that if the Committee should ever make a prima 




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facie showing against him lie would lose his place as Collector of Cus¬ 
toms, and, therefore, he asked me to give him a letter acknowledging 
the services for which the aforesaid order was given, and to date it back. 
In compliance with his recpiest, I thereupon, on the 23d of July, 1877, 
wrote a letter, and delivered it to Worthington, stating, substantially, 
that, as Governor, I had retained him to do such professional service as 
he might be called on for. 

The following is a copy of the receipt for the one thousand dollars to 
which I have referred above. It is dated in blank, because at the time 
it was given General Worthington had forgotten the date on which I 
gave him the order for the money, and it was left for me to fill up the 
date: 

Columbia, S. C., , 1874. 

$ 1 , 000 . 00 . 

Received this da} r , , of Governor F. J. Moses, Jr., 

the sum of one thousand 0-100 dollars on account of professional service 
to the State. 

(Signed,) FI. G. WORTHINGTON. 

F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF J. B. DENNIS. 

John B. Dennis, recalled and sworn, deposes as follows: 

As to Governor Moses’s contingent fund, he says he knows but very 
little; he never had a dollar of it during the time he (Moses) was 
Governor, nor since. He knows the warrant shown him for $3,500 is 
drawn in his name, and that he receipted to the Treasurer on his books, 
for it. Says he was in the Governor’s office one day and he (Governor) 
wrote an order on the contingent fund of his office for the amount of 
$3,500 and asked him if he would step into the Treasury and draw the 
money on it. He (Governor) said it was for General R. B. Elliott. He 
took the warrant into the Treasurer’s office and handed it to Mr. Car- 
dozo, and receipted on his books at the time for the money. Governor 
Moses and General Elliott came into the Treasurer’s office just as he had 
signed the receipt, and he does not remember what was said, but he 
stepped out, and does not know to which of the two the money was 
given. There seemed to be some understanding between the three 
(Governor Moses, Treasurer Cardozo and General Elliott) about it, and 
it must have been satisfactory, for he stepped out without saying any¬ 
thing, and nothing was ever said to him about it until some two years or 



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more afterwards. He was in the Comptroller’s office one day and Governor 
Moses’s contingent fund was the subject of conversation, and he was said 
to have had some of it, which he denied; the books were opened and he 
saw his name for the $3,500 warrant, and he then remembered the part 
he took in it, and that no check or money came into his possession for 
the warrant. Governor Moses told him, the same day that he gave to 
him the $3,500 warrant to draw, that he had been compelled to give 
James A. Bowlev, a member of the House of Representatives and Chair¬ 
man of Committee on Ways and Means, a warrant on his contingent 
fund for $2,500. He said: “Governor, why do you do so? Don’t you sup¬ 
pose the Legislature would give you a contingent fund of $10,000 with¬ 
out a question ?” To which the Governor said “ yes.” He then said : “Well, 
Governor, I cannot see why you would not rather have a contingent of 
$10,000, and have it for your own use, than to have one of $25,000 and 
have to give it nearly all away to get it passed.” Says he thinks it was 
the year previous he met General Worthington in town one day and he 
appeared to be in great distress for the want of some money. Soon after 
he met the General again, and he (the General) said : “ Frank Moses has 
done something for me to day which places me under so many obligations 
to him that I never can go back on him, no matter what others may do, 
or what he does.” The next day he asked Governor Moses what he had 
done so much for Worthington, to which he replied: “ I have let him 
have $1,000 from my contingent fund to help him out of some finan¬ 
cial difficulty.” Sometime after this he says that Governor Moses sent 
for him and told him that a legislative Committee was going to investi¬ 
gate his contingent fund, and he did not speak to Worthington, and 
asked him if he would go and see the General, as he was in town, and 
get from him a receipt for the $1,000 he let him have from his contin¬ 
gent, and to let Worthington make the receipt for money received on 
account of legal services. He says he saw Worthington, and he said he 
would not give any receipt for it; said he did not care a damn what be¬ 
came of Frank Moses or his contingent either. Says that some days 
after he wrote a receipt for $1,000 on account of legal services performed 
for the Governor and took it to General Worthington and he signed it. 
(The receipt was here exhibited to witness, of which the following is a , 
copy.) 

[Copy of Receipt.] 

Received this day of Governor F. J. Moses, Jr., the sum of one thou¬ 
sand 0-100 dollars on account of professional services to the State. 
(Signed) H. G. WORTHINGTON. 


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Says he heard at the time the Committee made their examination that 
there was about fifteen hundred dollars undrawn of the contingent fund, 
which was given to Barker, of Edgefield, who was on the Committee, to 
divide between Spears, of Sumter, and the other influential members to 
secure a favorable report of the manner in which Governor Moses bad 
expended his contingent fund, and that the Treasurer could not at the 
time pay the warrant, so Barker traded it with W. II. Gardner, of 
Sumter, for a pair of horses and carriage; Gardner, being at the time 
County Treasurer of Sumter, could turn in the warrant as so much cash. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF BUTLER SPEARS. 

Columbia, S. C., November 21, 1877. 

Butler Spears, being sworn, says: 

That he is a resident of Sumter County, and is now by occupation the 
jailer of that County. Was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and 
served one term. I was Chairman of a Committee that was appointed 
to confer with the Governor (Moses) in reference to his contingent fund. 
He promised that if we would recommend to the House the allowance of 
a certain sum they “would be taken care of,” and we reported accord¬ 
ingly. Thereupon Moses gave an order to the name of one Houston, as 
well as I can remember, for the benefit of the Committee, and which was 
to be divided among them, which order was delivered to John A. 
Barker, of the Committee. Barker traded the order to one W. H. 
Gardner for a carriage and pair of horses and the balance of the Com¬ 
mittee received no part of it. Barker denied that the order was paid, 
and we carried him to the Treasurer, (Cardozo,) and he said that he had 
paid the order. Thereupon we ascertained what disposition Barker had 
made with our order. 

B. SPEARS. 


TESTIMONY OF H. G. WORTHINGTON. 

H. G. Worthington, being further examined on oath, says: 

I was duly appointed solicitor of the House of Representatives, and 
was acting about the time that C. D. Melton, Esq , was acting, and I drew 
a good many Bills. I may have in my possession the evidence of my 
appointment by Governor Moses, and will endeavor to produce it if I 
have it. I was employed by Governor Scott as counsel in the Laurens 
Railroad case, and in other railroad matters, where the State was liable 




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contingently on bonds, with the Attorney General; also in the Ku Klux 
and enforcement matters; also in the Vernon impeachment matter as 
counsel of the Committee. These are as far as I remember. I was 
employed by Governor Moses to assist generally in such State matters as 
needed legal assistance, and I can furnish the evidence of the appoint¬ 
ment to this professional position. I think I may have been paid a fee 
by Governor Scott out of the armed force fund, but do not know now. 
I cannot recall whence I obtained my fees, i. e., from what particular 
funds. When I was employed by Governor Scott in the Ku Klux mat¬ 
ters, [ was employed, and not the firm of Hoge & Worthington. This 
led to a dissolution of the firm. Subsequently Hoge, I think, was em¬ 
ployed by the defense in some cases. Afterwards I think Hoge was em¬ 
ployed by Governor Scott on the part of the State in some cases.. 


July 31st, 1877. 


H. G. WORTHINGTON. 


Executive Department, 

No. 383. $1,000. Columbia, S. C., January 11th, 1873. . 

Pay to Hon. R. B. Elliott, or order, one thousand dollars, Governor’s 


contingent fund. 


F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Governor. 


On F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer S. C. 


Executive Department, 

No. 372 h SI,500. Columbia, S. C., December 16th, 1872. 

Pay to C. J. Houston, or order, fifteen hundred dollars, Governor’s 
contingent fund. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 
Governor. 

On Francis L. Cardozo, Treasurer S. C. 


Executive Department, 

]^ 0 . 385. Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1873. 

Pay to S. C. Bauk and Trust Co., or order, five thousand dollars, 
Governor’s contingent fund. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

Governor. 

On F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer South Carolina. 

[Endorsed Hardy Solomon.] 



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Executive Department, 

No. 92. 32,250. Columbia, S. C., November 7, 1873. 

Pay to C. J. Houston, or order, twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars, 
Governor’s contingent fund. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

. Governor. 

On Francis L. Cardozo, Treasurer South Carolina. 

The above order was collected by T. C. Dunn, Senator, and bears the 
following endorsement: 

Columbia, S. C., November 7th, 1873. 
This warrant will be paid when an appropriation is made for the 
purpose. 

F. L. CARDOZO, Treasurer S. C. 


Executive Department, 

No. 99. 31,000. Columbia, S. C., November 22, 1873. 

Pay to William Gurney, or order, one thousand dollars, Governor’s 
contingent fund. 

F. J. MOSES, Jr., 

/ Governor. 

On Francis L. Cardozo, Treasurer S. C. 


We insert specimen warrants drawn by Governor Scott on his contin¬ 
gent fund. The amounts for which they are drawn and the persons 
to whom they are made payable are sufficient evidence that Governor 
Scott was none too careful with this fund: 

Executive Department, 

No. 253. 31,640. Columbia, S. C., November 23, 1871. 

Pay to Hardy Solomon, or order, sixteen hundred and forty dollars, 
contingent fund. 

R. K. SCOTT, 

Governor. 

On Niles G. Parker, Treasurer South Carolina. 

Endorsed Hardy Solomon. 



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No. 322. $1,000. Columbia, S. C., May 28th, 1872. 

Pay to Joseph Crews, or order, one thousand dollars. Governor’s con¬ 
tingent fund. 

R. K. SCOTT, 
Governor. 

On Niles G. Parker, Treasurer S. C. 


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ,~j 

Richland County. \ 

* ✓ 

This indenture of agreement made and concluded on the 19th day of 
September, 1873, at the city of Columbia, State and County aforesaid, 
between Thaddeus C. Andrews, doing business in the publication of a 
newspaper known as the Daily Union Herald, under the name, style and 
firm of Andrews, Northrop & Co., of the first part, and Franklin J. 
Moses, Jr., Governor of the said State, of the second part, witnesseth: 
That for and in consideration of (T) one-half interest in said newspaper, 
together with the political control of the same, the said Franklin J. 
Moses, Jr., Governor as aforesaid, agrees to pay to the said Thaddeus C. 
Andrews the sum of ($12,000) twelve thousand dollars in manner and 
form as follows, to wit: ($6,000) six thousand dollars out of the con- \ 
tingeut fund as soon as appropriated at the next session of the Legisla¬ 
ture, and ($6,000) six thousand dollars on or before the 1st day of Feb¬ 
ruary next. And the said Franklin J. Moses, Jr., in and for the same 
consideration, further agrees to use his best efforts towards the payment 
by Josephus Woodruff of ($5,000) five thousand dollars promised by 
the said Josephus to the said Thaddeus C. Andrews in consequence of 
the establishment of the said newspaper. And it is herein and hereby 
agreed that it is the true intent and meaning of these presents that the 
running expenses of the said newspaper shall be borne exclusively by 
the said Andrews, Northrop & Co., and that the said Franklin J. Moses, 
Jr., Governor, as aforesaid, sharing no part of the expense, shall have 
no right, title or interest in any of the profits, emoluments or moneys 
whatsoever arising from the conduct or management of the same. 

That the said Thaddeus C. Andrews shall continue to manage the 
affairs of the said newspaper, and that the said Franklin J. Moses, Jr., 
jhall in nowise interfere therewith. And it is further agreed that in 
case any of the copartners in the said newspaper should desire to sell his 
share in the said newspaper, it shall be the privilege of either to buy it 
to the exclusion of any other purchaser. 



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It is hereby further agreed that by the words “political control” 
the said parties hereto mean the absolute control of all matters, 
original and reprint, that shall be published: Provided , always, That 
nothing shall be published in the said newspaper that may affect the 
business interests or the Republican political character of the said news¬ 
paper. 

It is hereby agreed that upon failure of any of the payments of 
money herein, this instrument of writing to be void and of none effect. 

In witness whereof, we, the parties hereto, have hereunto set our hands 
and seals the day and year and at the place above written. 

THAD. C. ANDREWS, [l. s.] 

F. J. MOSES, Jr. [l. s.] 


Witness: 


F. L. Cardozo. 


[Duplicate.] 


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 

Office of State Treasurer, 
Columbia, S. C., June 16, 1874. 

To His Excellency F. J. Moses, Jr., Governor So. Ca. 

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communica¬ 
tion of the 16th inst., relative to the Executive contingent warrant of 
$6,000 that you gave Hon. T. C. Andrews, and which J. L. Humbert, 
Escp, ex-County Treasurer of Orangeburg, presented to me for payment. 

I have the honor to state that Mr. Humbert presented that paper for 
payment about the 18th of March; that his defalcation for $16,000 came 
to my knowledge about the 30th of March, when he was immediately 
arrested. 

First, let me state that I do not receive papers for taxes. Money 
alone is received for that purpose. 

When Mr. Humbert presented that paper for payment, I was surprised, 
and-inquired from him if he had cashed that paper. He replied that he 
had paid only $2,000 on it. I then asked him at whose request he had 
done so. He replied: “At the request of Senator Andrews.” I then 
informed him that you had countermanded the payment of that order. 

I have the honor to be, very respectfully &c., 

F. L. CARDOZO, 
Treasurer So. Ca. 

P. S.—Mr. Humbert never said to me, either directly or indirectly, 
that you advised him to pay that order. 


F. L. CARDOZO. 



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TREASURER'S DUE BILLS. 


On March the 4th, 1872, an Act of the General Assembly was ap¬ 
proved authorizing the Treasurer of this State to borrow money for 
legislative expenses. Under this Act the Treasurer, Niles G. Parker, 
would receive pay certificates in the Treasury and give his note or notes 
for the same. The several notes and receipts appended will illustrate a 
transaction of this nature. As abundant, nevertheless, as these pay cer¬ 
tificates then were, your Committee did not find as vouchers for this 
$95,100 more than two-thirds of the amount. Here was this large pay-’ 
ment made, as shown by Hardy Solomon’s receipt, in one sum, at a time 
when the Treasury was said to be empty and honest creditors turned 
away from day to day. 

In innumerable instances Treasurer’s notes were issued without money 
being borrowed or vouchers turned into the Treasurer’s office, the 
State Treasurer often giving written due bills, not using the printed 
blank forms in his office; some of the due bills being in the handwriting 
of the Cashier of Solomon’s bank, showing that the transaction and 
manipulation took place in this bank. But why criticise this institution 
or its officers? The evidence heretofore submitted is conclusive that it 
was, from its inception to its downfall, honeycombed with fraud : 


No. 58 b State Treasurer’s Office, 

Columbia, S. C., July 80th, 1872. 

Received of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the State of South Caro¬ 
lina, the sum of ninety-five thousand one hundred dollars, being for bills 
payable, notes Nos. 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, A, B, D, and 323. 

HARDY SOLOMON, President. 


$95,100. 

[Original.] 


No. 210. State Treasurer’s Office, 

Columbia, S. C., May 4th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, or bearer, the sum of five 
thousand dollars, for value received, on account of legislative expenses, 
as per Act of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 
State Treasurer S. C. 


$5,000. 



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No. 211. State Treasurer’s Office, 

Columbia, S, C., May 4th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, or bearer, the sum of five 
thousand dollars, for value received, on account of legislative expenses, 
as per Act of the General Assemblv approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 

$5,000. State Treasurer S. C. 


No. 212. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., May 4th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Co., or bearer, the sum of five thou¬ 
sand dollars, for value received on account of legislative expenses, as 
per Act of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 

85,000. State Treasurer S. C. 


No. 213. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., May 4th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Co., or bearer, the sum of forty-four 
hundred 75-100 dollars, for value received on account of legislative ex¬ 
penses, as per Act of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 

$4,400.75 State Treasurer S. C. 


No. 214. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., May 4th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, or bearer, the sum of five 
thousand dollars, for value received on account of legislative expenses, 
as per Act of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 
State Treasurer S. C. 


$5,000. 


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No. “A.” State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., March 8th, 1872. 
One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to the 
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, or bearer, the sum of twenty 
thousand dollars, for value received on account of legislative expenses, 
as per Act of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PA.RKER, 

820,000. State Treasurer S. C. 


No. “ B.” State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., March 8th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, or bearer, the sum of 
twenty thousand dollars, for value received on account of legislative 
expenses, as per Act of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 

820,000. State Treasurer S. C. 


No. “ D.” State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., March 8th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to 
Hardy Solomon, or bearer, the sum of twelve thousand and twenty 75-100 
dollars, for value received on account of legislative expenses, as per Act 
of the General Assembly approved March 4th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 

812,020.75. State Treasurer S. C. 


353. State Treasury Office, 

Columbia, S. C., March 14th, 1872. 

One day after date the State of South Carolina promises to pay to 
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, or bearer, the sum of 
eighteen thousand six hundred and seventy-eight 50-100 dollars, for value 
received on account of legislative expenses, as per Joint Resolution of the 
General Assembly approved March 12th, 1872. 

NILES G. PARKER, 


State Treas. S. C. 


i 


818,678.50. 


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TRANSIENT SICK AND POOR FUND. 

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Your Committee find certain expenditures under “An Act to provide 
assistance for the transient poor and sick in the various cities and towns 
in this State,” furnishing still another example of the strange application 
of public money. Hardy Solomon, President of the South Carolina 
Bank and Trust Company, on the 19th November, 1870, drew from" the 
Treasurer of the State $2,500 under this Act. How disbursed does not 
appear. Among the vouchers, however, for 3d January, 1873, appears 
one from the Mayor to pay one Col. Rollin H. Kirk, quite a famous per¬ 
sonage and notorious political tramp, who was on his way from Augusta 
to Washington City and destitute of funds. And although there was a 
poor house and city alms house, yet this fund was drawn for the support 
of broken-down politicians and their destitute women. With the Solo¬ 
mon and Kirk vouchers, we append a small number of others from the 
Treasury office to show the character of the transaction : 

Mayor’s Office, 

Columbia, S. C., November 19th, 1870. 
Han. N. G. Parker, State Treasurer S. C . 

Sir : Please pay to Hardy Solomon twenty-five hundred dollars (2500) 
in accordance with “An Act to provide assistance for the transient poor 
sick in the various cities and towns of this State,” approved December 
11th, 1878. 

JOHN ALEXANDER, 
Mayor City of Columbia. 

Approved : 

^ ■ *- 
R. K. Scott, Governor. 

No. 163; $2,500; 19th November, 1870. 


City of Columbia, S. C., 
Office of the Mayor, 
Columbia, S. C., January 3, 1872. 
Captain N. G. Parker, State Treasurer. 

The bearer, Colonel R. H. Kirk, is from Augusta, on his way to Wash¬ 
ington, and is destitute of funds. I would recommend that he get $15 
from transient poor fund. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN ALEXANDER, Mayor. 

Approved : 

R. K. Scott, Governor. 



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Mayor’s Office, 
Columbia, S. C., May 5, 1871. 

Hon. N. G. Parker, State Treasurer. 

Sir: The bearer hereof, Frederick Oliver, is ill and in indigent circum¬ 
stances, and is desirous of reaching Charlotte, N. C. Please furnish him 
with five (5) dollars for purpose stated. 

Very respectfully, 


JOHN ALEXANDER, 

Mayor. 

Approved : 

[Seal.] R. K. Scott, 

Governor. 


Mayor’s Office, 
Columbia, S. C., May 4, 1871. 
Hon. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer S. C. 

Sir: The bearer hereof, Polly Bowens, is in indigent circumstances 
and desirous of reaching her family in Halifax, N. C. Please furnish 
her six (6) dollars for purpose stated. 

Very repectfully, 


JOHN ALEXANDER, 

Mayor. 


Approved: 

R. K. Scott, 

Governor. 


Mr. Roath : Please pay this account and I will give you a check 
upon Captain Parker’s return. I don’t wish to draw any more checks. 

Yours, &c., 


EDWIN F. GARY. 


Columbia, S. C., 1st May, 1871. 

Capt. N. G. Parker, State Treasurer. 

Sir: The bearer, Mrs. Weatt, is sick and has sickness in her family, 
and would recommend her to get ($10) ten dollars from transient poor 
fund. 


Approved: 

[seal.] R. K. Scott, 

Governor. 


JOHN ALEXANDER, 

Mayor. 


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Mayor’s Office, 
Columbia, S. 0., January 12, 1871. 
Hon. N. G. Parker, State Treasurer S. C. 

Sir: Please pay bearer, L. V. Viatt, the sum of ten (10) dollars. 
She is ill and in indigent circumstances. 

Respectfully, &c., 

JOHN ALEXANDER, 

Mayor. 


Approved: 

R. K. Scott, 

Governor. 

[Endorsed 703; L. V. Viatt; 12th January, 1871.] 




TIIE ELECTION OF T. 


C. DUNN. COMPTROLLER. 


Your Committee having been appointed to investigate frauds perpe¬ 
trated upon the State, could look upon the election of T. C. Dunn as 
Comptroller General in no other light, as his subsequent acts clearly 
demonstrate. 

TESTIMONY OF S. J. KEITH. 

Columbia, S. C., November 6, 1877. 

S. J. Keith, being sworn, says that he resides at Darlington C. H. and 
is a farmer and carpenter. Was elected to the Legislature in 1870 and 
have been a member ever since. I voted for the election of T. C. Dunn 
for the office of Comptroller General and received for my vote $100, and 
the money was paid to me in the room of the Speaker of the House by 
the Speaker, R. B. Elliott. There were several in the room at the 
time,—Richard Humbert, J. A. Smith and others whose names I do not 
now recall,—and who received money at the same time. J. L. Neagle 
offered me $100 to vote for him, but we accepted Dunn’s, because Dunn 
was then attempting to show up Treasurer Cardozo, and we thought it 
would “spite” Cardozo. 




S. J. KEITH. 






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LOAN TO F. J. MOSES. 


Among the many remarkable transactions connected with the man¬ 
agement of the public funds, and how ingeniously and covertly many 
sums were appropriated to private use, your Committee cannot refrain 
from alluding briefly to the following, hatched up and manipulated by 
General Dennis, Governor Moses and D. H. Chamberlain : 

J. B. Dennis swears that on one occasion he had returned to him by 
Hardy Solomon three warrants on the Treasury, issued originally for 
the Penitentiary, of $5,000 each, for the fiscal year 1873, there being no 
funds in the Treasury on that account for that year. He issued other 
warrants in the place, and consequently the first were retired and of no 
value. Although this fact was stated at the time, nevertheless the war¬ 
rants were turned over to Moses. 

F. J. Moses swears that he received these warrants, knowing their 
character; that he consulted with D. H. Chamberlain, informing him of 
all the facts; that Chamberlain then undertook to obtain a loan on them 
from the Receiver of the Bank of the State, provided he ( Chamberlain) 
should receive a portion of said loan. Upon this Moses gave Chamber- 
lain an order to the Receiver for a loan of seven thousand dollars on 
these warrants as collaterals. Mos3s obtained the money and gave 
Chamberlain $1,000 of it. 

W. J. Gayer, Receiver of the Bank of the State, swears that during 
his term of office a petition was filed in the Court of Common Pleas for 
Charleston District for a loan of seven thousand dollars of the assets of 
the bank to Governor F. J. Moses, secured by two or three Penitentiary 
warrants. The petition was filed by D. H. Chamberlain, as attorney. 
An order was obtained from the Court directing the loan, and payment 
made on the order. A part of this money was paid by the Receiver to 
D. H. Chamberlain, and voucher for which is now on file in the office of 
the Receiver. His receipt, however, to Chamberlain for the three war¬ 
rants describes them as being for $6,66G.6G each, making $19,999.98, in¬ 
stead of $5,000 each, according to testimony of Dennis. This discrep¬ 
ancy in no wise changes the character of this conspiracy to cheat and 
defraud the Bank of the State and the people of the State, as it is evi¬ 
dently the same transaction. If true, this stamps upon the three parties 
engaged the guilt of obtaining money under false pretenses, and must 
have been accomplished by a deceit practiced upon the Judge who signed 
the order authorizing the loan. To believe otherwise would assuredly 
implicate such Judge. 



108 


TESTIMONY OF JOHN B. DENNIS. 

Rooms of Joint Investigating Committee, 

August 26, 1878. 

John B. Dennis, being recalled, says: 

I remember turning over three warrants to Governor Moses, payable 
to the Superintendent of the Penitentiary. I received them from Hardy 
Solomon in exchange for three issued for the fiscal year 1873. Solomon 
refused to furnish supplies unless the exchange was made, there being no 
money to pay the three warrants in his possession; consequently they 
were worthless. They called for $5,000 each. Governor Moses informed 
me afterwards that D. H. Chamberlain manipulated a loan on them from 
the Bank of the State. 

JOHN B. DENNIS. 


TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES, JR. 

c 

Rooms of the Joint Investigating Committee, 

Columbia, S. C., August 21, 1877. 

F. J. Moses, Jr., being recalled, says: 

Whilst I was Governor, General Dennis, Superintendent of the Peni¬ 
tentiary, informed me that he had received from Hardy Solomon three 
Penitentiary warrants in exchange for three issued under the appropria¬ 
tion Act then passed, and at the same time stated that they were worth¬ 
less, as there was no money to pay them* He turned them over to me. 
I consulted with D. H. Chamberlain in relation to them; informed him 
from whom I had received them; that they were of no value, as the ap¬ 
propriation that had been made for tbe fiscal year in which they were 
issued had been exhausted. He proposed to secure a loan from the 
Receiver of the Bank of the State upon them if I would give him a por¬ 
tion of it. I agreed to do so. Chamberlain, as my attorney, secured an 
order for the Receiver to loan him $7,000 upon them, Chamberlain 
taking $1,000 for his services out of the $7,000. 

F. J. MOSES. Jk. 


testimony of major w. j. gayer. 

Rooms of Investigating Committee, 

August 28, 1877. 

Major W. J. Gayer, being duly sworn, deposes and says as follows: 
That he is a citizen of Charleston, S. C. Occupation attorney-at-law. 
During the time I was Receiver of the Bank of the State, and while 




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F. J. Moses, Jr., was Governor, an order of Court was brought to me 
directing me to loan, out of the assets of the bank, the sum of $7,000 
to F. J. Moses, Jr., and to take as security for the said loan two or three 
I enitentiaiy warrants. Phis order was obeyed, and I paid the money as 
directed and took the said Penitentiary warrants as security therefor, as 
stated in the order of Court now on file in the office of the Clerk of the 
Gouit for Charleston County. The petition for the said loan was filed 
b y F. H. Chamborlaiu, as attorney for F. J. Moses, Jr. A part of this 
money was paid to D. H. Chamberlain, attorney for F. J. Moses, Jr., and 
the diaft or voucher for said amount is now in my possession. 

WM. J. GAYER. 

August 28th, 1877. 


Charleston, July 12th, 1873. 

Received of 1). H. Chamberlain, Esq., attorney for the petitioner, F. 
J. Moses, Jr., three certificates of indebtedness or Treasury warrants, 
date March 1st, 1872, September 30th, 1871, and November 13th, 1871, 
each for the sum of $6,666.66, making in all the sum of $19,999.98, 
which are held by me as collaterals from F. J. Moses, Jr., under order 
of Court dated July 12th, 1873. 

$19,999.98. 

WM. J. GAYER, Receiver. 


THE WHALEY CASE. 


Your Committee herewith submit the testimony of Governor F. J. 
M oses and J. B. Dennis in reference to this transaction, together with 
a communication from Judge Wright to the General Assembly, which 
was referred to this Committee. 

That Chamberlain paid two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) 
to Moses for the purpose of securing a favorable decision, your Com- 
mitee have not a doubt. Whether Judge Wright was to receive any 
part of it, or whether he did receive any part of it, your Committee 
are unable to determine. In either case the guilt of Mr. Chamberlain 
is the same. 





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TESTIMONY OF F. J. MOSES. 


Columbia, S. C., August, 1878. 

F. J. Moses, being recalled, says: 

In the case of William Whaley vs. Bank of Charleston, it was known 
that there was a disagreement between Judge Moses and Judge Willard ; 
consequently it became very important to secure Judge Wright, so as to 
have a majority of the Court. D. H. Chamberlain, one of the attorneys 
for Whaley, came to me and requested that I would see Judge Wright 
and ascertain how much would be demanded for his concurrence with 
the Chief Justice. I neglected to do so at the time. Within a day or 
two Chamberlain wrote me a note, of which the following is a copy : 


s. w. melton. MELTON & CHAMBERLAIN, 

D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. LAW OFFICE, 

Columbia, S. C., April 6, 1874. 

Dear Gov.: Please arrange that matter at 2,000 or 3,000 as may be 
necessary. Let me know exactly what is needed after your interview, 
and I will be on hand. I will call at your office 11:30 A. M. Don’t 
delay the matter. 

Yours, 


CHAMBERLAIN. 


I immediately called on Judge Wright in reference to the matter, and 
he asked a few days within which to determine; finally he agreed to 
concur with the Chief Justice on payment of $2,500 by Chamberlain. 
I delivered his message to Chamberlain, whereupon he gave two several 
notes, payable to myself, that were to be paid Wright, one for $1,500 and 
one for $1,000. I collected the amounts of the notes, less the discount, 
and then borrowed the entire sum from Wright. I discounted one of the 
notes to C. C. Puffer, and the other to J. S. Fillebrown or T. B. Johnston 
from Sumter. Puffer discounted the larger note. I turned the letter 
from Chamberlain over to T. C. Dunn, who was opposing Chamberlain, 
in the presence of John B. Dennis and Thomas S. Cavender, and took 
the following receipt from Dunn for it: 

Columbia, S. C., February 5th, 1876. 

I hereby certify that I have this night, in the presence of General 
Dennis and Thomas S. Cavender, received from Governor Moses a paper 
in the handwriting of Governor Chamberlain, of which the following is 
a copy : 


Ill 


a. w. melton. MELTON & CHAMBERLAIN, 

D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. La\V OFFICE, 

Columbia, S. C., April 6th, 1874. 

Lear Gov.: Please arrange that matter at 2,000 or 3,000 as may be 
necessaiy. Let me know exactly what is needed after your interview, 
and I will be on hand. I will call at your office 11:30 A. M. Don’t 
delay the matter. 


Yours, 


CHAMBERLAIN. 


I pledge my word that I will not use the said paper publicly (without 
the consent of Governor Moses) to the prejudice of Governor Moses. 


Witness: 

John B. Dennis. 
Thomas S. Cavender. 


THOMAS C. DUNN. 


I suppose Captain Dunn holds the original paper now, though it comes 
within my knowledge that Chamberlain tried to obtain the paper from 
Dunn. 

F. J. MOSES. 


TESTIMONY OF j. B. DENNIS. 

Rooms Joint Investigating Committee, 
Columbia, S. C., August, 1877. 

John B. Dennis, being recalled, having been previously sworn : 

A paper bearing date February 5, 1876, being shown to witness, and 
witness being asked if he knew anything about it, says: He recognizes 
it as a receipt given by Captain T. C. Dunn to Governor Moses for a 
paper which was in the handwriting of Governor Chamberlain, and 
which original paper he read at the time this copy was made, and com¬ 
pared it at the time with this copy, and which original paper was signed 
by D. H. Chamberlain, and was said by Governor Moses to have been 
given to him by D. H. Chamberlain in connection with the Whaley case 
when it was before the Supreme Court, and referred to a bribe to be 
offered by Governor Moses, on behalf of D. H. Chamberlain, to Judge 
Wright, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, for a favor¬ 
able decision in the above named case. The following is a copy of paper 
shown witness: 



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[Copy.] 


Columbia, S. C., February 5th, 1876. 

I hereby certify that I have this night, in the presence of General 
Dennis and Mr. Thomas S. Cavender, received from Governor Moses a 
paper in the handwriting of Governor Chamberlain, of which paper the 
following is a copy : 


s. w. melton. MELTON & CHAMBERLAIN, 

D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. IjAW OFFICE, 

Columbia, S. C., April 6, 1874. 

Dear Gov.: Please arrange that matter at 2,000 or 3,000 as may be 
necessary. Let me know exactly what is needed after your interview, 
and I will be on hand. I will call at your office 11:30 A. M. Don’t 
delay the matter. 

Yours, 


CHAMBERLAIN. 


I pledge my word that I will not use the said paper publicly (without 
the consent of Governor Moses) to the prejudice of Gover Moses. 

THOMAS C. DUNN. 


Witness: 

John B. Dennis. 
Thomas S. Cavender. 


Witness says Governor Moses had another paper signed by D. H. 
Chamberlain, the purport of which was that nothing contained in this 
paper of April 6, 1874, had any reference to Chief Justice Moses. Wit¬ 
ness says he saw this paper also, but at another time. Governor Moses 
was unable to find it at the time he turned over the first note to Captain 
Dunn, but promised to look it up right away and hand it over to Capt. 
Dunn as soon as possible. Whether he ever did so, witness cannot say. 

J. B. DENNIS. 


Columbia, S. C., February-, 1878. 

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: 

Gentlemen —I have observed an article in the Columbia Register of 
yesterday, copied from the New York World of Thursday last, contain¬ 
ing a statement of certain alleged transactions in connection with de¬ 
cision rendered by the Supreme Court in the case of Whaley vs. the 
Bank of Charleston, and in which occurs what purports to be the testi¬ 
mony of one F. J. Moses, Jr., once Governor of this State, before the 
Joint Committee appointed by your honorable bodies to investigate cer¬ 
tain frauds against the State, in the words and figures following: 




113 


“In the Spriug of 1873, during the May Term of the Supreme Court, 
which was composed of my father, as Chief Justice, and Associate Jus¬ 
tices W illard and Wright, (the latter a colored man,) a case came up on 
appeal from the Charleston Circuit for adjudication by the Supreme 
Court. I was Governor at the time, and was known to possess great per¬ 
sonal influence over Judge Wright from long personal and official as¬ 
sociation, and also from the fact that I was the only prominent white 
man in the Republican party who favored a colored man for the Supreme 
Court. The case I speak of was one which had attracted a good 
deal of public attention, both on account of the large amount of money 
it involved and also because of the novel points of law it presented for 
settlement. Of the exact details of the case as they came up before the 
Court I am not certain that I can speak with absolute knowledge, but the 
general features of it I know and can swear to, as also of the practice to 
which resort was had to obtain a decision from the Supreme Court. 

“Mr. William Whaley is a prominent lawyer of Charleston city, and 
he brought suit against several of the banks there under the following 
state of facts, as nearly as I understood them : 

“Mr. Whaley’s father, who was a very wealthy man, had died just at 
the beginning of the war, and had left on deposit in the banks referred 
to a very large amount of money, perhaps $60,000 or $70,000, and maybe 
even more. He had left his sou, William Whaley, as his executor. 
Soon after his father’s death, Mr. Whaley called on the banks for the 
money, and they tendered to him in payment thereof Confederate 
currency, which he refused to accept. Several times he made the same 
demand, and on each occasion he received the same tender, which he 
invariably refused. After the war, and somewhere about 1870 or 1871 
perhaps, he brought a suit against the banks for the whole amount in¬ 
volved, and the case was tried before the Circuit Court in Charleston bv 
Judge Robert F. Graham and a jury. The verdict of the jury was in 
favor of the plaintiff*, Mr. Whaley, and from that verdict the banks ap¬ 
pealed, aud asked that the Supreme Court grant them a new trial. In 
the trial of the case before the Circuit Court, Mr. Whaley’s leading law¬ 
yer was James B. Campbell, of Charleston. But when the appeal came 
before the Supreme Court, Mr. Whaley employed Mr. Daniel H. Cham¬ 
berlain as associate counsel. Mr. Chamberlain had been Attorney Gene¬ 
ral under Scott for five years, but at that time was the law partner of 
S. W. Melton, then the Attorney General. The argument took place 
before a full bench in the Supreme Court, and Campbell and Chamber- 
lain made the arguments in favor of Whaley, while the banks were rep¬ 
resented bv General James Conner, now Attorney General under the 
•/ 

Hampton administration. 


114 


“Some time after the argument had taken place, I heard from various 
sources that the Supreme Court was divided in its opinion,—mv father, 
the Chief Justice, beiug in favor of sustaining Whaley’s claim, and Jus¬ 
tice Willard contra , thus leaving it to Judge Wright, the colored Justice, 
to give the deciding voice. In a few days Mr. Chamberlain called on 
me at my office in the State House and asked me to see Judge Wright 
aud ascertain how much money it would be necessary to pay him for a 
decision in Whaley’s favor. I myself desired to have Whaley succeed in 
his suit, as he had been a life-long friend of my father’s and was per¬ 
sonally friendly in his feeling towards me. In accordance with Mr. 
Chamberlain’s request, I called on Judge Wright and found that it would 
require $2,500 to get him to decide in Whaley’s favor, and that the 
money must be secured to him beforehand. 

“I so reported to Mr. Chamberlain, and thereupon he (Chamberlain) 
drew up iu his own handwriting and signed himself, in my office, two 
notes promising to pay to Wright, in one note thirty days after date, 
$1,000, aud in the other, sixty days after date, $1,500. These notes were 
turned over to Wright, and he filed his opinion in favor of Whaley’s 
claim, and the Chief Justice agreed with him. Whaley gained his suit. 
Afterwards Wright had the notes discounted before they were due; one 
of them by Mr. C. C. Puffer, who was at that time Receiver of the Bank 
of the State, and the other by Mr. J. S. Fillebrown, who was Chief Clerk 
in the office of the Comptroller General. These gentlemen were both 
paid the money due on the notes by Mr. Chamberlain. All of the facts 
to which I have testified in this case are equally well known to Judge 
R. B. Carpenter, of this city, (Columbia,) and James B. Campbell and 
Maj or W. J. Gayer, of Charleston. 

“Since the case was decided Mr. Whaley has several times told me that 
he did not authorize Mr. Chamberlain to bribe Judge Wright, and did 
not 'at tfie time know that it was being done; that he had simply en¬ 
gaged Mr. Chamberlain as he would have engaged any other lawyer, 
and had promised to pay him a fee of $4,500 provided he (Whaley) 
won the case finally before the Supreme Court.” 

Although I am no longer a Judge of the Supreme Court, I hold my¬ 
self responsible to the law for any violation of it while I held that dis¬ 
tinguished position, as well as to an enlightened public sentiment for 
every act and word of my life, and I therefore pray your honorable 
bodies to take such action as will cause the testimony of the said Moses, 
and of any other person or persons who have testified before the Joint 
Committee of Investigation in the same matter, to be laid before the 
proper law officers of the State, to the end that, if sufficient evidence be 
found to warrant it, legal proceedings may be at once taken against me, 


115 


and, it no such evidence be found, that I be relieved of the scandalous 
imputation sought to be put upon rue. I have the honor to be, 

Very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

J. J. WRIGHT. 


FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. 


If your Committee were to attempt to report upon and expose all the 
fraudulent claims passed upon by the General Assembly and paid hv the 
State authorities, it would be an almost endless undertaking. 

The claim of J. M. Allen, and the evidence thereon, sufficiently illus¬ 
trates the clumsy and criminal mode adopted. That the amount of claim 
was filled in with figures for the purpose of allowing Mr. Allen to raise 
it is evident. The endorsement across the face in red ink, as follows: 
“Six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, J. W.,” was placed 
there by Woodruff after the claim had beeD raised so as to enable Mr. 
Allen to discount the same. 

W. B. Gulick was Cashier of Carolina National Bank of Columbia, 
S. C., at the time. It is surprising that a bank officer should cash the 
paper with such an endorsement. 

TESTIMONY OF W. G. BATEMAN. 


W. G. Bateman, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

I have this day, July 24th, 187$, examined the following claim pay 
certificate, namely: 

In the Senate, 

Columbia, S. C., January 11th, 1872. 

I hereby certify that the sum of 6.880 dollars was allowed on claim of 
Mr. J. M. Allen, passed in the Senate aud concurred in by the House of 
Representatives. 

J. WOODRUFF, 
Clerk of Senate. 


Attest: 

A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Representatives. 



116 


On the face of said certificate is endorsed the following: 

Six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars—J. W. 

On the back the following: 

1394; W. B. Gulick; $6,880; January 20, 1872; James M. Allen. 

It is plain to be seen that said certificate was first made out for $188, 
and the figure 1 was afterwards changed to the figure 6, and the figure 0 
was then added in different ink than that of the other figures, thus rais¬ 
ing the certificate from $188 to $6,880. 

W. G. BATEMAN. 

We, the undersigned, after due examination of the above described 
certificate, concur in the testimony given by Mr. W. G. Bateman. 

(Signed) G. M. WALKER, Cashier. 

C. J. IREDELL, Cashier. 


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ANOTIIER CLASS OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. 


The claim of Messrs. Woodward Allen & Raymond Owens for erect¬ 
ing a deaf and dumb asylum in Spartanburg County presents some 
strange features in legislation. The testimony of Woodward Allen is 
that he aud his partner, at the close of the war, presented an account 
for balance of said work for $3,500, payment of which was refused. The 
next year another account was presented for $11,000. The witness talked 
with Hayes, a white Senator from Lexington, proposing to take $4,500 for 
the account thus raised, and agreed to give him $500. He also saw C. P. 
Leslie, but this Senator said $11,000 was too insignificant, but if he 
would raise it to $40,000 then it would be interesting. This the witness 
indignantly refused. The claim passed for $11,000. The claimants re¬ 
ceived $4,000, having paid Hayes $500. With the claim, as paid by the 
Treasurer, and fastened to it, is the contract made with Senator E. S. J. 
Hayes, Chairman of Committee on Claims, aud W. H. Gardner, member 
of the House of Representatives, agreeing to receive $4,500 in full for 
said works and all demands. This contract must have been before the 
Committee on Claims and reported to the General Assembly ; nevertheless 
the claim passed by and through the manipulation of Hayes, Gardner, 
Owens & Co., all members of the General Assembly, for $11,000, and 





117 


the claim ring pocketed the stealings, amounting to $7,000! This claim 
was collected by Jasper C. Roath, Cashier of South Carolina Bank and 
Trust Company, on the 6th of March, 1871. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, 
H. A. MEETZE, 

On part of Senate. 

J. G. BLUE, 

S. DIBBLE, 

GERHARD MULLER, 

On part of House. 


TESTIMONY OF WOODWARD ALLEN. 

Joint Investigating Committee, 

October 10, 1877. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) 

V. 

County of Spartanburg. \ 

"Woodward Allen, a citizen of said County and State, after being duly 
sworn, deposeth and says: 

That about the year 1857 he made a contract with the State of South 
Carolina through certain Commissioners, of which Hon. C. G. Memmin- 
ger was Chairman, whereby deponent and one Raymond Owens bound 
themselves to construct a building for the use of the Deaf and Dumb 
Institution according to certain specifications therein set forth, for and in 
consideration of the sum of thirty thousand dollars. That the said spe¬ 
cifications were from time to time changed and additional sums allowed 
for said changes. That the said building was finished according to con¬ 
tract, and various sums paid to deponent and his partner during the pro¬ 
gress of the work, the memoranda of which have been lost or destroyed. 
That at the close of the war deponent and his partner made out an 
account for their work against the said State, showing a balance in their 
favor of about ($3,500) thirty-five hundred dollars, without interest. 
That deponent presented said account to the Legislature for payment, 
and payment thereof was refused, deponent thinks about the year 1870. 
That the next year deponent made out another account for the same 
matter, based upon the actual cost of said building, amounting to some¬ 
thing more than eleven thousand dollars balance in favor of deponent. 


118 


Said building cost more than the State contracted to pay for it. This 
last account was carried by deponent to the Legislature, and presented 
by him to Dr. E. S. J. Hayes, with the request to pass it through the 
Legislature, said Hayes being at that time Senator from the County of 
Lexington. Said Hayes agreed to act as deponent’s attorney for the col¬ 
lection of said claim, and deponent agreed to take forty-five hundred 
dollars for said claim. And out of said last named sum it was agreed 
between deponent and said Hayes that said Hayes should retain for his 
services the sum of five hundred dollars. That said Hayes paid depo¬ 
nent the sum of four thousand dollars for said claim and no more. De¬ 
ponent had no personal dealings with W. H. Garduer, and no conversa¬ 
tion with said Gardner about said claim ; but deponent admits that he 
signed the contract wherein the names of said W. H. Gardner and said 
E. S. J. Hayes appear, but deponent conferred with Hayes alone about 
the matter. Deponent had some conversation with Y. J. P. Owens about 
selling said claim, but Owens told him that anything Hayes would do 
would be all right. Deponent also talked to C. P. Leslie about said 
claim, when Leslie told deponent that the small sum of eleven thousand 
dollars was not interesting, but if deponent would raise it to forty thou¬ 
sand dollars it should be passed, and deponent should have his eleven 
thousand dollars, but deponent indignantly refused the proposition, 

WOODWARD ALLEN. 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C., January 14, 1871. 

W. Allen, Spartanburg , S. C. 

Sir: Enclosed you will find an agreement, which you will sign the 
partnership name per you, and return by return mail. The claim will 
be introduced at once. You need not come down till I write for you. 

Very respectfully, 

Y. J. P. OWENS. 

Treasurer’s voucher No. 9131; $11,000. Paid to J. C. Roath 6th of 
March, 1871: 

In the House of Representatives, 
Columbia, S. C., February 23, 1871. 

I hereby certify that the sum of eleven thousand dollars was allowed 
on claim of Messrs. Woodward Allen & Raymond Owens, passed in the 
House of Representatives and concurred in by the Senate. 

A. O. JONES, C. H. R. 

Attest: 

J. Woodruff, C. S. 

Endorsed on the face: E. S. J. Hayes, Wm. H. Gardner. 


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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Senate Chamber, 
Columbia, S. C m February 3, 1871. 

I, Woodward Allen, of the late firm of Allen & Owens, of Spartan¬ 
burg County, contractors who erected the asylum at Cedar Springs, in 
said County, for the deaf, dumb and blind, do hereby constitute and 
appoint W. H. Gardner and E. S. J. Hayes my lawful agents or attor¬ 
neys to look after and collect a claim held by the said firm of Allen & 
Owens against the State, as a balance due for constructing said asylum. 
And I furthermore agree to receive the sum of four thousand dollars and 
to accept the same in full of all demands against the State or against my 
said attorneys. 

ALLEN & OWENS, 

Per W. Allen. 

Test: 

J. H. Hendrix. 



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